Nigeria’s Female Basketball Coach, Rena Wakama has been named the best coach at the women’s basketball event in the just concluded 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Wakama is also the first Nigerian National Female Basketball Team coach to win the women’s Afrobasket title since it began in 1966. She took the Nigerian female team D’ Tigress…
The United States men’s basketball team continued their reign as the dominant force in Olympic basketball, winning their fifth consecutive gold medal with a 98-87 victory over host nation France in Paris. The star-studded American team, led by NBA icons LeBron James and Stephen Curry, demonstrated their exceptional skill and teamwork to secure the top…
Nigeria’s hopes of securing a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics were dashed on Saturday after Hannah Reuben lost her Women’s Freestyle 76kg fight to Mongolia’s Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan. The loss marked the end of Nigeria’s slim chances of making the podium, capping off a disappointing showing for the West African nation. Despite registering for 12…
The United States women’s national football team, under the guidance of new coach Emma Hayes, is determined to reclaim its position as the leading force in women’s international football by winning the gold medal in Saturday’s Olympic final against Brazil. After a disappointing performance at last year’s World Cup and subpar showings at the last…
Nigeria’s hopes of repeating its past Olympic glory in the 4x400m men’s relay were dashed yesterday as the team was disqualified from the final at the Paris Olympic Games. The quartet of Emmanuel Ojeli, Ezekiel Nathaniel, Dubem Amene, and Chidi Okezie had finished heat 2 with an impressive Season’s Best time of 2 minutes 59.81…
World Record holder, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, has failed to reach 100m Hurdles final at the Paris Olympics after coming third in the first semi-final of the event. Amusan finished in a time of 12.55 seconds and had to wait to check the outcomes of the two other semi-finals to see if she would scrape through….
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have crashed out of the Olympics football event after losing to Japan in their last group C match The loss condemned them to a disappointing exit from the competition after losing their first two games to Brazil and Spain Nigeria lost 3- 1 ending the Super Falcons’ Olympics dreams. Nigeria lost their…
Manchester City forward Julian Alvarez has said that he will make a decision about his future at the club after the Paris 2024 Games. Alvarez, 24, is currently representing Argentina at the Olympics and is expected to play in Argentina’s group game against Ukraine on Tuesday in Lyon. The Argentine forward signed a one-year contract…
Nigeria’s aspirations for a strong showing in the men’s table tennis event at the Paris Olympic Games have been extinguished. On Saturday night, Aruna Quadri and Olajide Omotayo, the Nigerian duo, suffered disappointing losses in their first-round matches. Aruna, who reached the quarterfinals at Rio 2016, was stunned by 20-year-old Eduard Ionescu of Romania in…
The Olympic Games, the world’s preeminent sporting competition, are set to begin on Friday in Paris, France. This prestigious event has a rich history spanning over 3,000 years, originating in ancient Greece. The modern Olympic Games were revived in 1896 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and have since grown to include thousands of athletes from…
