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  1. Nigerian Athletes Rewarded: Tobi Amusan Clinches Gold at African Games with $3000 Prize

    Nigeria Nigerian Athletes Rewarded: Tobi Amusan Clinches Gold at African Games with $3000 Prize

    Nigeria's contingent at the 13th African Games in Ghana showcased an exceptional performance, bringing home a treasure trove of medals. Tobi Amusan, hailed as Nigeria's athlete queen, secured her legacy by clinching her third consecutive Gold medal in the 100m hurdle event, a historic...
  2. WADA Deadline Threatens Nigerian Athletes' Paris 2024 Dreams

    Nigeria WADA Deadline Threatens Nigerian Athletes' Paris 2024 Dreams

    The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has warned that Nigerian athletes could face disqualification from the much-anticipated 2024 Olympics in Paris unless urgent action is taken by the Nigerian Anti-Doping Committee (NADC). WADA's recent executive committee meeting in Montreal, Canada, targeted...
  3. Nigerian Sprinter Divine Oduduru Receives Six-Year Ban for Doping Violations

    Nigeria Nigerian Sprinter Divine Oduduru Receives Six-Year Ban for Doping Violations

    Image Credit: Jenaragon94 Nigerian sprinter Divine Oduduru has been handed a six-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for two doping violations. The AIU cited "overwhelming evidence" against Oduduru, a former world junior silver medalist. The violations included the possession of...
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    Sports Meet Nigeria's Top 5 Fastest Female Runners Of All Time

    Meet Nigeria's Top 5 fastest female runners of all time: 1. Okagbare - 10.79s 2. Ajunwa - 10.84s 3. Alozie - 10.90s 4. Onyali - 10.97s 5. Osayomi - 10.99s Source: @NGAthletix
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    Sports Rio Paralympics: Nigeria Ranks Among Top 10 Countries on Medal Table

    Nigerian athletes are doing the country proud in the ongoing Paralympic Games holding in Brazil. The medal table of the 2016 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the competition. Below is...
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    Sports Rio Olympics: 3 Nigerians Create Records

    At least three Nigerian athletes in the ongoing Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games created records of sorts that will be cherished in a longtime to come. The trio with records are two table tennis stars, Segun Toriola and Aruna Quadri as well as Rower, Chierika Ukogu. The 41 year-old Toriola had his...
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    Sports Sports Minister, Dalung Reacts To Letter Asking Athletes To Fund Their Rio Tickets

    The Minister of Youths and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung, has reacted to the purported message being sent to the Nigerian Rio athletes concerning their trip the Olympics. Dalung said that he regrets the embarrassment caused Nigeria by a letter which directed Nigerian athletes going to the...
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    Sports Rio Olympics: Nigerian Athletes Turn To Beggars to Fund Trip [SEE PHOTOS]

    Veteran sports journalist, Colin Udoh shared on social media an email from the Ministry of Sports asking athletes to fund their Rio trips themselves. Since, Nigerian athletes have turned to beggars asking Nigerians and lovers of sports to help GoFund Rio trips... See photos:
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