Crisis brews in Team Nigeria camp
Crisis Hits Team Nigeria’s Camp As Ministry, NOC Fight Over Kits A crisis was narrowly avoided in Team Nigeria’s camp at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris when the sports ministry and the Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) clashed over the…
Applause for Nnadozie despite Spain defeat
Football enthusiasts have heaped praise on Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie following another stellar performance against Spain in Nigeria’s second Group C game in the women’s football event of the 2024 Paris Olympics, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Falcons lost…
Favour Ofili Denied 100m Spot At Paris Olympics
Favour Ofili Denied 100m Spot At Paris Olympics Nigerian sprinter, Favour Ofili, expressed her frustration on Tuesday, revealing that she will not compete in the 100-metre race at the ongoing Olympics in Paris due to administrative failures by the Athletics…
Transfer: Three Saudi clubs interested in Troost-Ekong
Nigeria defender, William Troost-Ekong could move to Saudi Arabia this summer .According BBC reporter, Oluwashina Okeleji, three Saudi clubs have registered interest in the centre-back. Troost-Ekong was in fantastic form for PAOK in pre-season. The 30-year-old has returned to full…
Biles leads USA to Olympic women’s team gold
Simone Biles led the United States to a dominant victory in the women’s gymnastics team final on Tuesday, laying the ghosts of Tokyo to rest as she claimed a fifth career Olympic gold medal. Three years after Biles battled a…
Nigerian boxer Cynthia Ogunsemilore fails drug test, out of Olympics
Nigerian boxer Cynthia Ogunsemilore has been disqualified from the Paris Olympics women’s boxing tournament after testing positive for a banned substance. The International Testing Agency (ITA) announced on Saturday that Ogunsemilore, 22, tested positive for the diuretic furosemide, a substance…
Basketball: D’Tigress beat Australia in Olympics upset
African basketball champions, Nigeria’s D’Tigress, started their Paris Olympic Games on a winning note after they defeated their highly favoured Australian counterparts 75-62. The team last won an Olympic match 20 years ago. In what has been described as the…
PARIS 2024 : 61-Year Old NiXia Lian Wins First Round Match At Sixth Games
As the table tennis ball drifted off the side of the table on the last point of the first-round match of the women’s individual competition at Olympic Games Paris 2024, Luxembourg’s Ni Xia Lian beamed as the crowd roared their…
Edem slams critics after table tennis exits
Nigerian table tennis player Offiong Edem says Nigerians should offer more support and not criticisms to athletes representing the country at the ongoing Paris Olympic Games, following the exits of Quadri Aruna and Omotayo Olajide in the men’s singles on…
Transfer: Conte drops Osimhen for Napoli’s pre-season friendly
Napoli manager Antonio Conte has dropped Victor Osimhen from his squad to play Egnatia in a pre-season friendly on Sunday evening. Osimhen has been left out, with his future at the Serie A club still uncertain. Conte is waiting for…