Gender row boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting disqualified from World Championships after chromosome test: IBA
Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting were disqualified from the 2023 World Championships after a sex chromosome test ruled both of them ineligible. The Algerian and Taiwanese boxers embroiled in a row over gender in sport at the Paris…
Anthony Joshua hailed by Eddie Hearn for his ‘classy’ four-word text message
Boxing promoter Eddie H earn has praised British fighter Anthony Joshua’s character and loyalty to Matchroom and explained that the parties share more than a professional relationship. Eddie H earn has hailed Anthony Joshua for the message he sends to…
Nigeria pushes West Africa’s tech economy to $63.1 trillion
Nigeria’s telecom landscape has driven the West African tech economy up the ladder with the region’s telecoms sector now hitting $63.1 trillion The huge revenue accrues from activities in the Fintechs, E-commerce and Digital Market places which contribute 80 per cent…
Tinubu appoints chairman, members of TETFund board
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the former Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, as the chairman of the Board of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale,…
Olympics: 14-year-old skateboarder wins historic gold medal
Australian teenage skateboarding sensation Arisa Trew won Olympic gold in the women’s park event on Tuesday, edging out Japan’s Cocona Hiraki in silver and Britain’s injured Sky Brown in bronze. The 14-year-old Trew, in her trademark pink helmet, nailed a…
Health Minister announces Dr. Bagudu as Senior Advisor for cancer and women’s health
Minister of Health & Social Welfare, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammad Ali Pate, has announced the appointment of Dr. Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu as Senior Advisor on Women’s Health and Cancer Advocacy. The appointment was announced on the official X page…
Amusan begins Olympics campaign today
Nigeria’s flagbearer at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Tobi Amusan, will begin her hunt for an Olympic medal in the first round of the women’s 100m hurdles at the Stade de France on Wednesday (today), The PUNCH reports. The world record…
Bill Gates’ son-in-law withdraws from Olympic equestrian event due to horse injury
There was heartbreak in Paris as show jumper Nayel Nassar, the son-in-law of billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, was forced to retire from the Olympics after a ‘minor injury’ to his horse Coronado. The equestrian, who was due to compete for…
Paris Olympics: Nigeria’s Brume, Usoro, Ochonogor qualify for long jump final
The trio of Ese Brume, Ruth Usoro, and Prestina Ochonogor secured their places in the women’s long jump final at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday. This is the first time three Nigerian women have reached the event’s final…
N40,000 Rice: FG Asks Interested Workers To Register Online
Public civil servants who are interested in buying the 50kg bag of rice at N40,000 have been asked to registered online. This was disclosed in a letter from the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, which was signed…