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The current Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr was appointed as Technical Adviser in August 2016. From the onset, his mandate was to qualify Nigeria for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup, as well as the Egypt 2019 African Cup…
Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard made Olympic history but failed to record a successful lift in the women's +87kg weightlifting. She became the first openly transgender athlete to compete at a Games in a different…
Nigeria’s Blessing Oborodudu has qualified for the final in the women’s wrestling event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Her qualification guarantees Team Nigeria a silver or gold medal in Tokyo Olympics. Oborududu…
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah has won her second consecutive Olympic gold in the women’s 100 meters after finishing in 10.61 seconds Saturday at the Tokyo Games. Thompson-Herah's time set an Olympic record, surpassing…
Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare is out of the Tokyo Olympics after being handed a provisional doping ban on the day of her 100 metres semi-final. The Athletics Integrity Unit announced that Okagbare had "tested…
Ten Nigerian athletes were among 18 competitors from “high-risk” nations who have been barred from the Tokyo Olympics after failing to meet requirements for out-of-competition drug testing, World Athletics’ independent…
Before 28 July 2021, no Nigerian woman had ever gone under a minute in the women’s 100m freestyle event. That is no longer the case after Abiola Ogunbanwo, on Wednesday at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, won Heat 1 of her…
Rose Lavelle, who starred for Cincinnati United Premier and Mount Notre Dame High School, scored her first-ever goal in the Olympics - and Team USA's first of the Tokyo Olympics - during a match Saturday against New…
The Pharaohs picked up a point against La Roja, as the Elephants collected maximum points against the Middle Eastern nation Franck Kessie of AC Milan scored to give Ivory Coast a 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia in the Olympic…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica now holds the rank of the fastest woman in the world. Fraser-Pryce achieved the feat after she ran the world 100 meters title in 10.71 seconds at the 2019 World Championships in Doha…
Former Super Eagles defender, Taribo West, has confessed to sneaking girls into Super Eagles camp back then. The former professional player, who is best remembered for his unique and colorful hairstyles, stated this in…
As Nigeria confront Honduras in the Rio Olympics bronze medal match today in Belo Horizonte, Coach Samson Siasia has said his team would not return to their country without the bronze medal. “We still have something to…
Following the jokes making round the social media about Adekunle Gold and Joke Silva being the medals Nigerian already have, the former has gone further to complement the gist by doing a photoshop image of himself and…
