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Amusan claims Grand Prix Brescia win ahead DL final

Tobi Amusan warmed up for the 2026 Diamond League Final in style, winning the women’s 100m hurdles at the Grand Prix Brescia in Italy on Sunday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Amusan crossed...... Read more D’Tigers suffer second-straight loss as W’Cup hopes fade

D’Tigers suffered their second consecutive defeat in the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 African Qualifiers after South Sudan held on for an 82-79 victory on Friday at...... Read more D’Tigers fall 78-62 against Cameroon in W’Cup qualifiers

D’Tigers made a poor start to the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 African Qualifiers, suffering a 78-62 defeat to Cameroon in their opening game at the Salle Multidisciplinaire...... Read more Amusan makes Diamond League return in Zurich

World record holder Tobi Amusan and her compatriots, Ezekiel Nathaniel and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, will be among the global champions competing at the last Diamond League meeting of the season in Zurich on...... Read more AFN cautions athletes over risky scholarship deals

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria has cautioned Nigerian athletes and their families against signing scholarship agreements with agents or agencies without first understanding the terms, warning that some deals could be...... Read more Ex-Nigeria squash No.1 Olubo completes transcontinental adventure

Former Nigerian squash No. 1 Moses Olubo is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Wednesday (today) after embarking on an extraordinary transcontinental adventure aboard a Can-Am Spyder motorcycle. Olubo’s remarkable journey has...... Read more Nigerian Triathlon Union fixes Sept 30 for election

The Nigerian Triathlon Union has fixed September 30, 2026, for its election congress after the decision was made at a virtual meeting held on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and attended by...... Read more My basketball dream ended after visa denial — Ex-BBNaija star Hermes

Ex-BBNaija housemate Hermes Iyele has remained closely connected to basketball despite his success in the entertainment industry. In this interview with ABIODUN ADEWALE, he discusses his basketball dream, love for LeBron...... Read more Why NSC picked Lagos to host intermediate games – DG

Director General of the National Sports Commission, Bukola Olopade, has revealed the factors that led to the choice of Lagos State as hosts of the inaugural National Intermediate Games, scheduled to...... Read more UK ex-Commonwealth champion Baptiste found jailed in Morocco

Former Commonwealth Games 200m champion, Leon Baptiste, has been jailed in Morocco after being convicted in a case involving the sexual assault of a minor, bringing an end to weeks of...... Read more Why elite athletes use supplements — Report

Elite athletes are increasingly using supplements such as creatine to gain small performance advantages, but sports nutrition experts say the basics of a healthy lifestyle must come first. Creatine, a natural...... Read more Ajayi set for Silesia Diamond League showdown

Nigerian sprint sensation Kayinsola Ajayi will return to Diamond League action on Sunday when he lines up in the men’s 100m at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Silesia, Poland, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The...... Read more Ikogosi Road Race returns Oct 31

The 2026 Ikogosi Road Race will hold on October 31, with Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to youth empowerment, grassroots development and initiatives capable of stimulating the...... Read more Agege LG boss kicks off 2026 Obasa Summer Games

The Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government, Abdul-Ganiyu Vinod Obasa, on Thursday kicked off the 2026 Obasa Summer Games U16, a grassroots football tournament involving 28 teams from across the area....... Read more C’wealth Games gold medallist returns to McDonald’s job

Summer Shaw won Scotland’s first judo medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, but just days later, the 22-year-old was back at work at McDonald’s. Shaw, who won bronze in the women’s...... Read more I want to leave records that will be hard to break – Ogazi

igeria’s men’s 400m record holder, NCAA champion and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Samuel Ogazi, speaks to ABIODUN ADEWALE about his journey from Kaduna to athletics stardom, his breakthrough season and his...... Read more Nigerian athletes blame jet lag for World U-20 performance

Nigerian athletes have blamed jet lag and their late arrival in the United States for some of their disappointing performances at the 2026 World U-20 Athletics Championships in Oregon, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Nigeria’s...... Read more Africa’s first Wheelchair Fencing Academy opens in Lagos

The Nigeria Fencing Federation has launched the first-ever Wheelchair Fencing Academy in Africa, welcoming participants from across the globe to the 2026 ENABLE Wheelchair Fencing Academy, hosted by World Abilitysport in...... Read more Okowa hails Amusan, Enekwechi after Glasgow medals

Athletics Federation of Nigeria president, Chief Tonobok Okowa, has praised Tobi Amusan for battling through injury to win bronze in the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow,...... Read more Commonwealth Games: Australia widens lead as Nigeria stays fifth on medal table

Australia has tightened its grip on the medal table at the ongoing 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, opening a commanding lead as just over half of the participating teams have secured...... Read more Commonwealth Games: Nigeria ranks ninth on all-time medals table

As the 2026 Commonwealth Games enter their final stretch in Glasgow, Nigeria remains among the competition’s most successful nations, occupying ninth place on the all-time Commonwealth Games medal table. Since making...... Read more Six Okpekpe athletes earn N8m windfall

Six indigenous athletes from Okpekpe have earned a combined N8m in prize money from this year’s Okpekpe International 10km Road Race, in what organisers describe as proof that the event is...... Read more Amusan begins bid for third Commonwealth title

Reigning Commonwealth Games champion and world record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, will launch her quest for a third consecutive title on Thursday (today) at the 2026 Commonwealth Games...... Read more Team Nigeria hunt for athletics medals

At least four medals will be up for grabs for Team Nigeria in athletics on Tuesday (today) at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as the country’s track and field athletes continue...... Read more Okon withdraws from Commonwealth Games

Nigerian sprinter Israel Okon has withdrawn from the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after suffering a hamstring injury, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Okon announced on Monday that he would not compete due...... Read more