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C’wealth Games: Olopade targets swimming, judo breakthrough

Director General of the National Sports Commission, Bukola Olopade, believes Nigeria’s para athletes, swimmers and judokas could spring pleasant surprises at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Scotland, while expressing confidence that...... Read more No excuses: Team Nigeria fired up by world-class C’wealth Games camp

With 14 days to the start of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Team Nigeria athletes have expressed confidence ahead of the competition after settling into a world-class training camp at...... Read more FG rallies Team Nigeria for 2026 Commonwealth Games campaign

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, officially bid farewell to Team Nigeria ahead of the country’s participation at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, as the Federal Government reaffirmed its commitment...... Read more Parallex Bank splashes cash on Lagos U-15 athletes

Parallex Bank has rewarded 10 of Lagos State’s standout athletes from the 2025 National Youth Games with N1m each, recognising their contributions to the state’s historic triumph at the competition, PUNCH Sports Extra reports....... Read more Amusan downplays season pressure after Paris win

World record holder Tobi Amusan says she is not under pressure to maintain her top form this season after claiming victory of the year at the Paris Diamond League on Sunday, PUNCH...... Read more Ogazi turns pro after landmark NCAA career

Nigeria’s sprint sensation Samuel Ogazi has officially announced his decision to turn professional, bringing the curtain down on a remarkable collegiate career at the University of Alabama that established him as one...... Read more Adeshina makes Bowerman Award semis

Nigerian high jumper Temitope Adeshina has taken another major step towards collegiate athletics immortality after being named among the 10 semi-finalists for the prestigious Bowerman Award, the highest individual honour in U.S....... Read more Ashe targets Commonwealth Games podium finish

Nigeria’s new men’s 100m champion, Favour Ashe, has set his sights on winning a medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, after reclaiming the national title at the 2026 trials...... Read more Team Nigeria shines at Tour D’Afrique

Nigeria’s Cycling Federation board member Femi Thomas has described the country’s outing at the seventh edition of the Tour D’Afrique as a success, saying the performance will strengthen Nigeria’s standing on the...... Read more Ashe storms to 100m title at C’wealth Games trials

Favour Ashe produced the standout performance on the final day of the 2026 Commonwealth Games National Trials in Lagos on Tuesday, sprinting to a personal best of 9.93 seconds to win the...... Read more Ogundinran claims 100m crown at Commonwealth Games trials

US-based Blessing Ogundinran has claimed the women’s 100 metres title at the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games National Trials in Lagos, clocking 11.12 seconds in the final to emerge as Nigeria’s new...... Read more AFN shifts Commonwealth Games trials over delayed arrivals

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria has rescheduled the start of the 2026 Commonwealth Games national trials by one day to enable athletes affected by severe weather disruptions in the United States...... Read more Adeshina doubtful for Commonwealth Games

Nigerian record holder in the women’s high jump, Temitope Adeshina, is still not certain about competing at the upcoming 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, despite enjoying a successful season in the...... Read more W’Cup Olise, Barcola shine as Mbappé double powers France past Senegal in 3-1 thriller

The Nigeria Olympic Committee has unveiled a national safeguarding policy for sports and directed all national sports federations to domesticate and implement the framework to protect athletes from abuse, harassment, discrimination...... Read more Unbeaten Adeshina completes NCAA sweep

Nigerian record holder Temitope Adeshina capped an undefeated season by claiming her first NCAA outdoor title on Sunday at the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon....... Read more Nnamdi wins Nigeria’s first NCAA javelin title

Young Nigerian thrower Prosper Nnamdi made history on Thursday, becoming the first Nigerian male athlete to win the NCAA men’s javelin title after a dominant display at the NCAA Championships in...... Read more Ajayi, Ogazi win NCAA titles

Nigerian athletes Kayinsola Ajayi and Samuel Ogazi claimed the men’s 100m and 400m titles, respectively, at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the early hours of Friday at Hayward Field in...... Read more AFN VP pledges N1.6m reward for C’wealth Games trials

The Second Vice President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Akuchukwu Aghazu, has introduced a performance-based reward scheme to motivate home-based athletes ahead of the Commonwealth Games Trials in Lagos next weekend, PUNCH...... Read more Olopade charges federations ahead of 2026 Commonwealth Games

National Sports Commission Director General Bukola Olopade has challenged Nigeria’s sports federations to raise their standards as Team Nigeria enters the final stretch of preparations for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in...... Read more Ofili, Nathaniel lead Nigerian entries for Lone Star Grand Prix

Four Nigerian athletes, including 150m world record holder Favour Ofili, African 400m hurdles record holder Ezekiel Nathaniel, Rosemary Chukwuma and African indoor 400m record holder Ella Onojuvwevwo, are set to compete at...... Read more SWAN urges Kano to immortalise 22 deceased athletes

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Kano State chapter, has urged the state government to immortalise the 22 athletes who died in a road accident while returning from the Ogun Gateway...... Read more Amusan drops to third in world rankings

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, the women’s 100m hurdles world record holder, has slipped to third place in the latest global athletics rankings despite improving her points tally with strong performances at two Diamond...... Read more ‘Amusan deserves apologies over world record hate’ Former American middle-distance runner Kyle Merber believes those who questioned Tobi Amusan after her women’s 100m hurdles world record in 2022 owe the Nigerian an apology, following the growing belief that the...... Read more Elite athletes arrive for 11th Okpekpe Int’l 10km Road Race Ethiopian star Lemi Teshome and Kenyan runner Fridah Ndinda are among the top international elite athletes expected to arrive in Lagos on Wednesday en route to Auchi for the 11th edition of...... Read more NBF eyes Commonwealth Games redemption after Olympics failure The Nigeria Boxing Federation has set its sights on six gold medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as the body looks to recover from the administrative turmoil that undermined its...... Read more