African Games: Medal hopes for Nigeria as athletics begin today
Team Nigeria will hope to continue its dominance in track and field at the African Games as athletes begin to burn the tracks on Monday (today) at the ongoing 2023 edition...... Read moreCricket’s golden girl Etim retires after Ghana heroics
Captain of Nigeria senior women’s cricket team, Blessing Etim, has retired from the Female Yellow Greens after leading the team to a historic bronze medal at the ongoing 2023 African Games in...... Read moreAfrican Games: Gold medal swoop for Nigeria on Day 3
After missing out on the podium finish in the table tennis event of the 13th African Games, Team Nigeria on Sunday claimed seven gold medals on Day 3 of the event, PUNCH Sports...... Read moreAnambra School Festival: Onyedum Targets 1,500 Schools, Sets Up LOCs
Patrick-Estate Onyedum, Chairman of Anambra Sports Development Commission has called on sports officers at the Local Government Area (LGA) level to mobilise massively ahead of the 2024 School Sports Festival schedule...... Read moreAll eyes on Team Nigeria as African Games begin
As the 13th African Games officially begins on Friday (today) in Ghana, attention will be on Team Nigeria to continue their impressive performance among the 53 countries at the Games, having...... Read moreNigeria’s African Games gold medal hopefuls
Amusan, Opeyori, Anyanacho, Adekuroye, Oborududu tops list Quartet Tobi Amusan, Anuoluwapo Opeyori, Blessing Oborodudu and Elizabeth Anyanacho are among the top Nigerian athletes tipped to win gold medals at the African Games...... Read moreKarate athlete wins gold, silver at Police Games
Inspector Justina Ama of Force Headquarters on Tuesday won gold and silver medals in the karate event of the ongoing 14th biennial Police Games tagged Oluyole 2024 in Ibadan, the Oyo...... Read moreWorld Indoor: Amusan out, Brume, Enekwechi in
World record hurdler, Tobi Amusan, will miss this weekend’s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland after she was excluded from Nigeria’s final entry, The PUNCH reports. Our correspondent learnt that Amusan passed on...... Read moreWorld Indoor: Amusan out, Brume, Enekwechi in
World record hurdler, Tobi Amusan, will miss this weekend’s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland after she was excluded from Nigeria’s final entry, The PUNCH reports. Our correspondent learnt that Amusan passed on...... Read moreAthletics: Consider eyes African Games gold
National 200m champion, Ekanem Consider says his next target is to win gold medal at the 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana. Consider Ekanem won gold medal in the 200m men’s...... Read more4000 athletes for Oluyole Police Games
More than 4000 athletes are expected to participate at the 14th biennial Police Games tagged ‘Oluyole 2024’, which begins on Friday (today) and ends March 2 at the Lekan Salami Stadium,...... Read moreAmusan sets new 60m African record
World record holder in 100m hurdles, Tobi Amasun has opened her 2024 season with an African record in the women’s 60m hurdles. Running at the World Athletics Indoor Tour in Astana Kazakhstan...... Read moreEzechukwu: Nigeria’s new sprint sensation
All the way from Abuja, 15-year-old Miracle Ezechukwu was part of the Nigerian Tulip International School students that competed at the Ijebu Sprints and Relays, which was put together by women’s 100m...... Read moreKano athletes shine at Para Games
Kano Pillars teammates Isah Yusuf and Yakubu Mohammed has been named as the Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper respectively at the 2023 National Para Games in Abuja, PUNCH Sports Extra reports....... Read moreMessi named Time’s Athlete of The Year
Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been named Time magazine’s Athlete of the Year for 2023 after winning the Ballon d’Or for a record-extending eighth time and elevating the profile of the...... Read moreFlag Football: Lagos Athletics top contender for SFFL title
Showtime Flag Football League leaders, Lagos Athletics Flag have what it takes to go all the way to win the maiden title according to the SFFL commissioner, Adebare Adejumo, PUNCH Sports...... Read moreNigerian athletes may be barred from Paris 2024 Olympics
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has warned that Nigerian athletes may be disqualified from competing in the 2024 Olympics in Paris if the Nigerian Anti-Doping Committee (NADC) does not follow the...... Read moreYouth Olympics: Funds threaten Nigeria’s participation
With less than 68 days to the start of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in the Republic of Korea, the Nigeria Curling Federation is still battling to secure the funding it needs...... Read more2023 Onitsha City Marathon finally cancelled
The twice-postponed Onitsha City Marathon has finally been cancelled. This contained a statement released on November 9, 2023, by a member of the Organising Committee (MOC), Philip Balepo. No reason was...... Read moreOrganisers clarify Ijebu Sprints/Relays hurdles no show
Former Nigerian sprinter, Abiola Onakoya, has explained that hurdles race wasn’t included in both boys’ and girls’ event at the just concluded second edition of the Abiola/Amusan Ijebu Sprints and Relays due...... Read moreOnakoya, Amusan inspire young athletes
No fewer than 128 athletes who took park in the second edition of the Abiola/Amusan Ijebu Sprints and Relays which was held last Friday and Saturday went home with spike shoes, which...... Read moreOrganisers unveil improved packages for Lagos Women Run competitors
The winner of the open category of the eighth Lagos Women Run will take home N1.5m, while the champion of the veterans category receives N500,000, organisers of the annual race, which...... Read more7,000 athletes battle for 1,000 medals at MTN CHAMPS
Over 7,000 athletes and 500 schools are set to compete for over 1,000 medals and 32 school team titles in the first edition of the MTN CHAMPS, The PUNCH reports. The...... Read moreYouth Games end today in Asaba
The curtains are set to fall on the 7th edition of the National Youth Games in Asaba on Saturday (today) and Delta State are leading on the medals table poised to...... Read moreNYG: Anambra wins gold, bronze in karate, romps to 200m semi- final
Team Anambra state contingent, Master Goodluck Njoku, Thursday, won gold medal after defeating Delta state's reps Ehiziube Joshua with 6-0 score in Karate (male kumite). The team's combat fighter, Miss Ukamaka...... Read more