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Breaking barriers: Rise of athletes with albinism in sports amid stigma

The world of sports has long been celebrated as a place where talent, perseverance, and determination take centre stage, transcending boundaries of race, ethnicity, and background. However, the absence of people...... Read more Paralympics: Eniola, Nnanna advance in badminton

Nigeria’s para-badminton players, Bolaji Eniola and Chigozie Nnanna, have progressed to the quarterfinals of the event at the ongoing Paralympics in Paris after winning their second games on Friday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Competing...... Read more Nigerians, others react as Okon wins gold for South Africa in 400m at world championships

South Africa’s Udeme Okon won gold in the 400m final at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, with a remarkable comeback, clocking in at 45.69 seconds. The victory,...... Read more I cried when I saw Paris Olympics bronze medal-winning jump – Adeshina

Nigerian high jumper and national record holder Temitope Adeshina talks about her journey into athletics and the pains of missing out on the final of the event at the Paris 2024...... Read more Despite war, Ukraine sends 140 athletes to Paris Paralympics

The Paris Paralympics begin on Wednesday with a spectacular opening ceremony in the centre of the French capital, firing the starting gun on 11 days of intense competition. Just as for...... Read more Olajide, Eyakpobeyan join NCAA

Nigerian sprinters Olayinka Olajide and Justina Eyakpobeyan have completed their switches to the National Christian College Athletic Association in the USA, joining the long list of Nigerian athletes schooling and competing in...... Read more NYG: Anambra Set To Screen Athletes For September Games

Anambra state athletes will start preparations ahead of the U15 National Youth Games scheduled for Asaba, Delta state in September. Emeka Obidimma, Technical Director of the State Sports Development Commission (ASDC),...... Read more N20m Ajegunle City Youth Marathon holds Nov 30

Organisers of the maiden edition of Ajegunle City Youth Marathon have fixed November 30 for the 10km race, which is expected to attract over 1000 runners with a prize pool of N20m....... Read more Olatoye, Onyekwere rue athletes’ lack of funding

Over a week after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, revelations about the poor conditions of Nigerian athletes before the Games are still emerging after they failed to win a medal at the...... Read more N3.5m up for grabs in 10km Surulere Marathon

Over 500 runners, mostly from the Surulere Local Government Area of Lagos State, will compete for a share of the total cash prize of N3.5m in the maiden Surulere 10km Marathon, which...... Read more Ofili, Enekwechi, Ogazi move up in WA rankings

Nigeria sprinters Favour Ofili and Samuel Ogazi, as well as shot put thrower Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, are among the highest gainers in the latest World Athletics rankings released by the body after the...... Read more Amusan can still run 100m hurdles final

World record holder Tobi Amusan still has a slim chance of running in the women’s 100m hurdles final at the Paris 2024 Olympics, but that depends on any of the eight...... Read more ICYMI: Paris 2024: Nigerian cyclist borrows bicycle from German team at Olympics

In a display of sportsmanship, Nigerian cyclist, Ese Lovina Ukpeseraye, received crucial support from the German cycling team during the Paris Olympics. Ukpeseraye, representing Team Nigeria, found herself in a difficult...... Read more Serbian athlete dies in US swimming event

A Serbian athlete died Thursday morning while competing in a CrossFit swimming competition in Texas, the fitness organization said on social media. “We are devastated by the passing of Lazar Dukic....... Read more Tobi Amusan fails to qualify for Olympics 100m hurdles final

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, the 2022 world champion and world record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles, has failed to reach the final of the women’s 100m hurdles event at the Paris...... Read more Botswana declares holiday to honour Olympics gold medalist, Letsile Tebogo

Botswana’s President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has declared an afternoon day-off today, August 9, 2024, to honour Letsile Tebogo, the country’s first-ever Olympics Gold medalist in the 200m. This recognition celebrates Tebogo’s achievement...... Read more Nigeria’s Adekuoroye loses to China in Olympics wrestling

Nigeria’s Odunayo Adekuoroye lost 8-10 to China’s Hong Kexin on Thursday in the women’s freestyle 57-kilogramme event of the 2024 Olympic Games wrestling competition. In the quarter-final match at the Champ-de-Mars...... Read more Ofili switches focus to relays, says job not don

Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has shifted her focus to the women’s 4x100m relay after finishing sixth in the women’s 200m final at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Ofili, who competed from lane...... Read more This is my season, Amusan boasts

Women’s 100m hurdles world record holder Tobi Amusan is confident of securing a medal in the event at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after failing to do so in previous two...... Read more Team Nigeria begin 4x100m relays today

Nigeria will begin campaigning in the 4x100m relays of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games today, having been drawn in heats 1 and 2 of the men’s and women’s categories, with the latter...... Read more Tobi Amusan qualifies for 100m hurdles semis in 2024 Olympics

World champion Tobi Amusan qualified for the 100-meter hurdles semi-finals in the ongoing 2024 Olympics in Paris on Wednesday. Amusan led the pack of eight athletes with 12.49 seconds, followed by...... Read more Tobi Amusan named Nigeria’s flagbearer for Paris 2024 Olympics

World record holder Tobi Amusan has been selected as the country’s flagbearer for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This appointment marks a historic moment for Nigerian athletics,...... Read more Paris 2024: Men’s Olympics football fixtures

The men’s football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris promises to be a thrilling spectacle, featuring 16 teams from around the globe competing across seven cities in France. The...... Read more CAS clears Amusan of doping charges

Nigeria’s 100m hurdles world record holder Tobi Amusan has been cleared of her pending whereabouts failure charges by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, a few weeks before the Paris 2024 Olympic...... Read more Omwuzurike predicts bright future for Nigerian athletics

Chris Onwuzurike, the father of Nigerian sprinter Udodi Onwuzurike, is impressed by the standard of the AFN National Trials at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City and believes the country will...... Read more