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Tag: Sports

NFF Congratulates, Dare, Sports Ministry
12Aug By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Nigeria, Sports

NFF Congratulates, Dare, Sports Ministry

The Nigeria Football Federation has felicitated with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and the person of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Sunday Dare on Nigeria’s outing at the 32nd Olympics which ended in Tokyo, Japan few days ago. Nigeria earned one silver and one bronze medals from the Games, with a slew of promising performances as a number of athletes reached the final of their events. For the first time since 1996, a Nigerian athlete was in the final of the glamour event of the Games – the men’s 100m sprint. Young hurdler Oluwatobiloba Amusan narrowly missed netting a medal as she finished fourth in the women’s high hurdles final. “The Nigeria contingent may not have returned with the harvest of medals that many hoped for, but there are bright lights all ...
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Iheanacho Scores to Help Leicester City Fc Win Community Shield
8Aug By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Sports, Youths

Iheanacho Scores to Help Leicester City Fc Win Community Shield

Kelechi Iheanacho's 89th-minute penalty gave Leicester more Wembley glory as they beat Manchester City 1-0 in the 2021 Community Shield on Saturday. £100m Jack Grealish was center of attention when he came on for his Man City debut on 64 minutes but it was Leicester's sub Iheanacho who made the difference, forcing Nathan Ake into a mistake to win the spot-kick and then emphatically firing home against his former side in front of the Leicester fans, 84 days on from their FA Cup triumph at the same venue. See Also: Man City may re-sign Iheanacho – Paul Stewart Leicester had impressed throughout, with Harvey Barnes starring on his return to competitive action from a knee injury which had sidelined him since February, and the winger had been involved when Jamie Vardy's shot was kicked...
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Siasia Sues FIFA, Demands Refund of $54k Fine
5Aug By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Sports

Siasia Sues FIFA, Demands Refund of $54k Fine

Samson Siasia, former Super Eagles player and coach, has sued FIFA over the federation’s earlier decision to hand him a life ban from all football-related activities. In 2019, FIFA had found Siasia “guilty of having accepted that he would receive bribes in relation to the manipulation of matches”. The world football governing body had said the offence violated its code of ethics while the ban was also accompanied by a 50,000 Swiss francs ($54,000) fine. On June 21, the sanction was however reduced to a five-year ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). The court had also ruled that the life ban handed to the Nigerian was “disproportionate” to the offence he was said to have committed. But in a dramatic twist, Siasia filed a suit at a federal court in New York on Monday, chall...
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Olympics: Ese Brume Bags Nigeria’s First Medal
3Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Sports

Olympics: Ese Brume Bags Nigeria’s First Medal

Nigeria’s wait for a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is over as long jumper Ese Brume, won a bronze in women’s long jump. Germany’s Malaika Mihambo soared to gold in the women’s long jump, snatching victory from former champion Brittney Reese with her last leap of the competition. Mihambo was lying in the bronze medal position ahead of her final jump, but powered down the runway to register a season-best jump of 7.00 metres. That left 2012 Olympic champion Reese – who had led the competition with a best jump of 6.97m – with one final attempt to reclaim the lead. But the American could only manage 6.84 with her last leap to settle for silver. Read Also: Kwara United Reject Head Coach, Biffo’s Resignation Nigeria’s Ese Brume took the bronze medal with a best jump of 6.97m....
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Olympics: Nigeria Assured Medal As Wrestler Oborududu Qualifies For Final
2Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Sports

Olympics: Nigeria Assured Medal As Wrestler Oborududu Qualifies For Final

Blessing Oborodudu, Nigeria’s representative at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic women’s wrestling event has qualified for the final after beating Battsetseg Soronzobold of Mongolia. Her success means Team Nigeria is assured of either a gold or silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Oborududu got the better of Battsetseg Soronzobold in an 7-2 victory to qualify the final of the 68kg. The impressive Nigerian wrestler faces America’s Tamyra Mensah-Stock in the final. She had defeated Azerbaijani’s Elis Manolova and Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan to advance to her first Olympic semi-final. Reacting, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, described Oduduru as a blessing to Nigeria. He said, “This is a real Blessing to Nigeria. Thank you Blessing for wiping away ...
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Osimhen Scores Twice As Napoli Crush Bayern Munich
1Aug By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Sports

Osimhen Scores Twice As Napoli Crush Bayern Munich

Victor Osimhen scored twice, as Napoli hammered Bayern Munich 3-0 in a pre-season friendly on Saturday. After scoring the winner against Serie C club Pro Vercelli last weekend, the Super Eagles striker led the Partenopei’s attack again in Munich. Osimhen netted his two goals within two second-half minutes. The first came in the 69th minute, as he combined nicely with Algeria midfielder, Adam Ounas. See Also: Super Eagles Goalie, Okoye Injured In Sparta Rotterdam’s Home Game With Ajax  Zinedine Machach completed the rout for Napoli with five minutes left on the clock. Despite their comfortable win, Napoli suffered a late blow as Ounas was replaced 11 minutes later after he picked up an injury. Osimhen was replaced by Gennaro Tutino in the 80th minute. Source: The Goal
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D’Tigers Coach Vows Not To quit After Olympic Ouster
1Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Sports

D’Tigers Coach Vows Not To quit After Olympic Ouster

Mike Brown, coach of Nigeria’s men's basketball team has vowed not to leave his position as D’Tigers coach after they failed to progress further in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games on Saturday. D’Tigers lost all three of their group games to favourites Australia, Germany and Italy, just two weeks after stunning exhibition upsets over Team USA and Argentina. Brown took charge of the former African champions in an attempt to push the emerging basketball country to the next level. An NBA coach for the Lakers and Cavaliers and currently an assistant with the Golden State Warriors, Brown is credited for helping Nigeria improve and become an international factor over the past few months. Read Also: Kwara United Reject Head Coach, Biffo’s Resignation The American has now pledg...
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Okagbare Reacts After Disqualification, Blasts Nigerian Sports Administrators  
31Jul By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Sports

Okagbare Reacts After Disqualification, Blasts Nigerian Sports Administrators  

Nigerian star athlete Blessing Okagbare, has reacted after she was disqualified from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for doping, calling out sports administrators in Nigeria. Okagbare’s suspension comes barely 48 hours after 10 other Nigerian athletes were disqualified from the Olympics for failing to meet the minimum testing requirements under Rule 15 governing the National Anti-Doping Federation. Jumper Ruth Usoro, Sprinter Favour Ofili and eight other Nigerian athletes were on Wednesday disqualified from the track and field events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Aside Usoro and Ofili, others affected were Chioma Onyekwere (discus), Annette Echikunwoke (hammer), Chidi Okezie (4X400m mixed relays), Knowledge Omovoh (4x100m women), Rosemary Chukwuma (100m), Glory Patrick (4X400m mixed re...
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Blessing Okagbare Banned From Tokyo 2020 Olympics For Doping
31Jul By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Sports

Blessing Okagbare Banned From Tokyo 2020 Olympics For Doping

Nigerian distinguished athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has been provisionally suspended for doping on Saturday. The suspension comes ahead of her scheduled participation in the semi-finals of the women’s 100m this evening. It was communicated in a press statement by the Athletics Integrity Unit, saying that the 32-year-old Nigerian athlete tested positive for a banned substance – human growth hormone. The ant-doping body said Okagbare tested positive for the prohibited substance in an out-of-competition test on July 19 – four days before the Olympics opened. The results of that test were only received by track and field’s anti-doping body late Friday after Okagbare, who won her heat in 11.05 seconds, qualified for the semifinals of the women’s 100m race at the Olympics With t...
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Tokyo Olympics: Impressive D’Tigress Narrowly Lose To USA
27Jul By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Sports, Uncategorized

Tokyo Olympics: Impressive D’Tigress Narrowly Lose To USA

D’Tigress fell to a 81-72 defeat to the United States of America in their opening game at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Tuesday morning. The Nigerian Ladies put up a brave fight in the encounter but struggled to contain the Americans who has much bigger players in their team. It was the 50th consecutive Olympic victories for the USA Women’s basketball national team. Promise Alumakura, Ify Ibekwe and Adaora Elonu all put up fine performances for D’Tigress in the encounter. Read Also: Kwara United Reject Head Coach, Biffo’s Resignation D’Tigress lost by 31 points to USA the last time both countries met in Las Vegas. The West Africans will face France in their next game on Friday. Source: CompleteSports
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