Showing posts with label olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label olympics. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

First Olympic Medalist of Nigeria, Nojim Maiyegun, Dies At 83

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Nojim Maiyegun, a former Nigerian boxer, has died at 83. The death of the legendary boxer was confirmed on Monday in a Facebook post by Rudo...
Monday, August 5, 2024

Nigeria becomes first African basketball team to qualify for Olympic quarterfinals

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Ezinne Kalu had a giant smile on her face as she joined her teammates for a celebratory run around the court with Nigerian flags. Nigeria ha...
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Nigeria beat Australia in Women's Basket Ball at 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris

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 Nigeria’s coaches and players soaked in the moment, taking in the cheers from the crowd as they stood at center court. The team had just pu...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Video - Canoe and para canoe 2024 Olympic qualifiers underway in Nigeria

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The inaugural Confederation of Africa Canoe Sprint and Para Canoe qualifiers for the 2024 Olympic games in Paris begun in Nigeria. Nearly ...
Monday, August 2, 2021

Nigerian athletes disqualified from Olympics due to inadequate drug testing

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10 out of Nigeria’s 23 track and field athletes have been forced to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympic Games because they did not meet the min...
Monday, July 12, 2021

Nigeria pulls off stunning pre-Olympic men's basketball victory over U.S.

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This is not how USA Basketball expected to open its Olympic summer. Nigeria probably didn't expect it, either. If there was any expectat...
Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Nneka, Chiney, Erica Ogwumike, all listed on Nigeria's provisional roster, could play in Olympics together

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Sisters Nneka, Chiney and Erica Ogwumike are listed on the provisional roster for Nigeria's women's basketball team, the country...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Video - Challenging conditions hamper Nigerian medal hopefuls

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Nigeria para-athletes have put the disappointment of the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics behind them and are now focused on s...
Friday, November 17, 2017

Nigeria to have bobsled team at the winter olympics for the first time ever

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Nigeria's women's bobsled team has qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics. The three-member team — which was only formed in 2016 —...