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Abiodun rejoices as Amusan wins Commonwealth title

By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has congratulated Nigerian sprinter and world champion, Tobi Amusan, on winning a gold medal in the women’s 100m Hurdles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, United Kingdom. “Our golden girl has done it, again. This is a testament to the fact that she is consistent, reliable and deserved the World…

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Tobi Amusan wins 100m hurdles gold, breaks Commonwealth Games record

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan reigned supreme on Sunday as she successfully defended her women’s 100m hurdles title at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK. Amusan ran a Commonwealth Games record time of 12.30secs to claim the gold medal ahead of Devynne Charlton from Bahams who won the silver medal with a time of 12.58secs. England’s Cindy Sember was third with…

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Commonwealth Games: Adekuoroye, Oborududu win wrestling gold medals

…Amusan, Brume, Usoro make athletics final Nigeria won three medals in the wrestling event of the 2022 Commonwealth Games holding in Birmingham, United Kingdom on Friday. Olympics silver-medallist Blessing Oborududu was too good for her Canadian opponent Linda Morais, winning the women’s freestyle 68kg bout 5-1 VPO1 (Victory by points – with point(s) to claim her second consecutive GOLD medal…

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Arsenal begin EPL season with 2-0 victory at Crystal Palace

Arsenal got their campaign off to the perfect start as Mikel Arteta’s side beat Crystal Palace in an entertaining 2022-23 Premier League curtain-raiser at Selhurst Park. The Gunners maintained their impressive pre-season form with an energetic performance that was rewarded when Gabriel Martinelli nodded in a 20th-minute opener from new signing Oleksandr Zinchenko’s headed assist. It took Palace most of…

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Super Falcons drop 7 places in latest FIFA rankings

…Nigeria side has biggest drop by points Nigeria’s Super Falcons dropped seven places to 46th position in the world in the latest rankings released by football governing body, FIFA, on Friday. Falcons had earlier been ranked 39th in the world in the previous ranking released on June 17. Their poor performance at the just concluded 2022 Women’s African Cup of…

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Holders Bayelsa, Rangers, Enyimba, Remo dumped out of AITEO Cup

Cup holders Bayelsa United and former champions Rangers International have been sent packing from this year’s AITEO Cup competition in the Round of 32. Two-time CAF Champions League winners Enyimba FC of Aba and CAF Confederation Cup aspirants Remo Stars were also victims as a good number of the 16 matches on Wednesday threw up interesting results. Champions Bayelsa United…

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Leicester goalkeeper Schmeichel joins French side Nice

Leicester City captain Kasper Schmeichel has left the club after 11 years and joined Ligue 1 side Nice. The goalkeeper, 35, made 479 appearances for the Foxes after signing from Leeds, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Community Shield. Schmeichel was also part of the side that won the Championship in 2013-14. He follows Aaron Ramsey to Nice after…

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Police IRT boss, Disu, wins US Open judo silver medal

Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) unit, Tunji Disu won a silver medal at the US Open Judo Championship over the weekend. According to reports Disu, who is a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), won silver in minus 100kg category of the veteran division. The competition had over 500 veteran champions across the world. Disu’s win came at…

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Ronaldo returns for United in Rayo Vallecano  draw

Cristiano Ronaldo made his first pre-season appearance for Manchester United in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Rayo Vallecano after a summer of speculation about his future. Pictures of Ronaldo leaving Old Trafford prior to the final whistle emerged on social media, but United have clarified he was one of a number of players to do so, and it is not an…

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England beat Germany to win first major women’s trophy

England created history by winning their first major women’s tournament in a dramatic Euro 2022 final against old rivals and eight-time champions Germany at Wembley. Substitute Chloe Kelly poked home a loose ball from a corner to send the raucous record crowd of 87,192 into a frenzy with ten minutes of extra time remaining. She waited for confirmation of the…

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