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Lagos bets on the future with teenage swimmers at Gateway Games 2024, by Lekan Fatodu
While medals remain the ultimate prize at any competition, Lagos State is making a powerful statement at the ongoing Gateway Games 2024 by investing in the future. In the women’s 4x200m Freestyle relay event, Team Lagos fielded an inspiring quartet of teenagers still in secondary school: Daniella Akanbi, Olutise Nedd, Nesomagh Nwizu, and Funmilayo Demehin. Competing against older, more experienced…
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Golden Eaglets cruise into semi-finals at Gateway Games
Five-time world champions, the Golden Eaglets, have zoomed into the semi-finals of the football event at the 22nd National Sports Festival ongoing in Ogun State. The Eaglets are participating in the games as part of the Invited Junior Athletes (IJA), an initiative of the National Sports Commission (NSC) aimed at exposing young athletes. Abdulmuiz Adeleke, who netted the first goal…
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ITTF World Championship: Calderano cruises past Aruna in Doha showdown
Nigeria’s table tennis icon, Quadri Aruna, saw his 2025 ITTF World Championships campaign come to an end Thursday after a 4-0 loss to Brazil’s Hugo Calderano in the men’s singles round of 16. What was billed as one of the marquee clashes of the tournament instead turned into a one-sided rout at Doha’s Lusail Arena. Calderano, who has long been…
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Gateway Games: 13-year-old wins Oyo’s first swimming medal in 7 years
Tofunmi Ibidapo, a 13-year-old swimmer, has ended a seven-year medal drought for Oyo State in swimming events at the National Sports Festival. She won a silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke event on Thursday evening at the ongoing Gateway Games in Abeokuta. Oyo State last won a swimming medal at the 19th National Sports Festival in Abuja in 2018. Tofunmi…
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NSC will restore Nigeria’s glory in global sports – Olopade
The Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Honourable Bukola Olopade, has reiterated the Commission’s determination to return Nigeria to its glory days in international sports. Olopade made this known during an interview with journalists at the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival in Abeokuta. He said the NSC, under the leadership of Mallam Shehu Dikko, is committed to revitalising…
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22nd National Sports Festival medals table summary – Day 4
Bayelsa State maintained its early lead at the top of the medals table after Day 4 of the 22nd National Sports Festival, tagged Gateway Games. Bayelsa held on to the top spot with 16 gold, 6 silver, and 5 bronze medals. Defending champion Delta State made a significant leap from Day 3 to move into second place with 10 gold,…
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Tottenham beat Man Utd to win Europa League trophy
By Olaolu Joseph Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday night defeated fellow English side Manchester United 1–0 to lift the UEFA Europa League trophy. Brennan Johnson’s goal, three minutes before the end of the first half, was all that separated the two sides in the final played at the San Mamés Barria in Bilbao, Spain. It was a special night for Spurs,…
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ITTF World Championships: Aruna battles Calderano in fourth round
The long-standing rivalry between two continental giants—Africa’s Quadri Aruna and South America’s Hugo Calderano—will be reignited at the 2025 ITTF World Championships in Doha. The two stars are set to clash in the fourth round of the Men’s Singles on Thursday, May 22, at the Lusail Arena. Aruna and Calderano are widely regarded as modern icons of table tennis in…
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Abakaliki FC, Kwara United qualify for Federation Cup final
By Olaolu Joseph Underdogs Abakaliki FC of Ebonyi confirmed their giant-killing status on Wednesday, defeating NPFL side Ikorodu City 5-4 on penalties to qualify for the final of this year’s President Federation Cup. The thrilling semi-final tie, played in Abuja, ended goalless after regulation time and was decided by a penalty shootout. The Ebonyi-based side held their nerve to triumph…
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Gusau states mission as WAFU B President
Newly elected President of the West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau (MON), has unveiled his strategic vision for the sub regional football body. Gusau revealed that his mission centres on revitalising football in the region by promoting grassroots development, launching targeted youth competitions, crafting a robust marketing strategy to attract corporate sponsorship, and fostering unity…
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