Tag: African Games

Nigeria’s bid to host the 2031 Africa Games is guided by a forward-looking vision to harness sports as a catalyst ...

According to Ayodeji Ogunsakin, Vice President of the South West Zone, the appointments take immediate effect

From taekwondo to wrestling, athletics, cycling, and weightlifting, Nigerian athletes will be giving it their all to bring home medals ...

Oshonaike is the only woman in Club 7, and she’s also the first African female player ever to achieve this ...

President Tinubu commended the table tennis star for his dogged pursuit of excellence even in the face of gnawing obstacles

Hope Udoaka led the Nigerian ladies, and they defeated Ghana 3-0 in the final to retain the title without dropping ...

Although it was thrilling to witness Nigerian athletes achieve success in “unconventional” disciplines such as cricket, swimming, hockey, and even ...

PREMIUM TIMES in this concluding part continues to shine a spotlight on all the country’s gold medalists at the just-concluded ...

The last African Games saw the Nigerian national anthem rendered 47 times - each time a gold medal was added ...

Namibia will host the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Africa Championships later this year where Nigeria will be slugging ...

Team Nigeria brought home an impressive haul of four medals: one gold, one silver, and two bronze.

The MMA fighters brought home an impressive haul of four medals: one gold, one silver, and two bronze.

Armelia Edet-Effiom, a former athlete, coach, and accomplished sports administrator, bares her mind on the state of sports in Nigeria.

While the overall medal count was lower than the 130 medals won in Morocco, the Ghana outing yielded a slight ...

Ghana defeated Nigeria’s U-20 team in the final, denying the team a second consecutive African Games gold medal after their ...

Brume's winning jump should have been a new Games Record but the excessive wind reading denied her that extra accolade

13 of the 15 athletes taken to Ghana won medals even though they fell short of their target of eight ...

While some had tipped the Ghana team for gold in the men’s race, it ended in Nigeria's favour as the ...

The gold medal won by Amusan is the fifth from athletics for Team Nigeria at the ongoing African Games in ...

In the women's 400m event, Nigeria's Esther Elo did well enough to also secure the silver medal for Nigeria

Team Nigeria picked three gold medals on Tuesday in athletics and made a couple of other podium finishes

Oborududu cemented her place in Nigerian and African wrestling history by winning a record-extending 14th African title

Tuesday’s finals promise to be exciting, with Nigerians expected to challenge for gold medals across multiple events.

The second half saw the introduction of substitutes who became match-winners for Nigeria.