As the embarrassing, and if I may add, needless dispute between Dangote Refineries and the Nigerian government as represented by the NNPC lingers, the Paris Olympics arrived with a basket of lessons on country-of-origin branding that I feel this country and its leaders should learn from. I recognize the fact that my nation, especially at the leadership level is hard …

Nigeria’s D’Tigress put up a good fight but were ultimately beaten by Germany in a warm-up game ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The African champions, ranked 12th globally by FIBA, lost to the 19th-ranked Germany in the preparation game played at the UBER Arena in Berlin on Friday as the game finished 77-63 in favour of the Germans. D’Tigress, …

Nigerian Olympic gold medallists, Chioma Ajunwa and Enefiok Udo-Obong believe the World Athletics has taken a brilliant step and are on the right path after the body announced prize money to gold medalists at the world’s biggest sports event later this year. The duo, both retired sprinters also said the move would further enhance competition in athletics events in Paris …

Super Falcons head coach Randy Waldrum has identified the need for his team to improve on their finishing before the 2024 Olympic Games. The nine-time African champions will compete in the women’s football event at Paris 2024 after a 16-year hiatus. Waldrum’s side scored once over two legs in their fourth round qualifying tie against the Banyana Banyana of South …

The President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engr. Habu Gumel led a joint team of the Executive Committee, and the Executive Board chairmen of the Sports Federation Chairmen to the Main Media Centre of the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja for a meeting with the Minister of Sports, Senator John Enoh Ministry, NOC, Federation chart to Games’ future on the …

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has agreed with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development that Team Nigeria would participate in various international sporting events, including the African Beach Games, the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago, and the ANOC World Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia. Following the meeting of NOC’s Executive Board at the Association of National Olympic …

FIBA has banned the Russia and Belarus men’s basketball teams from the second-chance qualification tournaments for the 2024 Olympics. FIBA, or the International Basketball Federation, announced the development on Tuesday. Athletes from Russia and Belarus have faced sanctions from a multitude of sports since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year. As Moscow’s assault on Ukraine stretches into a second year, the …

Egypt is planning to apply to host the 2036 Olympic Games, Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhi said on Saturday during a reception for International Olympic Committee President, Thomas Bach in Cairo. Since the inaugural edition in 1896 in Athens, Greece, no African or Arab nation has hosted the major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. “President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi has …

Kenya’s double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge won the Tokyo marathon on Sunday but narrowly failed to beat his own world record in a dominating performance. Kipchoge made it to the finish line with the fourth-fastest time in history the race in 2hr 2min 40sec, which earned him the fourth of the world’s six major marathons. The 37-year-old has now run three of the four …