The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, received the nation’s Paralympic athletes at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Saturday, in recognition of their outstanding performance at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. The Nigerian contingent, led by the Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, was celebrated for carting home a total of seven medals. Addressing the athletes during the …

President Bola Tinubu has joined other basketball enthusiasts to applaud D’Tigress 32-year-old head coach Rena Wakama following the team’s laudable outing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, which led to her being voted the best coach of the Women’s Basketball Tournament, an honour President Tinubu said was well deserved. This was contained in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri …

In a remarkable display of vision, leadership, and innovation, the Lagos State Sports Commission hosted the Lagos Paris Olympics 2024 Esports and Sports Economy Roundtable at the Africa Station Doom, L’lle-Saint-Denis in Paris, France. Convened under the theme ‘Exploring New Frontiers and Business Opportunities in Sports’, the Director General, Lagos State Sports Commission, Lekan Fatodu, who led the charge at …

Team Nigeria’s women basketball squad, D’Tigress, ended their campaign at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics gallantly, losing 88-74 in the quarter-final to U.S. women’s basketball team on Wednesday night. D’Tigress started strong, trailing by just nine points at the end of the first quarter, 26-17. However, the U.S. asserted their dominance in the second quarter, outscoring Nigeria 26-16 and taking …

American Gabby Thomas stormed to a brilliant victory in the women’s Olympic 200m in Paris on Tuesday to clinch the first major title of her career. Thomas clocked 21.83sec to win ahead of St. Lucia’s new 100m champion Julien Alfred, who timed 22.08sec. Thomas’ teammate Brittany Brown claimed bronze in 22.20sec. Team Nigeria’s Favour Ofili finished sixth in the final …

The national record holder in the men’s 400m hurdles, Ezekiel Nathaniel, has set his sights on the gold medal after qualifying for the semi-finals of the event at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday. Nathaniel had an impressive run from lane three to place second in 48.38s, his fourth fastest time ever, to qualify for the semi-finals on Tuesday (today). …

Clinical Japan beat Nigeria 3-1 in the final Group C women’s football event at the Paris Olympics to send the African giants home. First-half goals from Maika Hamano, Mina Tanaka, and Hikaru Kitagawa ensured that Futoshi Ikeda’s ladies finished second in the group to book a place in the quarter-finals of the tournament at the expense of Nigeria. Randy Waldrum …

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 …

Head coach of Nigeria’s female basketball national team, D’Tigress, Rena Wakama, has named the squad that will be defending the colours of the country at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. Forward Amy Okonkwo, who has been an inspiration to the team after claiming MVP honours at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2023 and impressed in a big way at …

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, …