Akpodonor Gowon, Author at Guardian Nigeria News

Nigeria’s relay teams among those expected to be affected by the new directives from Paris Olympics following accommodation problem

Accommodation problem hits Paris Olympics, relay teams affected

• Sports Ministry Hands Over Team Nigeria To NOC On Monday What appears a major problem for organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics Games may have occurred, as participating countries have been

9 hours ago

by Akpodonor Gowon

I pulled out of Paris Diamond League to avoid injury, says Ese Brume

Reigning African Games and African Championships champion, Ese Brume has given reasons why she pulled out of tomorrow’s Meeting de Paris, which is the eighth leg of the 2024 Diamond League.

9 hours ago

Athletics·Sport

Again, Nigerian referees missing on CAF list, Eagles begin 2025 AFCON with tricky trip to Libya

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the list of its professional referees for 2024 and no Nigerian referee made the list. The list consists of 20 referees, six

9 hours ago

Football·Sport

Injury knocks Ayinde out of Super Falcons’ Olympic team

Less than 24 hours after she was included in the Super Falcons’ squad for the Paris 2024 Olympics, Rosengard FC midfielder, Halimatu Ayinde, has reportedly suffered an injury that may rule her

1 day ago

Football·Sport

Olympics: Ofili, Chukwuma may escape AFN’s hammer

. As as Nigerians await Olympics list today Two U.S.-based Nigeria sprinters, Favour Ofili and Rosemary Chukwuma may have escaped sanction from the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) to make the final

2 days ago

Athletics·Athletics

Israel Adesanya returns, faces Du Plessis in UFC big fight

For the first time since losing his title to Sean Strickland last year, Nigeria-born New Zealand-based UFC fighter, Israel Adesanya, is set return to the ring. Adesanya, a middleweight contender and champion

2 days ago

Boxing·Sport

AFN to work on athletes’ strengths, weaknesses

Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s (AFN) Technical Director, Samuel Onikeku, has said that country’s participation in the just-concluded 23rd African Senior Athletics Championships in Douala, Cameroon, has given the federation a clue on

3 days ago

Athletics·Sport

Ola Aina (middle) battles with two South African defenders during the semifinals of the 2023 African Cup of Nations.

Forget 2026 World Cup, South Africans tell Nigerians

After beating Team Nigeria to top the medals table at the just-concluded 23rd African Senior Athletics Championships, in Douala, Cameroon, athletes and officials of Team South Africa shifted their focus to football

4 days ago

Football·Slide·Sport

AFN celebrates CAS’ clearance of Amusan

Officials of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) are still celebrating the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) dismissal of the appeals filed by World Athletics (WA) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against

5 days ago

Athletics·Sport

I’ll become olympics champion very soon – Eyakpobeyan

Newly crowned African Senior Athletics Championships gold medallist, Justina Tiana Eyakpobeyan, feel she has the quality and energy to wrestle power from established athletes in battle for gold medal at the Olympics

1 week ago

Athletics·Sport

Beg sports minister, AFN for us, Ofili, Chukwuma appeal to Nigerians

Sensing exclusion from Team Nigeria squad to the Paris Olympics due to their ‘show of shame’ in Douala, two U.S.-based Nigeria sprinters, Favour Ofili and Rosemary Chukwuma, have allegedly gone on their

1 week ago

Athletics·Sport

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Accommodation problem hits Paris Olympics, relay teams affected

I pulled out of Paris Diamond League to avoid injury, says Ese Brume

Again, Nigerian referees missing on CAF list, Eagles begin 2025 AFCON with tricky trip to Libya

Injury knocks Ayinde out of Super Falcons’ Olympic team

Olympics: Ofili, Chukwuma may escape AFN’s hammer

Israel Adesanya returns, faces Du Plessis in UFC big fight

AFN to work on athletes’ strengths, weaknesses

Forget 2026 World Cup, South Africans tell Nigerians

AFN celebrates CAS’ clearance of Amusan

I’ll become olympics champion very soon – Eyakpobeyan

Beg sports minister, AFN for us, Ofili, Chukwuma appeal to Nigerians

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