Category: Sports

Aruna Quadri and Abiodun Bode have won Gold medal in the Men’s Doubles final at the 2021 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) African Championship in Yaounde.

The duo defeated Khalid Assar and Saleh Ahmed of Egypt 4-2 on September 6, 2021 to reclaim the men’s doubles gong for Nigeria.

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24-year-old Oluwatobiloba Amusan has set a new African record in the 100 meters Hurdles event with a finishing time of 12.42 seconds in the Diamond League final meet held in Zurich on September 9, 2021.

Amusan’s winning time erases Glory Alozie’s previous feat of 12.44 seconds set in 1999 and also saw her become the first Nigerian to win a Diamond League trophy.

Oluwatobiloba Amusan is expected to receive $30,000 in prize money as well as getting a wild card for next year’s World Athletics Championships in Oregon, U.S.A.

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Team Nigeria’s U-20 track and field athletes have re-written the history of Nigeria’s participation at the 2021 World Athletics Under-20 championships after finishing third on the medals table with an unprecedented haul of four gold and three bronze medals.

The highest Nigeria has ended on the medals table prior to the just-ended event in Nigeria was her seventh-place finish at the third edition of the championships in 1990 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria where they won two gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

The four gold medals won at the just ended championships in Nairobi, Kenya is the highest Nigeria has won, two more than the country has ever won in any edition of the championships.

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Bayelsa Queens FC have emerged champions of the 2020/2021 Federation Cup, also known as Aiteo Cup on the 9th of August 2021.

Bayelsa Queens FC won the Aiteo Cup by defeating the Lagos based clubside, Robo FC 4-2 at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City.

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Bayelsa United have emerged champions of the 2021 Federation Cup, also known as Aiteo Cup on the 9th of August 2021.

Nigeria National League (NNL) club Bayelsa United won the Aiteo Cup for the first time edging out NPFL side Nasarawa United 4-3 on penalties at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City.

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Blessing Oborududu has emerged the first Nigerian wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics after winning a silver medal in the women’s 68 kg freestyle wrestling event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan.

Blessing Oborududu on 3rd of August 2021 achieved the feat after losing to reigning world champion Tamyra Mensah-Stock of the United States 4-1 on points.

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Akwa United FC have won the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) title for the 2020/2021 season and for the very first time in their history.

The Promise Keepers, as they are fondly called, sealed their first league title on the 1st of August 2021 following a comprehensive 5-2 win over MFM in Uyo at the Nest of Champions.

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