Category: Sports

Dolphins Women’s Basketball team has emerged champions of the 2025 Zenith Bank Basketball League held at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

The team secured their second title in style after beating the record winner of the league, First Bank Women’s Basketball team, 61-55 points after overtime, ending their quest for La-Decima, after winning the title nine times in the past.

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Musa James Francis and Esther Affigbo have emerged champions at the 2025 MASA Isonyin Marathon (21-kilometre race).

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Captain Abdulqudus Olawale Aliu has become the first Nigerian and African to win a silver medal at the World Youth Scrabble Championships as he finished second behind India’s Madhav Gopal Kamath.

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Team Lagos state has emerged as champions at the 2025 National Youth Games with a total of 110 medals, including 52 golds, 32 silvers, and 26 bronzes.

Team Lagos’ success came amid stiff competition, with the host state, Delta, finishing second with 37 gold, 38 silver, and 39 bronze medals, displacing Edo State from the runner-up position.

Bayelsa placed fourth with 18 gold, 12 silver, and 25 bronze, and Kwara State completed the top five with 15 gold, 10 silver, and 19 bronze.

Umar Ayoola and Khadijat Musa have emerged winners of the 2nd Atanda Musa Under-15 National Table Tennis Championship, hosted by the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja, Lagos.

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Adaobi Tabugbo has clocked a time of 12.90 seconds (3.0) to win the women’s 100 meters hurdles event at the 2025 Grande Premio Brasil de Atletismo in Sao Paulo.

She won ahead of Ketiley Batista who ran 13.00 seconds and Vitoria Batista in 13.02 seconds.

Abdul Jabar Adama has become the first ever Nigerian swimmer to win a medal at the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships held in Romania.

The 17-year-old won a silver medal in the men’s 50 meters butterfly, clocking 23.64 seconds to finish behind Great Britain’s Dean Fearn who won gold with 23.54 seconds.

He broke two Nigerian Records in one day en route winning a historic medal. Coming into the championships, his Nigerian record stood at 23.81 seconds, lowering it to 23.61 seconds in the prelims, and then clocking 23.48 seconds in the semis.