Asisat Lamina Oshoala has been nominated for the 2022 Ballon dór Feminine player of the year following her impressive season with FC Barcelona Femini in the Spanish League.
She becomes the first female African player to get the Ballon D’or nomination.
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Aroune Shamah has emerged as the overall winner of the inaugural edition of the Skal Golf Tournament held in Lagos.
Aroune Shamah playing handicap 11 made history after he scored 77 gross and 66 nets to emerge as the overall winner.
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16-year-old Iyeneobong Essien has emerged second place winner at the 2022 Champion of Champions World Golf Championship Invitational in Northern Ireland.
The teenager competed in the 16 to 19 years category between July 26 to 28, 2022 at the Invitational; playing on two challenging courses, the Faldo Course and the Castle Hume Course at the Lough Erne Resort in Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
Team Nigeria has won a total of six medals (three gold, two silver and one bronze) at the 2022 ITTF Africa Youth Championship held in Tunisia.
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Nigeria’s quartet of Samson Nathaniel, Imaobong Nse Uko, Dubem Amene and Patience Okon-George became the first African team in World Championships history to compete in the final of the Mixed 4×400 meters event, finishing in a respectable sixth position to draw the curtains on Day 1 of the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
Nigeria’s Women’s 4×100 meters quartet have set a new Nigerian and African records at 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
In the women’s 4×100 meters relay final, Nigeria’s squad of Joy Udo-Gabriel, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Grace Nwokocha ran a spectacular race to set a new African and Nigerian Record of 42.22 seconds to finish 4th on the penultimate day of the World Championships.
Usoro Ruth has become the first Nigerian (male or female) to compete in both the Triple Jump and Long Jump events at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.