Team Delta State has emerged overall winner of the 20th National Sports Festival held in Edo State between April 2 – 14, 2021 obtaining a total of 384 medals (158 gold, 116 silver, and 110 bronze).
Team Edo State, the host, finished in second place with a total of 341 medals – 129 gold, 104 silver, and 108 bronze while Team Bayelsa State finished a third with a total of 169 medals – 56 gold, 55 silver, and 58 bronze.
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Host, Edo State has emerged winners of the 2021 National Men’s Cricket Championship at the Boys High School, Cricket High Performance Center in Benin City on the 31st of March, 2021.
Edo State defeated Kaduna State by 57 runs. Kaduna State finished as the first runner-up while Lagos, the overwhelming pre-tournament favourites, finished in third place.
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Team Nigeria have emerged champions of the 2021 Para Powerlifting World Cup, which was held in Manchester from March 25th to 28th, 2021.
Team Nigeria won ten (10) Gold and three (3) Silver medals defeating 18 other countries to finish at the summit of the medal standings after the four-day competition.
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Rotimi Obajimi has emerged winner of the inaugural Polaris Bank Unity Cup Golf Championship.
Rotimi Obajimi, a former athletics coach grossed 81, for 69-net score to lift the tournament’s coveted trophy.
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Ruth Usoro has emerged winner in the women’s Triple Jump event at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championship with a 14.27 meters leap.
Six (6) Nigerian athletes were in action at their respective NCAA Championships; five of those being at the Division I Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas while one competed at the Division II Championships in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Nigeria’s Under-19 Male Team have emerged winner of the 2021 African Nations Volleyball Championship held in Abuja on the 8th of March, 2021.
The volleyball team retained their title as Champions of Africa after beating Morocco 3-0 (25-8, 25-21, 25-23).
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Aniekeme Etim has recorded a Season’s Best (SB) time of 7.35 seconds to win the women’s 60 meters at the NAIA Indoor Championships.
She defeated Raheema Westfall who ran 7.50 seconds to finish 2nd, while Brittany Jones placed 3rd in 7.52 seconds.
Aniekeme Etim on the same day returned back to track to win the 200 meters title in an SB of 24.13 seconds, ensuring that she defended both of the titles she won in 2020 whilst finishing again ahead of Westfall who clocked 24.30 seconds, as Derica Gibson finished 3rd in 24.85 seconds.
Joy Abu with a time of 56.47 seconds, placed 3rd in the women’s 400m final won by Rachel Battershell in 56.03 seconds, followed by Emma Bakker in 56.30 seconds.
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