Tag: Commonwealth Games
C/wealth Games, Football And The Neglect Of Other Sports
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, represents one of the finest hours in the annals…
Lessons From 2014 Commonwealth Games
Team Nigeria returned from the just concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland with a total of 36 medals comprising 11…
Jonathan lauds Team Nigeria’s performance at Commonwealth Games
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated members of the Nigerian team for their sterling performance at the 2014 Commonwealth Games…
Commonwealth Games: What Nigeria Should Do Ahead Next Games
Taiwo Adelu For Team Nigeria to perform very well in the next Commonwealth Games and other international championships, it has…
Amalaha’s Dope Case: Heads Will Roll – Sports Minister
Sports Minister and chairman of National Sports Commission, NSC, Dr Tammy Danagogo has spoken of his emotional trauma over teenage…
Commonwealth Games: Gowon applauds Team Nigeria
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon has applauded the splendid performance of Team Nigeria at the XX 2014 Commonwealth…
Commonwealth Games: Okagbare Eyes Relay Gold
Blessing by name, blessed by nature, Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare hailed a remarkable sprint double after racing to victory in…
Weightlifting Gold Excites Usman
Maryam Usman claimed gold for Nigeria in women’s over 75kg weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday with defending champion…
Adekuoroye Eyes Olympic Gold In Wrestling
Smarting from her gold medal feat in the women 53kg freestyle wrestling at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, ecstatic Odunayo…
Okagbare wins gold in 200metres
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare claimed a women’s sprint double at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Thursday. The Nigerian 100 metres champion…
Commonwealth Games: Team Nigeria Increase Medals
Team Nigeria’s wrestlers Odunayo Adekuroye and Aminat Adeniyi Wednesday in Glasgow, Scotland enhanced the country’s medals haul with their performances…
Okagbare’s 100m gold excites Danagogo
The Minister of Sports, Dr. Tanmmy Danagogo, has expressed joy over the victory of Nigeria sprinter Blessing Okagbare, who on…
Commonwealth Games: Medalists to enjoy govt.’s attention – Minister
The Nigerian Government has said that it will pay special attention to any athlete who wins medal at the 2014…
Breaking news: Nigeria’s teenage gold medalist fails dope test
Nigerian teenager Chika Amalaha, at 16 the youngest female weightlifter to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal, has failed a…
Okagbare targets Commonwealth treble
Were it not for the track and field schedule, Nigerian Blessing Okagbare could almost be expected to be going for…
Nigerian weightlifter suspended over doping allegations
Nigerian teenage weightlifter Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the Commonwealth Games after testing positive in a doping test…
Commonwealth Games: Okagbare claims gold in 100m
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare won women’s 100m gold at the Commonwealth Games on Monday. Okagbare, who won long jump silver and…
Commonwealth Games: Nigeria Upset India To Win Bronze
Nigeria on Monday restored some table tennis pride at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games after beating India 3-1 to claim…
Commonwealth Games: Minister orders payment of allowances to Team Nigeria athletes
The Minister of Sports, Tammy Danagogo, has directed the immediate payment of competition allowances to Team Nigeria athletes at the…
Commonwealth Games: Singapore beats Nigeria in T/Tennis semis
The superb form of the Nigeria table tennis squad was thwarted on Sunday after the Segun Toriola-inspired side fell 3-1…
Teenager claims first Gold for Nigeria at Commonwealth Games
Chika Amalaha has won Nigeria’s first gold medal on Day Two at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, after winning the 53kg…
C/wealth Games: Can Team Nigeria Surpass New Delhi Outing?
Sam Paul With barely few weeks after the end of the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil, attention has shifted…
Nigeria claims first medal at Commonwealth Games
Team Nigeria on Thursday in Glasgow recorded its first medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games when Nkechi Opara won bronze…
Commonwealth Games open in grand style
Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the 20th Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park on Wednesday after a moving and colourful ceremony…
Commonwealth Games Begins Tonight
Sir Chris Hoy says Glasgow will deliver “The biggest and best Commonwealth Games we’ve ever seen”, ahead of the opening…
24 Hours To Commonwealth Games: Team Nigeria Not Ready
Adebobola Alawode With 24 hours to the commencement of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, former Chairman of the…
Table Tennis: Players Promise To Win Medals
Some table-tennis players to represent the country at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, have expressed readiness to make…
Tardy Preparations For 2014 C/Wealth Games
When Team Nigeria contingent returned with 11 gold medals from the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games, just as the usual practice,…
Bolt to decide on Glasgow Games in June
World record-holder Usain Bolt will not decide until the Jamaican championships in June whether or not he will compete in…
Jonathan receives Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday expressed hope that Nigeria will put a better performance in the Commonwealth Games scheduled for…