Tag: Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games: ‘Nigeria On Course For Glasgow 2014’
Ahead of next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Director General of the National Sports Commission, NSC, Gbenga Elegbeleye has…
Bakare’s Comeback Will Haunt D’Tigers
Since he made his debut for Nigeria at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Australia, Ejike Ugboaja has remained an important…
NOC Wants Early Preparation For Commonwealth Games
The Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC,is planning to start early preparations for the athletes that would represent the country at the…
Adesokan Fulfils Gold Promise To Nigeria
Nigeria’s Yakubu Adesokan, who twice broke his own world record yesterday to win a gold medal in the Powerlifting event…
Doping: 6 Athletes Banned For 2 Years
Indian athletics’ biggest doping scandal involving six top women athletes, including three Asian and Commonwealth Games gold medallists, ended with…
Oke Eyes Triple Jump Gold Medal
By Adebobola Alawode Commonwealth Games champion, Tosin Oke’s target at the coming Olympic Games in London is to win a…
Nigeria Loses Triple Jump Gold —Bamidele Olowosagba
Team Nigeria’s hope of adding the triple jump gold medal to their medal haul at the ongoing 10th All Africa…
Igali Faults Team Nigeria’s Preparation
Wrestling coach, Daniel Igali, is not impressed with the level of preparation of Team Nigeria for the All Africa Games,…
All Africa Games Table Tennis: Toriola Leads Others To Ibadan Camp
Commonwealth Games Champion, Segun Toriola led other foreign- based players to Ibadan camp of the Nigerian ping pongers preparing for…
Edeze Sad Over Exclusion Of Wrestling
President of the Nigerian Wrestling Federation, NWF, Chief Austin Edeze, has condemned the exclusion of wrestling event at the forthcoming…
Athletics: Coach Slams Authorities
Athletics coach, Uruemu Adu, says Damola Osayomi, should not be blamed for taking performance enhancing drugs at the Commonwealth Games …
Igali Courts Sponsors For Nigeria Wrestling
Technical Director of Nigeria Wrestling Federation, NWF, Daniel Igali has challenged prospective sponsors to invest in wrestling, saying lack of…
We Need Fights, Adeshina Tells NSC
Fatai Adeshina, an amateur boxer, who campaigns in the Lightweight category has challenged the National Sports Commission, NSC, to always…
Golden Yakubu: Special Athlete In Heroic Welcome, Relishes Commonwealth Gold In India
“Yakubu, I congratulate you on this special achievement. I heard about your performance in India and have called to tell…
Fumbling Boxers Plead For Another Chance
On arrival in the country, the five boxers, who represented Team Nigeria in the boxing event of Delhi 2010 Commonwealth…
Bio For Ebosie Tourney
Sports Minister, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Bio will grace the 6th Dr. EIP Ebosie Memorial Swimming Championship, which will hold at…
How Gold Medallist Became Disabled —Mother
Unknown to many, Yakubu Adesokan, who won a gold medal for Nigeria at the recently concluded Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games,…
Nigeria Lose Medals, As Third Athlete Fails Drug Test
England’s women’s 4x400m Commonwealth Games relay squad have been promoted to silver after Nigeria’s Folashade Abugan failed a drugs test…
Team Nigeria Return Home
Nigerian contingent to the 19th Commonwealth Games in India are schedueld to return to the country tonight. Team Nigeria surpassed…
NIGERIA SHAME: Gold Medalist Fails Dope Test
Nigeria’s Osayemi Oludamola has tested positive for Methylexanemine at the Commonwealth Games and could be stripped of her 100m gold…
Team Nigeria Target More Gold Medals
Team Nigeria are on the verge of winning more gold medals in today’s events at the ongoing Commonwealth Games. The…
Golden Girl: Osayemi Relishes 100m Gold
Nigerian Osayemi Oludamola is glad winning gold medal in the women’s 100m at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in India. The…
More Medals Await Team Nigeria In Wrestling, Says Igali
With one gold medal in the kitty for Team Nigeria in the wrestling event of the ongoing Commonwealth Games in…
Nigeria Won’t Be Disgraced
Chief Coach of Nigeria’s boxing team at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in India, America-based Idika Nsofor, before departing for the…
Team Nigeria Target More Gold
The feat recorded by schoolgirl Augustina Nkem Nwaokolo who won a gold medal in the 48kg weightlifting event at the…
2010 Commonwealth Games: Faulty Scales Force Postponement Of Boxing Event
The official weigh-in for the boxing competition at the Commonwealth Games has been put back until today after complaints that…
Mensah Sad Over Boxing Woes
As Nigeria gets set to mark her Golden Jubilee celebration, veteran boxing coach, Joe Mensah says there is no need…
Commonwealth Games: Why Nigeria May Not Do Well
As the Nigerian boxers representing the country at the Commonwealth Games arrive Lagos today, there are indications that the team…
Fallout Of Youth Olympics: NBF To Restrategise
Following the poor performance of Nigeria’s sole representative, Ganiyu Muideen, in the boxing event of the Junior Olympics, which came…
Boxing: Lagos Petitions Bio Over Selection Of Boxers
Lagos State Sports Council has petitioned the Minister of Sports, Ibrahim Bio, over what it called an injustice done to…