Tag: Commonwealth Games
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…