Athletics

Nigeria men’s table tennis team was flawless in their group after winning their third group match against Cyprus with Quadri Aruna and Olajide Omotayo marshaling the victory for the team to berth in the quarterfinal of the event at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth Games: Nigeria qualify for quarterfinal in men’s table tennis

July 31, 2022

Youth and Sports Development Minister Sunday Dare has congratulated Nigerian born UFC champion Israel Adesanya on yet another successful title defence.

Commonwealth Games: Team Nigeria kits delivered – ministry

July 30, 2022

Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare, on Friday received Oluwatobiloba Amusan for the first time after she brought glory to Nigeria at the World Athletics Championship in Oregon.

Sunday Dare receives Tobi Amusan in Birmingham after Oregon heroics

July 30, 2022

Commonwealth Games: British manufacturer wades into Team Nigeria’s kit crisis

July 29, 2022

Fresh from their inspiring performances at the just concluded World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, the duo of Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume have arrived the camp of Team Nigeria in Birmingham.

Commonwealth Games: Tobi Amusan, Ese Brume arrive in Birmingham

July 29, 2022

Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan had done what Napoleon couldn’t do. She had won the first ever Gold medal for Nigeria in a World Athletics Championship. The flag of Nigeria was fluttering proudly in the global skyline, and our National Anthem was resonating melodiously. What a great time to be Nigerian, a breath of fresh air in a country being asphyxiated by bad news from every corner.

Crying with Tobi Amusan: Nigeria shall win las las

July 28, 2022

As the opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games gets underway today, find herein a comprehensive list of the athletes representing Nigeria in each of the nine sports the country will be competing in, at Birmingham 2022.

Commonwealth Games: 94 Athletes representing Team Nigeria — full list

July 28, 2022

Jamaican retired sprinter, Usain Bolt has congratulated Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, who smashed the world record in the Women’s 100 metres hurdles, to win gold at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.

AIM: Tobi Amusan’s feat will usher in new era for Nigerian sports

July 28, 2022

Team England’s Dina Asher-Smith has been forced to withdraw from the 2022 Commonwealth Games with a hamstring injury.

Commonwealth Games: Dina Asher-Smith withdraws over injury

July 27, 2022

Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, has congratulated Team Nigeria’s heroines after their spectacular success at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA, on Sunday.

NOC salutes Tobi Amusan’s sweet gold medal, incredible world record

July 26, 2022

Oluwatobiloba Amusan can’t her excitement after making history at the just concluded 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, United States of America.

Edo assembly speaker eulogises Tobi Amusan

July 26, 2022

African reigning Track & Field superstar Tobi Amusan has set a new World record in the women’s 100m hurdles, smashing the world record not once but twice in the process to win gold in women’s 100 meters hurdle.

Dapo Abiodun: Why I adopted Tobi Amusan

July 25, 2022

Jamaican retired sprinter, Usain Bolt has congratulated Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, who smashed the world record in the Women’s 100 metres hurdles, to win gold at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.

Usain Bolt salutes record breaker Tobi Amusan

July 25, 2022

In the women’s long jump event at the World Athletics Championship in Eugene, Oregon, Nigerian Ese Brume brought further glory to the country’s image when she won the Long Jump silver medal.

World Championships: Ese Brume leaps to silver in long jump event

July 25, 2022

Oluwatobiloba Amusan can’t her excitement after making history at the just concluded 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, United States of America.

Oregon 2022: Tobi Amusan thankful after world title, record feats

July 25, 2022