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Commonwealth champion Blessing Oborududu on Tuesday won a silver medal in the women’s 68kg freestyle wrestling event, losing to reigning world champion Tamyra Mensah-Stock of the United States 4-1 on points.

Nigeria’s Chukwuebuka Enekwechi has qualified for the men’s shot put final after his launch hit a mark of 21.16m.

FIFA ethics committee on Tuesday handed a year ban from football-related activities to former African Football Confederation (CAF) president Issa Hayatou over a controversial $1 billion TV and marketing rights deal with France's

Olympiacos FC have announced the signing of forward Henry Onyekuru from Ligue 1 club Monaco.

Nigeria’s Blessing Oborodudu will win Nigeria’s first Olympics medal at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 as she qualified for the final on Monday.

Akwa United on Monday had a colourful trophy parade across Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital and its environs, with the pictures of the parade flooding the social media space.

Akwa United have been crowned champions of the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League season after producing a remarkable 5-2 victory over MFM FC in Uyo on matchday 37 in Uyo.

Tobiloba Amusan will run in the final race of the women’s 100 metres hurdles event at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on Monday, after qualifying today.

A new track and field king was born in Tokyo on Sunday with the emergence of Italian-American Marcell Lamont Jacobs as the new Olympic 100metres champion.

Nigerian athlete Ese Brume on Sunday reached the final of the women’s long jump event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

D’Tigers of Nigeria were yesterday sent packing from the Tokyo 2020 men’s basketball event, after losing 71-80 to Italy in their last Group B. The encounter held at the Saitama Super Arena Aomi Urban Sports.

Former Golden Eaglet, Babatunde Joseph, has put a clarion call to President Muhammadu Buhari and Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to wade into the street name dispute between him and residents of Araromi Street, Akure.

Thompson-Herah blazed to an Olympic-record 10.61sec, well ahead of crestfallen two-time winner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, with Shericka Jackson completing an all-Jamaican podium.

Gymnastics great Simone Biles has withdrawn from the Olympic floor final, leaving the American with just one more chance of competition at the Tokyo Games, USA Gymnastics said Sunday.