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Athletics events at the Paris 2024 Olympics will begin on August 2, at the Stade de France in Saint-Dennis, and reigning African Games and African Athletics Championships Champion, Ese Brume, has been listed among athletes to watch in women’s long jump.
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The Ministry of Sports Development, yesterday, disclosed that the National Anti-doping Committee (NADC) tested female boxer, Cynthia Ogunsemilore, three times before the commencement of the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games, claiming that in two of the tests the now suspended pugilist tested negative to banned substances.
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Nigeria’s D’Tigress pulled off a shocking 75-62 win against world number three, Australia, in Group B of the Paris 2024 Olympics in Lille, France, on Monday. The last time D’Tigress won a game at the Olympics was at the Athens 2004 games which came in the classifications. Ezinne Kalu, with 19 points and five rebounds,…
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Fatimo Bello has been eliminated after losing in straight sets to Jia Nan Yuan of France in round 64 in the women’s singles table tennis event at the Paris Olympics. Bello’s ouster ended Nigeria’s hopes of winning medals in Table Tennis at the Paris Olympic Games. In Monday’s women’s singles tie Bello lost 4-0 (1-11,…
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Nigeria’s hopes of making any lasting impression at the women’s football event of the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games got another dent, yesterday, when the Super Falcons lost to world champions, Spain, in their second game of the competition. Nigeria went into the competition as Africa’s biggest hope of a medal in women’s football…