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Rafiatu Lawal wins Nigeria’s second gold at 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Nigeria's Rafiatu Lawal has won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in women's 59kg weightlifting category. Lawal's victory on Sunday means Nigeria now...

Edidiong Umoafia wins Nigeria’s second 2022 Commonwealth Games medal

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Edidiong Umoafia on Sunday morning clinched the bronze medal in the men's 67kg weightlifting event to bag Nigeria’s second medal at the 2022 Commonwealth...

Weightlifter Adijat Olarinoye wins Nigeria’s first 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medal 

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Weightlifter Adijat Olarinoye on Saturday won Nigeria’s first gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The 23-year-old made a new Commonwealth Games record...

Tobi Amusan meets sports minister Sunday Dare in UK

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100 metres hurdle world record holder Tobi Amusan on Friday met Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Amusan,...

I have double personality — Adekuoroye

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The winner of the 2018 Wrestler of the Year at Nigerian Sports Awards, Odunayo Adekuoroye, on Tuesday said she was a different personality in...

Mikel applauds Team Nigeria at Commonwealth Games

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Super Eagles skipper, Mikel Obi, has hailed the impact of his compatriots at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia. Team Nigeria has amassed four gold,...

5 Cameroonian athletes missing at Commonwealth Games

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Five Cameroonian athletes competing at the Commonwealth Games in Australia have gone missing, the country’s team manager, Victor Agbor Nso, said on Tuesday. Nso told...

Nigerian parathletes shine in Commonwealth Games

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Nigerian trio of Roland Ezuruike, Esther Oyema and Ndidi Nwosu on Tuesday all won Gold in the Para-powerlifting events at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The...

Team Nigeria picks first medal at Commonwealth

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After five days, Nigeria has finally won its first medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games. Nigeria’s men’s table tennis team won silver on Monday, defeated...

Nigeria’s Usman to officiate at Commonwealth Games

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The Chairman of Nigeria Wrestling Referees Association, Yusuf Usman, will be the only African referee to officiate in the wrestling events of the 2018...