COMMONWEALTH GAMES

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved National Honours and a cash reward of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics championships. The president stated this at a presidential…

Long jumper, Ese Brume, hopes a gold rush by Nigeria’s women at the just-ended 2022 Commonwealth Games will inspire girls in the country to take up sports. The 26-year-old reclaimed her long jump title Sunday, on a day when Tobi…

Ese Brume has won gold for Nigeria in the women’s long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on Sunday, August 7. Brume had a no jump on her first attempt but bounced back right away to jump 6.99m to take…

Tobi Amusan has done it again. She finished the women’s 100m hurdles final in 12.30 secs to set a new Commonwealth games record and won GOLD, in a keenly-contested race on Sunday, August 7.…

Team Nigeria is on a row in powerlifting in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. The team won 3 gold and 2 silver medals in the sport, shooting Nigeria to number 10 on the medals table. According to Complete Sports, …

The decision by Nigeria’s sprint queen and lone medal hopeful at the on-going Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor not to compete in the usual 100m and 200m is not going down well with some top…