Nigerians are outraged over recent comments by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung that athletes don’t need much training to win medals at competitions once they have the winning mentality. The minister…
Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has frowned at the treatment meted to Samson Siasia, the coach of the national under-23 football team, by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF). Mr. Dalung, who was fielding…
Samson Siasia has queried the morals of the NFF and sports ministry over the money given by Japanese surgeon Takasuya Takasu – Officials have been asking for the source of the money which is $390,000…
By Ben Efe I Vanguard Members of the Nigerian Paralympic team to the Rio 2016 Games are in the dark over their departure date for the Games billed for September 7-18, and it complicates matters…
A benefactor has handed a reward of $390,000 to the Nigerian Olympic football team in Brazil after the West African country won bronze on Saturday. Japanese plastic surgeon Katsuya Takasu had promised to reward the…
Nigeria clinched a bronze medal in men’s soccer with a 3-2 win over Honduras By: Eric Scatamacchia In the bronze medal match of the Olympic men’s soccer tournament, Nigeria defeated Honduras 3-2. In the 7th…
Honduras and Nigeria will meet in the bronze medal match of the Olympic men’s soccer tournament By: Eric Scatamacchia Game Schedule – Saturday, Aug. 20 at 12:00 p.m. ET. Honduras and Nigeria will play for…
All the Nigeria’s women 4x100m quartet have to do is push harder and they might just clinch a medal for the country in track and field. Going into the final billed for 2.15am Saturday, the…
After a post-mortem of her outing here at the 31st Olympic Games ending friday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nigeria’s female weightlifting star, Maryam Usman, is thinking of calling it a day in the sport…
Even before she left the shores of Nigeria for Brazil, Maryam Usman knew that winning a medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics would be a tough call. She would not pretend to be a magician…