IAAF ban Nigeria athlete, 11 0thers

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced its confirmation of the doping ban on 12 athletes, including Nigeria’s Tosin Adeloye.

NIS Director says incentives should be available for athletes

The Director of National Institute for Sports, (NIS) Dr. Eke Kingdom Chukwudi said adequate incentives should be made available to the nation’s athletes and coaches considering the economic hardship in the country.

2016 Rio Olympics: Djokovic says cancellation absurd

Novak Djokovic says cancelling this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio because of concerns over the Zika virus would be unthinkable.

Road to Rio; Nigeria Wrestlers begins training

Naijacombatcorner can reliably report that seven Olympic-bound wrestlers of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) have resumed camping exercise at the Den Gymnasium in Yenagoa.

Africa Championship; Bazuaye leads Nigeria Para Taekwondo team to victory in Egypt

Nigeria Para-taekwondo team performed beyond expectations at the first edition of African Para Taekwondo Championships in Egypt.

Road to Rio; Ghanaian Boxer Omar plans to end Olympics medal drought

Team Ghana Boxer, Abdul Omar will be hoping to end a 24 year for an Olympic medal when the 2016 Olympics gets underway on August 5 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

BREAKING; Nigeria Greco Roman Coach bags promotion in the Army

Nigeria Greco Roman coach, Godswill Tiebiri has been promoted to the rank of warranty officer in the Nigerian Army by the chief of Army staff.

ISSF; Zhang secures overwhelming victory at Munich’s in 25m Pistol Women Final

The Chinese shooter Zhang Jingjing did not leave chances to her opponents, winning the semi-final with 6 hits of advantage, and then the gold medal match, 6 points ahead of her opponents.

Road to Rio; Arsovic led the women’s 10m Air Rifle event in Munich

The 2015 European Games champion Andrea Arsovic (Serbia) 29, secured  10m Air Rifle Women gold medal, during the Day-1 of the ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Munich, Germany.

BREAKING; Nigeria Armwrestling Federation secures foreign sponsor

 

The Nigeria Arm wrestling federation has secured a foreign sponsorship deal.