(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Team Nigeria has won her first medal at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The medal was won as Mariam Bolaji defeated Kozyna Kozyna Oksana of Ukraine 21-9, 21-9 in the bronze medal match of the Para badminton Women’s singles SL3 event. With this feat, Bolaji became the first African to win […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Holders Real Madrid will face Liverpool away and host Borussia Dortmund in a repeat of last season’s final in the league stage of the new-look Champions League, the draw for which took place on Thursday. Every team will play eight games against eight different opponents in the new format of Europe’s elite […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s female basketball team D’Tigress have been placed eighth in the world in the latest FIBA rankings. In the list released on Thursday by the world basketball governing body, the six-time AfroBasket champions jumped four spots to become one of the top 10 teams globally. With its eight position in the latest […]
(AFFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) ON Tuesday appointed Bruno Labbadia as the head coach of the Super Eagles. The NFF announced this in a statement on Tuesday saying that it has reached an agreement with the German gaffer. Mohammed Sanusi, NFF general secretary, said: “The NFF Executive Committee has approved the recommendation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nsukka local government area on Sunday emerged overall winner of the just concluded U- 15 Enugu youth games held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, with a total 21 gold 11 silver and 11 Bronze just as they smiled home with one Million naira. Oji River the first runners up went home […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian-born mixed martial artist Israel Adesanya, has visited his country home, Osun, with the UFC star set to be honoured by the people of Esa-Oke, in the State. Chief Akin Onifade, the Sajuku of Esa-Oke told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that Adesanya would be honoured at the Esa-Oke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City picked up where they left off last season with a 2-0 win at Chelsea to begin their Premier League title defence as Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United also got off to winning starts. Salah still top dog at new-look Liverpool Liverpool fans spent much of the summer mourning the departure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was clear, even before the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris ended for Team Nigeria, the knives would be out very quickly for whichever head available for cutting off. The reported12 billion naira approved for the Games by the Federal Government looked humongous, while the country was facing some form of discontent. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Premier League champions Manchester City beat FA Cup winners Manchester United 7-6 on penalties to win the Community Shield at Wembley on Saturday. This was after the traditional season curtain-raiser finished level at 1-1. Erik ten Hag’s side looked on course to repeat their shock victory over Manchester City in the FA Cup […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the family of Mr. Issa Hayatou, former President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), who passed away at the age of 77 on Thursday. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale stated this in a statement issued on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s National female basketball team, D’Tigress, deserved commendation for their feat in spite of their quarter-final exit at the Paris Olympics, a basketball fan, Adeyemi Owoseni, said in Lagos Owoseni said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday after D’Tigress’s 74-88 loss to the U S. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The WHO said the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic was still circulating and countries need to sharpen up their response systems. Several high-profile athletes have suffered from Covid-19 at the Paris Games. British swimmer Adam Peaty tested positive a day after winning silver in the 100m breaststroke when he had not felt […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated D’Tigress for qualifying for the quarter-final of women’s basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President said D’Tigress would be the first African team in basketball to play in the quarter-finals at the Olympics. “The President commends the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The locker Kobe Bryant used for the majority of his legendary NBA career sold for $2.9 million on Friday in New York, as part of an auction of rare sports memorabilia at Sotheby’s. The price for the Staples Center locker, which Bryant used while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, nearly doubled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City have been fined 2.09 million pounds (about 2.7 million dollars) by the Premier League in England for 22 instances of delaying the kick-off or restart of matches. The English champions have accepted the sanction, which relates to rule infringements over the past two seasons, the league confirmed on Wednesday. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Falcons of Nigeria have been eliminated from the Paris 2024 Olympics after losing 3:1 to Japan on Wednesday. Japan scored two goals by Maika Hamano and Mina Tanaka in the opening minutes before they ended the match with another goal by Hikaru Kitagawa after Jennifer Echegini tried to give the Nigerians […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has sent his best wishes to Team Nigeria at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Spokesman to the President, Chief Ajuri Ngelale stated this in a statement issued on Friday. A total of 88 Team Nigeria athletes, including 63 women and 25 men, are proudly flying Nigeria’s flag in 12 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Canada has sent home their women’s Olympic football coach, Bev Priestman, following allegations of drones being used to spy on their opponents. Canada are the women’s Olympic champions from Tokyo 2020 and had already sent home two members of staff on Wednesday. That was after drones were used to spy on a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) France aims to wow the world on Friday with an extravagant Olympic Games opening ceremony through the heart of Paris. It is officially kicking off a Games fraught with security risks at a time of heightened geo-political tensions. Some 45,000 police personnel, 10,000 soldiers and 2,000 private security staff have been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Andy Murray has withdrawn from the tennis singles at the Paris Olympics but will still take part in the doubles, the two-time gold medallist said on Thursday. The British former world number one, who will retire at the end of his fifth Games, has still not fully recovered from back surgery he […]
