ShareBy Aluta News Sept 1, 2021 Nigeria’s national under-19 boys volleyball team recorded their first victory at the ongoing FIVB Under-19 Boys Volleyball World Cup in Tehran, Iran by winning 3-2 against Cuba on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria won the first and second setsContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 1, 2021 The Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, says Ghana is ready to host a successful African Games in 2023. The president gave the assurance when he cut the sod for the construction of sports facilities in Accra at a cost of 195 million U.S dollars forContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 29, 2021 Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge, who created the Youth Olympics, has died at the age of 79, the IOC said on Sunday. No details were given and the IOC said the family has asked that their privacy be respected. Rogge, aContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 29, 2021 Bose Omolayo’s best lift of 141 kg on Sunday was good enough to win gold medal for Nigeria in the women’s power lifting -79kg in the ongoing 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omolayo recorded the best liftContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 28, 2021 Nigeria’s Lucy Ejike and Olaitan Ibrahim on Saturday won bronze medals in the powerlifting event of the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. The finals held at the Tokyo International Forum saw Ejike, who was battling for her fourth Paralympic gold in the women’s 61kg, settlingContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 28, 2021 Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to Manchester United, 12 years after he ended his first contract there, the English Premier League (EPL) club said on Friday. Manchester United reached an agreement with Juventus for the transfer of the player, subject to agreement ofContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 27, 2021 The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has approved for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to have only 5,000 spectators at next week’s FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Nigeria and Liberia. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, said in a statement on Friday inContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 23, 2021 Chika Chukwumerije, Member, Caretaker Committee of Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF), says stakeholders nationwide have to network more to strengthen taekwondo at the grassroots. Chukwumerije said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Enugu, on institutionalising taekwondo as aContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 9, 2021 Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who was removed from the Tokyo Olympics by the Belarusian team after she criticised her coaches, is auctioning a medal from the 2019 European Games. Tsimanouskaya said the proceeds would be used to support athletes who say they have been targetedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 8, 2021 Team Nigeria was placed 74th at the end of the 2020 Tokyo Games on Sunday and eighth best among the 54 African nations at the Games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Team Nigeria won two medals comprising one silver and one bronze,Continue Reading