Author: Abdulgafar Oladimeji

Seven months pregnant British athlete makes history winning Paralympics medal British archer Jodie Grinham, who is seven months pregnant, needed to have a heart-to-heart conversation with her unborn baby as she aimed her bow at bronze in the women’s individual compound open on Saturday. “The baby’s kicking which is great – we got to the third end and I was like, ‘Not right now, mommy loves you but we’ll do kickies in a minute,” she said afterwards, per paralympic.org. “The baby hasn’t stopped, it’s like the baby is going, ‘What’s going on, it’s really loud, mommy, what are you doing?’…

Germany grab five, Acosta arrives and Spain survive, Nigeria strike late and Acosta dazzles. Germany pummel Venezuela in Bogota Spain see off USA in sweltering Cali heat Acosta stars as Paraguay down debutants Morocco The opening day of Group C action at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup featured three nations who have gathered seven of the ten titles contested in the tournament’s history and they put on a show in the cities of Bogota and Cali. Germany dazzled in the capital as they plundered five in a hefty win over Venezuela while Spain were forced to work hard in…

By Abdulgafar Oladimeji with agency reports Controversy: Nigeria’s new coach, Bruno Labbadia “rejects” job offer “decides against a contract” The new gaffer for the Super Eagles that was announced by the Nigeria football Federation,( NFF) Bruno Labbadia may not resume his assignments as Nigeria’s senior national team head coach. The German born tactician and the federation is reported to have failed to reached a conclusive agreement with his potential employers on issues bordering around grey areas. German reputed publication, Kicker.de, Friday evening reported that talks between NFF and Bruno may have collapsed. The publication stated that , Bruno “decided against…

Harris , Trump, Paris 24 fiasco , and the Super Eagles of Nigeria  Welcome back to Sports Parliament with Kdo President Biden performed poorly in an early debate against Donald Trump just before the 2024 Paris Olympics went full blast . The cost was deadly for him , and his party. His loss, Kamila Harris’s gain. Following ? Trump was almost taken out by a disgruntled member of agitating generation. Almost defiant with a bloody ear that almost made into a sieve , now has a sharp minded and organized Harris to contend with . She is said “to full…

Morocco 2025: CAF picks Egyptian officials for Nigeria, Benin Republic clash in Uyo Egyptian official Amin Mohamed Omar, who has been a FIFA referee since 2017, has been selected by the Confederation of African Football as referee for next week’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Cheetahs of Benin Republic. The Matchday 1 encounter, scheduled for the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, will kick off at 5pm Nigeria time. Omar will be in company with compatriots Mahmoud Abouelregal (Assistant Referee 1), Ahmad Hossam Taha (Assistant Referee 2) and Ahmed ElGhandour (Fourth Official) as the…

Women basketball world ranking : Nigeria’s D ‘Tigress goes  top 10 , US retain top spot MIES (Switzerland) – While USA proudly retain top spot after taking gold at the Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024, several other nations have secured rises off the back of their great work at the showpiece event. In a truly absorbing and memorable competition that was played out in front of record-breaking crowds, USA secured a stunning 10th title and their 8th in a row, which sees them remain top of the rankings with 883.3 points. France leap four places and into third spot…

Colombia 2024: Falconets land in Wyndhad hotel, Bogota, days to clash with Koreans Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets have taken up residence at their Wyndhad Hotel, Bogota, where the team will stay for their first two matches of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024. After scoring 27 goals in a total of eight premium games (six competitive and two friendly matches), the 2010 and 2014 runners-up arrived in high spirits while looking forward to their first match of the tournament against Korea Republic on Monday, 2nd September. The Koreans have finished in third place in one championship in the 22-year-old competition,…

France spent seven years planning to host 2024 Olympic games- President Macron French president, Emmanuel Macron has disclosed that the country spent seven years of commitment to hard work to achieve the successful hosting of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games. Macron speaking, after receiving the International Olympic Committee, LOC, Olympic Order award revealed that all segments of France as a nation were involved in making the country record history by hosting a successful Olympic games. Upon receiving this distinction, President Macron said: “You are doing me a great honour by presenting me with this Order, and recognition which goes…

Tennis star, Dominic Thiem Quit The first match of this year’s US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York will also be remembered as the last Grand Slam match of Dominic Thiem, whose only major title came at Flushing Meadows in 2020. The 30-year-old Austrian lost in the first round to the nine-year-younger American Ben Shelton in two hours 4:6, 2:6, 2:6 and was eliminated. Thiem will end his tennis career at the ATP tournament in October at home in Vienna. WILD CARD .The fact that the former number 3 in the tennis world, now only number 89,…

UK new Super League Basketball league nets Reebok supplier deal ahead of inaugural season Super League Basketball (SLB) has inked a league-wide kit supplier deal with US sportswear and footwear brand Reebok. As per the multi-year agreement, Reebok will supply all nine teams with playing and training kits, travel apparel and footwear for the SLB’s inaugural 2024/25 season. The deal includes official kit supplier and basketball sneaker designation. SLB, which launched earlier this month, will replace the British Basketball League (BBL) as the elite tier of UK men’s basketball. This came after the British Basketball Federation terminated the BBL’s operating…