The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has returned to Gold Coast for SportAccord 2019 just one year after the coastal city successfully staged the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The impact of the Commonwealth Games provided a significant boost to the Australian state with the official Post Games Report (published in April this year) revealing that the event […]
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Bayelsa State Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has rewarded athletes and coaches of Nigeria’s wrestling team to the recently-concluded 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, with various handsome cash gifts, following their impressive performance at the quadrennial multi-sport event. The wrestlers won 8 medals (3 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze), accounting for one-third of […]
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Aminat Adeniyi and Melvin Bibo capped a memorable outing for Team Nigeria in the wrestling event, winning gold and silver respectively on the final day of competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. In the final of the 62 kg weight class, Adeniyi, 24, made it back-to-back Commonwealth titles, with victory over […]
Nigeria’s flag bearer in the Rhythmic Gymnastics event, Jade Faulkner has expressed delight in representing Nigeria at the XXI Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. The 24 year old who is the first female gymnast to represent Nigeria in Rhythmic Gymnastics spoke on how she traced her heritage to the 2018 Commonwealth Games. “I did a […]
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Team Nigeria won three medals – one silver and two bronze – as the wrestling event began at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Thursday. Fighting in the 76kg weight class, Blessing Onyebuchi settled for silver after she lost to Olympic champion Erica Wiebe in the final. The Canadian secured the gold […]
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The Indian men’s team has matched the historic feat of their women’s team by clinching the Men’s Team Gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. The Indian team represented by Sharath Kamal ACHANTA, Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN and Harmeet DESAI were too strong for a heroic Nigerian team in the final, claiming victory […]
The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has assured Nigerian athletes currently in the Commonwealth Games village in Gold Coast, that the federal government will not discriminate against athletes during payment of training grants. The Minister made the remark during his second visit in one week to the village to make clarifications on […]
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India has become the first ever team to beat Singapore at a Commonwealth Games to become the Women’s Team Champion at Gold Coast 2018. The Indian team made up of Manika BATRA, Madhurika PATKAR & Mouma DAS have sensationally broken Singapore’s streak that dated back to 2002, which had resulted in the Singapore women’s team […]
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2018 Commonwealth Games: D’Tigers Falter Against New Zealand; Eye Resurgence Against Canada… D’Tigers of Nigeria fell to New Zealand in their first game of the XXI Commonwealth Games holding in Australia by 65points to 110. New Zealand dominated and won all the quarters on a night that the Ike Diogu captained side will want to […]
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The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) on Tuesday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, presented to her 2018 Commonwealth Games-bound athletes (as well as her elite performers), wrestling kits from sportswear giants Nike. The kits which include wrestling boots/singlets, ear guards and knee pads, are part of a partial sponsorship deal struck by the federation with […]
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India’s highest ranked Table Tennis player in the world, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran has admitted that Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri is the most feared player for the Asian team when the 2018 Commonwealth Games begins in Gold Coast Australia come April. Gnanasekaran, who is ranked 50th in the February 2018 rating by ITTF said that they have identified […]
As the count down to the 2018 Commonwealth Games continues, Coach Abdulrahman Mohammed is optimistic about D’Tigers’ chances of having a good tournament despite describing their group consisting of host-Australia, Canada and New Zealand as the ‘Group of Death’. Abdulrahman who is an assistant coach in the current national team’s technical setup headed by Alex […]
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