Nigeria’s contingent to the ongoing 2020 African Wrestling Championships in Algeria, on Thursday, arrived Algiers – venue of the completion – brimming with confidence. The delegation of 20 athletes and officials, which left Lagos a day earlier, touched down at the Houari Boumediene International Airport around 3:15 pm local time (which is also same time […]
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Commonwealth champion Blessing Oborududu (68kg) has moved up to a career-high No. 3 in the latest world rankings released by the United World Wrestling, following her impressive outing at the recently-concluded Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series tournament in Rome, Italy, where she won a bronze medal. Obourududu (30pts) jumped four places from 7th in the previous […]
After recording some ground-breaking achievements last year, President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) Hon. Daniel Igali is hopeful that 2020 will be even ‘better’ for the sport in the country. In addition to dominating the continent at the African Championships in Tunisia and the 12th African Games in Morocco in 2019, Team Nigeria grabbed […]
via gali Hopes For ‘Better’ 2020 In Nigerian Wrestling…Targets 8 Olympic Spots — finixsportsblog
President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) Hon. Daniel Igali has hailed the performances of the country’s wrestlers this year, describing 2019 as a ‘very good’ for Nigerian wrestling. While speaking in his office in Yenagoa, Hon. Igali, who is also the Sports Commissioner in Bayelsa State, added that the wrestlers, who won lots of […]
A day after sealing her place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Commonwealth champion Odunayo Adekuoroye won a bronze medal at the ongoing 2019 Senior World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, her third medal in the history of the competition. After losing in the semi-finals to the eventual champion Risako Kawai of Japan, the World No. […]
Reigning Commonwealth champions Odunayo Adekuoroye and Blessing Oborududu will Today night depart Nigeria for Istanbul, Turkey ahead of the prestigious Yasar Dogu Ranking Series event which runs from 11th to 14th July, 2019. The pair, who recently retained their respective national titles at the 3rd Gov. Dickson Wrestling Classics in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, will be […]
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Wrestling sensation Odunayo Adekuoroye has challenged her opponents in the 57kg category in Nigeria to raise their game in order to give her credible competition. The 2017 World silver medalist from Ondo State, retained her national title in the 57kg class at the just-concluded 3rd Governor Dickson National Classics in Yenagoa, dispatching Patience Kakanda of […]
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Team Nigeria is on the verge of missing out of the 2019 African Senior Wrestling Championships slated for Hammamet, Tunisia from 26th to 31st March due to lack of funds. With registration of athletes set to close on Tuesday, 5th March, the Nigeria Wrestling Federation are yet to purchase the licences of her wrestlers and […]
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World silver-medalist Odunayo Adekuoroye settled for a bronze medal in the 57kg class at the just-concluded Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov ranking series tournament in Ruse, Bulgaria. The 2-time Commonwealth champion, who won a gold medal in a similar tournament in Germany a few days earlier, humiliated Sweden’s Sara Lindborg 10-0 via technical superiority in the bronze […]
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Two-time Commonwealth champion Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg) spectacularly won a gold medal at the just-concluded Grand Prix of Germany in Dormagen, with 8-time African champion Blessing Oborududu claiming a bronze medal at the ranking event. Adekuoroye, a world silver-medalist in 2017, impressively dismantled Szell Anna of Hungary 10-0 (via technical superiority) in the final to boost […]
All is now set for Nigeria’s participation in the Grand Prix of Germany event in Dormagen as well as the Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov ranking series tournament in Bulgaria. Both tournaments will afford the athletes the opportunity to gain ranking points in the sport. A contingent of three female wrestlers and a coach will depart Nigeria […]
via Nigeria’s Wrestling Team Set For Grand Prix of Germany, Bulgaria Ranking Series — finixsportsblog
The Nigerian contingent to the 2018 Beat The Streets tournament has safely arrived New York for the Invitational wrestling event. The delegation made up of two Commonwealth Champions; Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg) and Aminat Adeniyi (62kg), head coach of the female national team, Purity Akuh, as well as the President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Daniel […]
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