Tag: Athletes

World’s Five Highest-Paid Athletes
June 22, 2023 No Responses

World’s Five Highest-Paid Athletes

For years, the world’s highest-paid athletes have been making hundreds of millions of dollars through their heavy contracts and endorsements, but 2023 set a new record.  The Middle-Eastern cash flowing into some of the world’s highest-paid sports, like football and...
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Onyema Rewards 11-Year-Old African Club Championship Gold Medalist With Free Flights, N1m
August 23, 2022 No Responses

Onyema Rewards 11-Year-Old African Club Championship Gold Medalist With Free Flights, N1m

In his characteristic way of supporting Nigerian sports and athletes, the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has rewarded Stephanie Ogechukwu Onusiriuka, an 11-year-old Nigerian gymnast who recently clinched a Gold Medal at the Junior Olympics Level of the A...
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Commonwealth Games: Buhari Celebrates Team Nigeria Amid Medals’ Galore
August 8, 2022 No Responses

Commonwealth Games: Buhari Celebrates Team Nigeria Amid Medals’ Galore

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined millions of other sports-loving Nigerians in celebrating the athletes that represented Nigeria gloriously in the 22nd Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022.  The president also watched some of the colourful and spectacular ...
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Uganda’s Chemutai Wins Gold As Kenya Dominate Men’s 800m
August 5, 2021 No Responses

Uganda’s Chemutai Wins Gold As Kenya Dominate Men’s 800m

Peruth Chemutai became the first Ugandan woman to win an Olympic medal as she took gold in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase on day 12 of the Tokyo Games. Kenya’s silver medallist from Rio Hyvin Kiyeng claimed the bronze behind Chemutai. ...
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Edo Deploys 120 Vehicles For Athletes, Officials
April 4, 2021 No Responses

Edo Deploys 120 Vehicles For Athletes, Officials

The Project Manager, Tranport Sub-committee of the National Sports Festival (NSF), Ms Edugie Agbonlahor on Saturday disclosed that  about 120 vehicles were deployed for the movement of athletes and officials at the festival.  Agbonlahor, who dis...
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700 Athletes Participate In Edo Sport Festival
February 11, 2020 No Responses

700 Athletes Participate In Edo Sport Festival

No fewer than 700 athletes drawn from the 18 local government areas of Edo are participating in the 3rd Edo Sport Festival declared open on Monday by Gov. Godwin Obaseki. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that about 300 officials...
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