Somali sports authorities have come under for selecting Nasro Abukar Ali, a female athlete accused of being underqualified and unfit, to represent the country at the prestigious 2023 World University Games. Nasra came in last place during the 100m race at the 31st Summer World University Games held in Chengdu, China on Tuesday August 1, setting a new record for the slowest finish in the competition’s history. A viral video of the race has sparked questions as to …
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Team Nigeria has secured yet another gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The quartet of Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rose Chukwuma and Grace Nwokocha emerged as winners of the 4x100m Women’s relay race today August 7 The quartet set a new African Record of 42.10s to win what was Nigeria’s 11th gold medal in Birmingham and a historic Commonwealth Games medal. Watch a video of the race below.
World record holder of the women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan has qualified for the final of the women’s 100m hurdles at the ongoing Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Amusan raced to a massive 12.40s to dominate Round 1 Heat 3 to qualify for Sunday’s final. The world champion, 25, will now stand a chance to defend her Commonwealth Games title, which she won in 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia, on Sunday, August 7. To cruise to victory, Amusan must fend …
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have arrived at the Invictus Games one day after going to the UK for a meeting with the Queen and Prince Charles. The couple were at a special reception for Invictus competitors in The Hague this afternoon, April 15. For the event, Meghan wore a £3,200 Valentino white suit, with white heels and a handbag. They walked on a yellow carpet to honour the Games’ branding before heading inside a tent …
Grimes seemingly took several subtle digs at ex-boyfriend Elon Musk in her new single, “Player of Games.” Before their split in September, Grimes and Musk who is SpaceX founder and an avid PC gamer dated for three years and share one child together: son X Æ A-12, aka “Baby X.” In her new song, the 33-year-old singer talked about being in love with the “greatest gamer.” Grimes sang; “I’m in love with the greatest gamer, but he’ll always love the game …
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has accused politicians of using the COVID-19 pandemic to play with the lives of Nigerians. Governor Bello said this while playing host to the Board of Trustees of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation who paid him a courtesy call in his Lugard House office in Lokoja today July 2, “Let us stop this game. Nigerians are suffering. Instead of the lockdown with its attendant negative effects on the people, why can’t we turn …