Tag: Gold Coast 2018
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2018 Commonwealth: Ace wrestlers Adekuoroye, Oborududu record gold
Commonwealth champion Odunayo Adekuoroye and eight time African champion, Blessing Oborududu, have won gold in the Women’s Freestyle 57kg and Freestyle 68kg respectively. Adekuoroye, who is recording her second Commonwealth gold after grabbing the first in 53kg category in Glasgow, Scotland in 2014, defeated Indian’s Pooja Dhanda 7-5 at the Carrara Sports Arena on Friday.…
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2018 Commonwealth: Nigeria secures 3 medals in wrestling
Blessing Onyebuchi, Ebikewenimo Welson and Bose Samuel on Thursday won medals for Team Nigeria in wrestling, to increase the country’s medals haul to 11 at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Onyebuchi obtained silver after losing to Canada’s Erica Wiebe in the 76kg category female freestyle, while Welson earned a bronze after beating…
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2018 Commonwealth Games: Nigeria reaches Table Tennis team final
Nigeria’s table tennis team on Monday defeated England 3-2 in the men’s team semi-finals at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Segun Toriola lost Nigeria’s first match 3-2 (14-12, 9-11, 7-11,13-11,7-11) to Paul Drinkhall, but in match 2, Bode Abiodun recovered from two sets down to beat Liam Pitchford 3-2 (8-11,9-11-4,13-11,11-5). The pair of Olajide…