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  • Paris 2024: Super Falcons to have full camp by Friday

    Paris 2024: Super Falcons to have full camp by Friday

    The arrivals of forwards Uchenna Kanu and Chinwendu Ihezuo at the Super Falcons’ camp in Sevilla, Spain on Thursday afternoon brought the number of players in camp to 20, with only defender Oluwatosin Demehin and forward Chinonyerem Macleans still expected as the nine-time African champions intensify preparations for their return to the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.

    Both players are scheduled to arrive at the team’s Hotel Barceló Montecastillo Golf and Resort on Friday afternoon.

     

     

     

    A full camp by Friday means Coach Randy Waldrum and his assistants will have five whole days to work with the entire playing body, as well as the alternates, ahead of Wednesday’s training match with reigning Olympic champions Canada.

     

     

     

    Team captain Rasheedat Ajibade was among the first arrivals, alongside goalkeepers Chiamaka Nnadozie and Tochukwu Oluehi, defenders Chidinma Okeke and Nicole Payne, midfielders Christy Ucheibe, Toni Payne, Deborah Abiodun and Jennifer Echegini, and forward Esther Okoronkwo. Two alternates – goalkeeper Morufa Ademola and forward Gift Monday were also early arrivals.

    The Super Falcons will fly into France on Thursday, 18th July – exactly a week to their tournament opening match against illustrious opponents Brazil at the Stade Bordeaux. Their two other games in the group phase, against Spain and Japan in that order, will take place at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes

  • Olympic committee opens up on cancelling Paris Games

    Olympic committee opens up on cancelling Paris Games

    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has dismissed speculation about a cancellation or postponement of the upcoming Paris Games due to the political situation in France.

    It said it was part of a disinformation campaign.

    Reports had suggested that IOC president Thomas Bach was concerned after France’s far-right National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, topped the first round of voting for a new parliament.

    The second round of voting is set for Sunday.

    Magazine Le Point had suggested that Bach had given a mid-July deadline, whether the Games would go ahead as planned July 26 to Aug. 11, but the IOC was quick to dismiss this.

    “This is obviously part of the on-going disinformation campaign against France, the IOC, and its president, and the Olympic Games.

    “It has no factual basis whatsoever,” the IOC said late Wednesday on platform X.

    “The IOC president and the entire Olympic movement are looking forward with great anticipation to excellent Olympic Games Paris 2024,”he said.

    French organisers said they would investigate the origin of the reports, and sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra dismissed them as “indecent fake news” on X.

    “Our Games will indeed be held in Paris, on the scheduled dates. We have been preparing for them for years; they will bring happiness to the whole world and pride to our country,” she said.

  • National Trials: Again, Amusan claims gold in women’s hurdles

    National Trials: Again, Amusan claims gold in women’s hurdles

    Nigerian hurdler and World record holder, Tobi Amusan has  raced to first place in the women’s 100m hurdles at the national trials in Benin City on Monday.

    The hurdler maestro, had won the title for the fourth time in her career.

    Amusan crossed the line in 12.78 seconds, ahead of Adaobi Tabugbo, who finished second in 13.33 seconds. Faith Osamuyi came in third with a time of 13.36 seconds.

    The 27-year-old will be hoping for a podium finish at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

    Amusan came in fourth in the final of the women’s 100m hurdles in Tokyo four years ago.

    She will also participate in the African Senior Athletics Championship in Cameroon later this month.

  • Paris 2024: Super Falcons set to camp in Spain ahead of Olympics

    Paris 2024: Super Falcons set to camp in Spain ahead of Olympics

    The European country of Spain is being considered as training camp for the Super Falcons ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games.

    According to NigeriaFootball.ng, the NFF is considering Spain in order for the team to acclimatize to the weather conditions in neighbouring France.

    Randy Waldrum’s side are scheduled to camp in the European country from 5 to 16 July.

    The West Africans will also play an high flying friendly game  in Spain to serve as preparation.

    Recall that the Super Falcons will face World champions Spain, Japan and Brazil in Group C at Paris 2024.

    The West Africans will open their campaign against Brazil at Stade de Bordeaux on July 25 before taking on Spain three days later in Nantes and later Japan on July 31 at the same venue.

    The 2024 Olympic Games will run from July 25 to August 10.

  • Paris 2024: Super Falcons drawn in tough group as opponents emerge

    Paris 2024: Super Falcons drawn in tough group as opponents emerge

    The Super Falcons of Nigeria will do battle in group C of the Paris 2024 Olympic games female football event  alongside Brazil, Spain and Japan.

    It was gathered that the draws for the tournament were  already made before Super Falcons grabbed qualification ticket on Tuesday in Pretoria, South Africa and was only slotted into group C after the game ended.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Super Falcons secured qualification to the Olympic games for the first time in 16 years after playing 0-0 draw in South Africa but won 1-0 on aggregate.

    Recall that Rasheedat Ajibade converted a 43rd minute penalty to secure a 1-0 win in the first leg fixture held at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.

    The Paris Olympic football event will kick start on the 21st of July and run through August 2024.

  • Nigeria’s D’Tigress to confront host France, Canada, Australia at the Olympic Games

    Nigeria’s D’Tigress to confront host France, Canada, Australia at the Olympic Games

    Performed by legendary duo Penny Taylor and Carmelo Anthony and watched by fans around the globe via FIBA’s YouTube channel, it has laid out the initial pathways for all teams in pursuit of being crowned champions of the Men’s and Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournaments Paris 2024
    D’Tigress will confront host France, Canada and Australia in the group stage of the competition.
    Currently ranked 12th in the world, Nigeria are the sole flag bearer from Africa in the women’s basketball tournament while South Sudan is holding it down for the men at the Olympic Games.
    Under the stewardship of coach Rena Wakama D’Tigress without a good camping program they managed to to secure her place at the Games with a win over Senegal and defeats in the hands of USA and Belgium during the play-off in Antwerp, Belgium in February.
    D’Tigress finished 11th in the last two Olympic Games outings.
    Nigeria will begin their quest for Olympic glory against Australia on 29th of July before meeting France on the 1st of August, followed by Canada.
    Serbia, Spain, China and Paraguay are in Group A while World Champions USA, Germany, Belgium and Japan are the teams in Group C.
    The top two teams in each of the group plus two best third countries advance to the quarter-finals.
    The draws have intensified the anticipation of this year’s Olympic Games Basketball Tournaments which will be held from 27 July to August 11 in France.
  • We’ll ensure qualification to 2024 Olympics – Super Falcons goalie, Nnadozie

    We’ll ensure qualification to 2024 Olympics – Super Falcons goalie, Nnadozie

    Super Falcons goalie, Chiamaka Nnadozie has revealed that the team will ensure that they qualify for the 2024 Olympics games slated for Paris France later this year.

    It would be recalled that the nine-time African champions failed to qualify for the last three editions of the Olympics.

    The Super Falcons last featured at the 2008 Beijing Olympic games.

    Randy Waldrum’s side will confront perennial rivals, Cameroon in the first leg of their third round tie at the Stade de la Reunification, Douala, on Friday (today).

    Ahead of the highly anticipated encounter, Nnadozie claimed the Super Falcons can’t afford to miss out on the ticket again.

    “I know it’s been long we qualified for the Olympics but this is a new phase and we have to focus on it,” the Paris FC goalie told a press conference.

    “The girls are ready, we know what it takes and we know everyone is expecting us to qualify.

    “We are in good spirit and the coach is very confident in us and we hope to qualify this time.”

    Acknowledging Cameroon’s formidable squad, she added, “Cameroon is a very good side with exceptional players whom we respect, but tomorrow (today), we have to come out strong. We are confident. I believe in our team, and we are ready to play this game.”

  • Paris 2024 Race: U23 Head Coach, Yusuf, calls up 16 overseas-based players

    Paris 2024 Race: U23 Head Coach, Yusuf, calls up 16 overseas-based players

    Head Coach Salisu Yusuf has invited 16 overseas-based players to the team’s camp in preparation for this month’s U23 AFCON final qualifying fixture against Guinea.

    The Olympic Eagles trade tackles with their Guinean counterparts in a first leg encounter scheduled for the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja from 4pm on Wednesday, 22nd March, with the return set for the Complexe Sportif Prince Heritier Moulay Al Hassan from 7pm Morocco time on Tuesday, 28th March. Guinea does not have any venue approved in the country for international matches.

    Yusuf’s list of invitees is headed by team captain Success Makanjuola, whose two converted spot kicks against Tanzania earned the 1996 Olympic gold-medallists passage to this final round. There are also midfielder Abiodun Ogunniyi and Bello Babatunde, as well as Belgium-based new headline-grabber Gift Emmanuel Orban.

    As happened against the Tanzanians in Dar es Salaam and Ibadan in October last year, Makanjuola is expected to lead the charge against the Guineans in Abuja on Wednesday, perhaps alongside Orban, with Babatunde and Ogunniyi (nicknamed Omo-Jesu) pulling the strings from the middle.

    The winner on aggregate will qualify for the Africa U23 Cup of Nations scheduled for Morocco later this year, at which Africa’s flag bearers at next year’s Men’s Olympic Football Tournament will emerge.

    Guinea’s delegation for the encounter in Abuja is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Saturday evening.

    ALL THE INVITED PLAYERS:

     

    Success Makanjuola (FK Liepaja, Latvia); Bello Babatunde (Future FC, Egypt); Isaiah Ejeh (Mjallby Alf, Sweden); Abiodun Ogunniyi (FK Auda, Latvia); Monsuru Opeyemi Abdullahi (FC Vizela, Portugal); Omole Akinyinka Olaoluwakitan (Athletic Newham, UK); Owen Tega Udoh (UD San Sebastian Reyes, Spain); Azeez Temitope Yusuf (Mjallby Alf, Sweden); Charles Uba (Lillestrom FC, Norway); Simon Omon (Clube Operation Desportivo, Portugal); Ihekuna Maximillian Ugochukwu (FC Sfintul Gheorghe Suruceni, Moldova); Chukwudi Goodluck Igbokwe (KAA Gent, Belgium); Abass Saidi (Zagalata FC, Azerbaijan); Ibrahim Buhari (IF Elfsborg, Sweden); Gift Emmanuel Orban (KAA Gent, Belgium); Samuel Amadi (Eramica Cleopatra, Egypt)

  • Medal winners at Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday

    Medal winners at Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday

    Following are the medal winners at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday:

    Shooting:

    Women’s 10m air rifle
    Gold: Yang Qian, China
    Silver: Anastasiia Galashina, Russia Olympic Committee (ROC)
    Bronze: Nina Christen, Switzerland

    Men’s 10m air pistol:
    Gold: Javad Foroughi, Iran
    Silver: Damir Mikec, Serbia
    Bronze: Pang Wei, China

    Road cycling:

    Men’s road race:
    Gold: Richard Carapaz, Ecuador
    Silver: Wout Van Aert, Belgium
    Bronze: Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia

    Weightlifting:

    Women’s 49kg
    Gold: Hou Zhihui, China
    Silver: Chanu Saikhom Mirabai, India
    Bronze: Windy Cantika Aisah, Indonesia

    Archery:

    Mixed team:
    Gold: An San/Kim Je Deok, South Korea
    Silver: Gabriela Schloesser/Steve Wijler, Netherlands
    Bronze: Alejandra Valencia/Luis Alvarez, Mexico

    Judo:

    Women’s 48kg:
    Gold: Distria Krasniqi, Kosovo
    Silver: Funa Tonaki, Japan
    Bronze: Daria Bilodid, Ukraine
    Urantsetseg Munkhbat, Mongolia

    Men’s 60kg:
    Gold: Naohisa Takato, Japan
    Silver: Yang Yung Wei, Chinese Taipei
    Bronze: Yeldos Smetov, Kazakhstan
    Luka Mkheidze, France

    Fencing:

    Women’s epee individual:
    Gold: Sun Yiwen, China
    Silver: Ana Maria Popescu, Romania
    Bronze: Katrina Lehis, Estonia

    Men’s sabre individual:
    Gold: Aron Szilagyi, Hungary
    Silver: Luigi Samele, Italy
    Bronze: Kim Junghwan, South Korea

    Taekwondo:

    Women’s 49kg:
    Gold: Panipak Wongpattanakit, Thailand
    Silver: Adriana Cerezo Iglesias, Spain
    Bronze: Abishag Semberg, Israel
    Tijana Bogdanovic, Serbia

    Men’s 58kg:
    Gold: Vito Dell’Aquila, Italy
    Silver: Mohamed Khlil Jendoubi, Tunisia
    Bronze: Jang Jun, South Korea
    Mikhail Artamonov, ROC

  • Tokyo Olympic games set for July 2021

    Tokyo Olympic games set for July 2021

    Tokyo Olympics organisers are eyeing next July as a start date for the postponed Games, Japanese media reported yesterday, following the historic decision to delay the event due to the coronavirus.

    Given the on-going pandemic and need for preparation time, the most likely plan would be for the Games to begin on July 23, 2021, public broadcaster NHK said, citing sources within the organising panel.

    It came after Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike raised the idea on Friday of moving the event to a less hot and humid time of year.

    She argued that this would make marathons and other races easier to endure, meaning they could be held in the capital instead of in northern Sapporo city, where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had decided to move them.

    The Tokyo 2020 team led by Yoshiro Mori is currently discussing possible dates with the IOC, according to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.

    Mori told a Japanese TV station over the weekend that “some kind of conclusion” would be reached within a week.

    The Olympics were scheduled to open on July 24 this year with the Paralympics on August 25, but Japan announced last week it had secured agreement from the IOC to postpone the Games – a decision unprecedented in peacetime.

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said they would be held in around a year instead as a testament to humanity’s victory over the pandemic.