2022 Commonwealth Games

Nigerian sprinter, Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, who won gold in the 4x100m relay at this year’s Commonwealth Games, has been provisionally suspended for the use of banned substances, the Athletics Integrity Unit said on Saturday. Nwokocha,…

Nigeria could be stripped of the women’s 4x100m relay gold they won at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. This is because an unnamed member of the quartet has failed a doping test. The gold-winning team was made up of Tobi…

It was day nine at the Commonwealth Games, and athletes continued to churn out more medals for Nigeria as the event entered its final stages. Wrestling dominated the bulk of the medals on Saturday as para-table tennis, para-athletics and…

Goodness Nwachukwu has secured the Nigeria’s fourth gold medal of the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, breaking the women’s discus throw F42-44/61-64 event world record twice in the process. The 23-year-old also previously held…

Weightlifter Islamiyat Yusuf has won Nigeria’s fourth medal at the ongoing 2922 Commonwealth Games. Yusuf clinched the bronze medal in the women’s weightlifting 64kg event after lifting a combined total of 212kg from both the Snatch,…

The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, showered encomium on weightlifter Adijat Olarinoye, after she won Team Nigeria’s first gold medal at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Olarinoye on Saturday night won gold…

The Bayelsa State Government has charged the Nigerian Wrestling Federation to bring home at least six gold medals from the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ehwrudjakpo, gave the charge when…

Nigeria’s women’s table tennis team have crashed out of the Team Event of the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, after they lost 3-2 to England on Saturday, while the men advanced to the quarter-finals of the event with a 3-0…

The 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games began on Thursday with a colourful opening ceremony at the Alexander Stadium amid fanfare in front of an estimated 30,000 spectators, showcasing the very best of Birmingham and the whole of the UK.…

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports has declared that 94 athletes and 21 officials will represent Nigeria in nine sports at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The Director of Federal Elite Athletes Department,…