Canada withdraws from the Tokyo Olympics over the fear of coronavirus as the Prime Minister revealed that a delay might occur in the games scheduled for July 24th 2020. Due to the novel virus ravaging the globe.
Nigeria have been drawn against Australia, Argentina and Turkey in Group B of the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup from September 22 to 30 in Tenerife, Spain. According to the draw, D’Tigress will start their campaign at the tournament against Australia on September 22 before facing Turkey on September 23 and Argentina on September 25.
The lingering leadership dispute in the NBBF has been laid to rest as FIBA called for fresh elections into the board of NBBF. FIBA has, in a letter to all concerned parties on Thursday, called for a fresh election to settle the federation’s lingering leadership dispute. It had based its decision on the report of its three-man fact-finding team which visited Nigeria recently.
Charlotte Kalla of Sweden celebrates after winning the women’s 15km skiathlon in PyeongChang, South Korea on Saturday. Just hours after the Opening Ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, a gold medal has already been awarded. Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla pulled ahead late to win gold in the women’s 15km skiathlon on Saturday with a time of 40:44.9.
Nigeria Wrestlers are doing the country proud at the (The Nation) as the medals keep coming in for Nigeria at the 2018 Africa Wrestling Championships. Team Nigeria, now have a total of nine gold, five silver and seven bronze medals at the ongoing Africa Wrestling Championships holding in Port Harcourt. Damilola Fayolemi and Ntem Moses Ifiok added to Nigeria’s medal haul at the Wrestling Championship. In the Greco-Roman event for the cadet, Ntem won a silver in the 60kg category, while Damilola won a bronze medal in the 60kg category.
Barcelona and Argentina superstar, Lionel Messi, shared this lovely Christmas photo with his family as they pose with Santa Claus. The 30-year-old posted a picture of him with his wife Antonella Roccuzzo and their kids Thiago and Mateo meeting Father Christmas on his personal Instagram account.
