•Tobi Amusan World Record holder, Tobi Amusan started her Paris Olympics campaign with a strong victory in the heats of the women’s 100m hurdles. Amusan hardly broke a sweat as she dominated the entire field, running a solid 12.49s despite being seeded in lane 9, according to makingofchamps.com. Alysha Johnson was 2nd in 12.61s while […...
•US’ forward #11 Sophia Smith celebrates scoring goal with teammates Sophia Smith scored the winning goal in extra time as the United States beat Germany 1-0 on Tuesday to advance to the Paris Olympics women’s football final. Smith settled a close-fought but generally poor semi-final in Lyon by firing past Germany goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger ...
•Ese Brume Nigeria’s Ese Brume, Ruth Usoro, and Prestina Ochonogor made history today by reaching the women’s long jump final at the Paris 2024 Olympics. That is the first time three Nigerian women have made the event’s final at the Olympics, reports AFP. Brume leapt 6.7m to seal automatic qualification for the final of the […]
•D’Tigress – players and staff celebrate victory History-making Nigeria’s D’Tigress will face reigning USA champions in the quarter-finals of the Paris Olympics women’s basketball competition on Wednesday, following the draw yesterday. The Nigerians are the first African nation ever to reach the last eight of an Olympic basketball ...
•Favour Ofili Nigeria’s Favour Ofili ran a season best time of of 22.24s to win her heat and book a spot in the semi-final of the women’s 200m event. Ofili outran a field that also had Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith and Gambia’s Gina Bass-Bittaye. Ofili’s finishing time put her in overall second place only behind […]
Canada’s Olympic women’s football team have been deducted six points and their coach Beverly Priestman suspended for a year after a staff member used a drone to spy on a rival team at the Paris Games, FIFA said yesterday Canada’s football association was “responsible for failing to respect the applicable FIFA regulations in connection with… [&...
•SP Josephine Adeh The spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Josephine Adeh, has called out men for the increasing spate of heartbreaks they are causing women. In a post on X, the PPRO, who took on the unexpected role of a relationship advisor, expressed dismay at the increasing number of men who led […]
•Spain’s forward Salma Paralluelo vies for the ball against Japan’s defender Saki Kumagai Reigning Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati scored one goal and helped create another as World Cup holders Spain came from behind to beat Japan 2-1 in their first game of the women’s Olympic football tournament today. Spain are making their Olympic women’s...
•Tobi Amusan Nigerian sprint icon, Tobi Amusan has won the women’s 100m hurdles Round 1 heat at the 13th Africa Games in Ghana. Amusan won the heat with a time of 13.03s. With her victory, she secured a spot in the semis of the women’s 100m hurdles. … developing story
UN chief, Antonio Guterres The UN yesterday highlighted the need to defend women’s rights which were under threat, citing a reversal in hard-won progress, increasing violence against women and a growing digital gender divide. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said this at the opening of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of...
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