Wrestling

Wrestling: NWF Inducts Seven New Members As Adekuoroye, Oborududu Get Cash Rewards

The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) has inducted seven new members into its Champions Club following their gold medal-winning efforts at the last three African Senior Wrestling Championships. According to statement signed by the Media Officer of the Federation, Emeka Dennar,...

Wrestling: Olympic Qualifier Postponed Over Coronavirus Fears

The Africa/Oceania Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Qualifier earlier slated for 13 – 15 March, in El Jadida, Morocco, has been postponed indefinitely by organizers over fears of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19). COVID-19 has claimed over 3,000 lives globally, with more...

Wrestling: Adekuoroye Hails Sports Minister, Halogen Over Adopt Initiative (AUDIO)

Commonwealth champion Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg) has hailed Nigeria’s Sports Minister Hon. Sunday Dare for his brainchild – the Adopt Initiative – while also thanking security outfit Halogen Ltd for adopting her ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in...

Wrestling: Olympic Qualifiers Camp Opens In Yenagoa

The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) will on Monday, 24th February, open camp for the forth-coming Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifiers in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, this is according to the president of the federation Hon. Daniel Igali. The qualifiers will take place...

Adopt Initiative: Ministry Signs MoU With Halogen Company for World No. 1 Adekuroye

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the Ministry for adopted Nigerian wrestler and World No.1 in the 57kg class Odunayo Adekuroye, with her adoptors, Halogen...

Wrestling: Hannah Reuben Wants “To Do More” After Bagging 2nd African Wrestling Gold

Hannah Reuben wants to do more after winning her second African Wrestling gold medal at the just concluded championships at Algiers. Nigeria finished second on the medals’ table of the two-day championship which ended on Sunday. "Honestly I must say that...

Wrestling: 10-time African Champion Oborududu Guns For World No 1 Ranking

10-time African Wrestling Champion Blessing Oborududu has set sights on becoming the  world's number one female wrestler in the 68kg class before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.  Oborududu annihilated Rihem Ayari of Tunisi...

African Championships: Ogbonna John Stars as Nigerian Men Claim Four Medals on Final Day...

Nigerian freestyle wrestlers capped what could best be described as a remarkable outing for the country at the 2020 Africa Wrestling Championships in Algiers by winning four medals including a fourth consecutive continental gold for rising...

African Championships: Adekuoroye Rises To World No. 1 As Nigeria Claims Record Women’s Title

Team Nigeria, on Saturday, won a record 9th consecutive title in Women’s Wrestling at the African Championships, claiming 6 gold and 4 silver medals on a day that Commonwealth champions Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg) and Blessing Oborududu...

African Wrestling Championship: Daniel Confident Of Nigeria’s Continued Dominance (AUDIO)

Captain of Nigeria's wrestling and 5-time African champion Amas Daniel (65kg) says Team Nigeria will conquer the continent at the ongoing 2020 African Wrestling Championships in Algeria. Team Nigeria arrived Algiers –...

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