Team Nigeria capped a memorable outing in wrestling as the men won two gold and three silver medals in the Freestyle events on the penultimate day of the 2019 African Games in Morocco.

Commonwealth gold-medalist and 9-time (consecutive) African champion Blessing Oborududu (68kg) has said she is ready to successfully defend the gold medal she won four years ago in Brazzaville, Congo, when the wrestling event of the 12th African...

President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) Hon. Daniel Igali has charged the country’s wrestlers and coaches to the 12th African Games in Morocco to ‘give your best efforts’ when hostilities resume in the Northern African Nation.

The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) on Thursday unveiled a formidable team of athletes and officials that will represent the country at the 12th African Games in Morocco. The team, which is comprised of 16 athletes,...

Commonwealth Champions Odunayo Adekuoroye and Blessing Oborududu both impressed at the just-concluded Yasar Dogu Ranking Series event in Istanbul, Turkey, claiming gold and bronze medals respectively to climb up in the world rankings. Adekuoroye...

Reigning Commonwealth champions Odunayo Adekuoroye and Blessing Oborududu will on Tuesday night depart Nigeria for Istanbul, Turkey ahead of the prestigious Yasar Dogu Ranking Series event which runs from 11th to 14th July, 2019. The pair,...

The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) has expressed deep gratitude and appreciation to the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson for sponsoring the recently-concluded 3rd Gov. Dickson National Wrestling Classics which took place in Yenagoa.

Wrestling sensation Odunayo Adekuoroye has challenged her opponents in the 57kg category in Nigeria to raise their game in order to give her credible competition. The 2017 World silver medalist from Ondo State, retained...

President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) Hon. Daniel Igali has expressed satisfaction with the just-concluded 3rd Governor Dickson National Classics, stating that it is ‘one of the better tournaments hosted in Nigeria’. The extended...

The board of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) has unanimously passed a vote of confidence on its president, Hon. Daniel Igali, who is in the middle of his second four-year term in office. In...