Nigerian Footballer, Lookman, Is the Only Ranked African in 2024 Ballon D’or
Ademola Lookman, a Nigerian footballer who represents the Super Eagles and plays for the Italian-based club Atalanta, has achieved the remarkable feat of being the only player of African descent to make the final 30-man shortlist for the 2024 Ballon d’Or. Lookman’s nomination comes on the heels of a stellar 2024 calendar year, where he […]
Rena Wakama Named Best Female Basketball Coach in The Paris 2024 Olympics!
Rena Wakama, the trailblazing 32-year-old coach of Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has been named the Best Coach of the Women’s Basketball Tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics by FIBA (International Basketball Federation). This recognition comes after she led the Nigerian team to a historic achievement—becoming the first African basketball team, male or female, to […]
Nigeria’s Female basketball Olympic team sets record!
The Nigeria women’s basketball team, famously known as D’Tigress, has made history at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, held from July 26 to August 11, 2024. The team became the first African basketball team, male or female, to qualify for the Olympic quarterfinals, a feat that has never been accomplished by any other African team […]
The First Black Woman on the Board of Italy’s Top-Flight Football Club!
Eniola Aluko, a Nigerian-born British former sports director for Aston Villa and Angel City in England, has made history by becoming the first African female to join the board of FC Como Women, Italy’s top-flight women’s football club. This remarkable achievement places her at the forefront of a growing movement to elevate women’s football globally. […]
Super Falcons Soar Back to the Olympics After 16 Years!
The Super Falcons, Nigeria’s senior women’s national football team, have triumphantly secured their spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, marking their return to the Olympic stage after a 16-year hiatus. Their last appearance was at the Beijing 2008 Games. The Falcons clinched their Olympic berth by defeating South Africa’s Banyana Banyana 1-0 on […]
Tunde Onakoya Breaks Guinness World Record for Longest Chess Marathon
Nigerian chess master and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, embarked on a chess marathon session, hoping to raise $1 million for children’s education across Africa through the record attempt. He had set out to play the royal game for 58 hours but continued until he reached 60 hours, surpassing the current chess […]
CAF AWARDS 2023: NIGERIAN AWARDEES!
Victor Osimhen, the Nigerian striker who made headlines in Italy as the highest goal scorer of the Serie A (Italian league), won the Confederation of African Football (CAF) African Player of the Year for the first time, while his compatriot, Asisat Oshoala was awarded the CAF Women’s Player of the Year for the sixth time. […]
Nigerian Track And Field Sprinter Sets A New Record At The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix!
Favour Ofili, a Nigerian track and field sprinter shattered both the national and African records in the women’s 300m at the 2024 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Sunday the 4th of February, 2024. In a heart stopping display of speed and athleticism, Ofili clocked a record-breaking run time of 35.99 seconds, smashing […]
Nigerian Goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali Has Set A New Goalkeeping Record
27-year-old Nigerian goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali becomes the first Super Eagles goalkeeper to keep four consecutive clean sheets in a major football tournament in 44 years, surpassing Alloy Agu’s feat of three games in a row in 1990. He achieved this feat in Nigeria’s 1-0 win against Angola in the African Nations Cup tournament which was […]
Nigerian Shot Put Hero Chukwuebuka Enekachi Sets A New Record In The Shot Put Games!
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, a Nigerian living in the United States who represents his fatherland in international competitions, won the shot put olympic qualifier, setting an African record of 21.63 metres in the shot put category at the Olympic qualifiers in the Czech Republic. He broke the indoor African record of 21.47m previously held by Janus Roberts […]