Tag: Olympics News
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France beat Argentina to win blind football gold at 2024 Paralympics
France’s blind football team won the country’s first-ever Paralympic gold with a win over Argentina and the support of a boisterous crowd at Eiffel Tower… Read More
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Paralympians propose to their fiancées in Paris
By Lisa Martin & Harry De Cosemo for IPC Paris’s reputation as a city of romance has rubbed off on a handful of Para athletes… Read More
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Meet Harvinder Singh, India’s first-ever Para-archery gold medalist
Harvinder Singh won gold in the men’s individual recurve open competition, three years after earning India’s first Paralympic medal in Para archery. Three years after… Read More
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Meet Mariam Eniola Bolaji, first African to win Olympics or Paralympics medal in Badminton
When Mariam Eniola Bolaji defeated Oksana Kozyna to clinch bronze in the women’s Para badminton SL3 at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, she created history not… Read More
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Eniola Bolaji wins Nigeria’s first medal at 2024 Paralympics
Eniola Bolaji has won the first medal for Nigeria at the ongoing 2024 Paralympics in Paris. She won a Paralympic Bronze Medal in the Women’s… Read More
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8 Nigerians who won medals at 2024 Olympics
The 2024 Olympics just ended on Sunday in Paris, France, and no Nigerian won a medal, but Nigerians did win medals, for other countries, of… Read More
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“I am sorry,” Sports Minister apologises for poor Olympic outing
The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan-Enoh has apologised to Nigeria and Nigerians over the poor performance of Team Nigeria at the just concluded… Read More
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Wakama named 2024 Olympics best women’s basketball coach
Rene Wakama, the coach of Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has been named the best coach of the Paris 2024 Olympics by FIBA. This recognition… Read More
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20-year-old Wanyonyi wins Kenya’s 5th consecutive men’s 800m Olympic Gold
Emmanuel Wanyonyi, a 20-year-old Kenyan athlete, has won the gold medal in the men’s 800m final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He set a personal… Read More
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Nigerian who switched nationality wins medal for USA at 2024 Olympics
A triumphant turn of events, Annette Echikunwoke, formerly of Nigeria, has secured the silver medal in the women’s hammer throw at the Paris 2024 Olympics,… Read More
