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Delta State’s Grace Nwokocha showed no sign of relenting as she romped to the 200m women’s title at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Benin City. She had earlier won the women’s 100m gold at the weekend. Nwokocha who last month qualified for the 100m event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games clocked a 22.79secs Personal Best as she secured the 200m Olympics ticket also. Bayelsa’s Tima Godbless, who has been growing in confidence since her bronze medal in the 100m, ran a new Personal Best (PB) of 23.65secs to place second, with Delta’s Praise Ofoku also getting on the PB train to t...

Students performing calisthenics display at the opening ceremony of the 19th National Sports Festival in Abuja, Thursday Team Rivers yesterday increased her medal haul at the ongoing National Sports Festival tagged Edo 2020 in Benin, Edo State. It was a commanding victory for Team Rivers in the finals of the Men’s Beach Volleyball as they defeated Team Imo 2-0. Chidiebere Okeke and Emenike Ezike showed class in the two sets leading from start to finish as they won by 21-16. Speaking after the victory, Okeke told reporters that it was a great game against tough opponent but happy winning the...

In boxing, Ondo State heavyweight boxer, Adedeji Adegbola knocked out his opponent, Oluwafemi Adetoye of Yobe state in a record 15 seconds of their first-round heavyweight boxing bout. With the win at the Oba Akenzuwa cultural centre, Adegbola has qualified for the semi-finals of the heavyweight category and placed him in the medals range, alongside five teammates vying in other weight categories. Similarly, Rivers State have increased their medal haul with Stella Kingsley winning 3 Gold medals in the Women 49kg Weightlifting event. Stella snatched 74kg, Clean and Jerked 105kg a record in (49...

  Nigeria’s Olympic swimmer, Rachael Tonjor has led Team Edo to win a gold medal in the 4x100medley relay women. The feat brings their total number of gold in swimming to four at the national sports festival, a huge improvement from their performance at the Abuja 2018 games where they failed to win a medal. Edo were stripped of medals in Abuja as a result of the double registration of their captain Tonjor and Faith Edorodion. Team delta finished second in the event while Bayelsa claimed Bronze in the event. In weightlifting, Rivers state showed class in the 49kg event as Stella Kingsley do...