Category: Sports

  • Samuel Peter

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    Samuel Okon Peter; Nigerian World Boxing Council, WBC Heavy weight Champion. After a poor outing at the Sidney 2000 Olympics, Peter prepared for his debut international professional match under the auspices of… read more

  • Modupe Telia

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    Modupe Christiana Telia (Nee Fakoiade); Nigerian hockey player trained by some of the best Nigerian coaches of her time. Her performance earned her a national team call up in 1975, and she… read more

  • Hakeem Olajuwon

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    Hakeem Olajuwon; Nigerian born American basketballer who holds the record as the NBA All-time Rebounds Leader. Hakeem Olajuwon is ranked as number seven overall in the All-time Points Leaders. In the citation… read more

  • Samuel Okwaraji

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    Samuel Okwaraji, Nigerian midfielder who slumped and died on August 12, 1989 while playing for the Super Eagles in a crucial 1990 World Cup qualifying match between Nigeria and Angola at the… read more

  • Adepoju Mutiu

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    Mutiu Adepoju; Super Eagles’ midfielder and a member of Nigeria ‘Golden Generation’ of the 1990s, with a career from being a player in the Spanish La Liga to being inducted as one… read more

  • Hockey

    Hockey is a game played on the field or ice, where players hold sticks with a flat and rounded side to propel the spherical, hard and usually white ball with the aim… read more

  • Lawn Tennis

    Lawn Tennis is a racket sport played individually or in teams on a hard surface of concrete, asphalt, or on clay or grass. A ball is being served over the net to… read more

  • Polo

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    Polo is a team sport played on horse backs. Its objective is to score goals against the opponent team by driving the small ball into the opposing team’s goal using the mallet,… read more

  • Swimming

    Swimming as an activity dates back to Stone Age, as men dived through rivers and lakes to transport themselves. Relics from Egyptian caves and allusions from Greek mythology point to this, but… read more

  • Table Tennis

    Table Tennis is a racquet sport played by hitting a lightweight ball back and forth across a hard table divided by net, using a small round racket. Although the Table Tennis started… read more

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