Commonwealth Games

Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar has said that Nigeria, Youth Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Youth Programme will jointly hold the Commonwealth Youth…

Swimmers Pieter Coetze and Lara van Niekerk have been named sportsman and woman of the year at the SA Sport Awards organised by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC). The Awards at the Sun City Superbowl…

With Tuesday's marking three years to go until the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, organisers are doubling the size of their headquarters in Geelong. The state Government has announced that plans had been…

Hamilton100, the group behind the Canadian city's Commonwealth Games bid, has admitted the campaign to secure hosting rights for the centenary event is 2030 is over. The body revealed that the bid was unable to secure Government…

Three-time Commonwealth Games champion has accused Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment, with the national team hosting a protest against him. Phogat is one of her country's most…

A new study by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom has revealed that the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has contributed at least £870 million ($1061 million/€980 million) to its economy. It was…

Ese Brume has won gold for Nigeria in the women’s long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Brume had a no jump on her first attempt but bounced back right away to jump 6.99m to take the lead in the final…

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusa successfully defended her Commonwealth Games 100m hurdles title after breezing to the first position on Sunday morning at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Amusan set a new Games Record of 12.30s to set a new…

The Alexander stadium in Birmingham will be rocking on the final day of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, partly to see World Record holder Oluwatobi Amusan look to defend her 100m Hurdles title, and maybe possibly dropping another fast time…

Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah rocketed to a sprint double at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday ahead of Nigeria's Favour Ofili (silver), with Namibia’s Olympic silver medallist Christine Mboma taking bronze. The Jamaican sprint…