wrestling

Nigeria is set to host the 13th ECOWAS African Wrestling Tournament in Abuja from March 6–8, 2025, as part of the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the West African regional body. Organized in collaboration with the…

Team Nigeria’s weightlifters team amassed six more medals at the ongoing 2023 All Africa Games in Ghana, as the duo of Desmond Akano and Adebayo Adeyemi won six medals on Day 5 of the Weightlifting event. The team won three Silver and…

Team Nigeria’s Edidiong Joseph Umofia clinched 3 Gold medals in the men’s weightlifting 67kg category at the 13th edition of the African Games in Accra, Ghana on Monday. Umofia lifted a remarkable 135kg in the Snatch and a brilliant…

Nigeria’s Emmanuel Nworie on Saturday claimed a bronze medal in the 77kg Greco-Roman event at the ongoing African Games in Accra, Ghana. Nworie defeated Hattingh Johannes of South Africa 11-0 superiority, after what seemed to be a…

Nigerian wrestling coach, Akuh Purity, has spoken on the pressure tasking his wrestlers to return with medals from the 2024 African Games. Purity said he has not sensed any form of pressure among his athletes and they were all ready to…

A non-governmental organisation, Doors Youth Empowerment Initiative, DYEI, has donated some materials to Pro- Wrestling Afrik Promotions ( PWAP) to enable it organise a successful training in Togo for fighters in the West…

Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, has stated that the future of Nigeria lies in sports. The minister stated this in a recent interview where he discussed his tenure, financial challenges, grassroots development plans,…

Tottenham Hotspur could potentially be without both of their first-choice centre-backs when they take on Manchester City in December's mouthwatering Premier League clash. Since Ange Postecoglou took the reins, Cristian Romero and summer…

A Japanese airline was forced to book an extra flight for a group of sumo wrestlers after they made their plane too heavy to take off. The elite wrestlers had been scheduled to fly from Tokyo to Osaka to take part in Japan's premier…

After action-packed events in England and Germany, it has reached the crunch stage in PFL Europe as fighters battle it out for a title shot and a potential $100,000 prize in this weekend’s playoffs at a sold out Zenith Paris La Villette in…

Nigerian female freestyle wrestler, Odunayo Adekuoroye, has become the country’s first grappler to qualify for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris after winning the bronze medal in women’s 57kg at the ongoing World Championships in Belgrade…

Stakeholders have called for collaboration to combat doping in sports which they said had reached an alarming proportion in Nigeria, at a workshop with the theme, “Symposium Against Use of Illicit Substances, Drug Abuse and Doping (2024…

Six Nigerian lifters will feature in this week’s International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an official said. The head coach of Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF), Ojadi Aduche, said…

Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh, said his administration will pursue a two-fold focus, as part of the plans to reposition sports in the country. Speaking to stakeholders in Lagos, Enoh said the two-fold focus rests…

Indian wrestlers are set to be banned from competing under the country’s flag at the United World Wrestling World Championships following the suspension of the country’s governing body. Indian wrestlers are set to have to compete as…

The Bayelsa State Government said they are fully ready to host the annual Wrestling Tournament, tagged the Senator Douye Diri National Wrestling Classics, scheduled to hold from August 6th – 10th 2023 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. …

Twitter owner Elon Musk has undergone a grueling training session with UFC Hall of Famer and former world champion as he teases a battle of the billionaires with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Twitter and Tesla owner Musk…

Roberto Calenda, agent of Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, has refused to hold talks with Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis over Osimhen’s contract extension. Several reports have linked the Nigerian out of the Stadio Amando Maradona…