Team Blazers have won the maiden MGI Scrabble Premier League with a cash prize reward of one million Naira, which ended at the LilyGate Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.
The Scrabble Premier League, according to the organisers, was put together to create more awareness of the sport in the country, as well as discover more talents in the game. It featured top scrabble players, including students of tertiary institutions.
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Akwa Starlets football club of Uyo, have won the 2019 edition of the Super League 4 Nigeria National League (NNL) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu.
According to the Nigerian News Agency, Akwa Starlets beat Adamawa United FC 2-0 in a tense match on the 15th of September 2019.
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Team Delta State has made history again by winning the fifth National Youth Games in Ilorin to make it five wins out of five competitions.
Team Delta State won the multi-sports youth development Games for the fourth time in 2018, after garnering a total of 67 medals, made up of 27 gold, 24 silver, and 16 bronze. And on the 15th of September 2019, in Ilorin, Team Delta State incredibly won a total of 104 medals, made up of 41 gold, 32 silver, and 31 bronze.
Team Lagos finished second with 72 medals made up of 22 gold, 36 silver, and 14 bronze, while Team Bayelsa was third with 45 medals made up of 17 gold, six silver, and 22 bronze.
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Tobiloba Amusan has ran 12.51 seconds to win the 100 meters hurdles at the ISTAF IAAF meeting at the Olympia Stadion (Olympic stadium) in Berlin, Germany.
Tobiloba Amusan won the ISTAF Berlin women’s 100m hurdles ahead of Christina Clemons from the USA (12.69 seconds) and Nadine Visser from the Netherland (12.72 seconds) on the 1st of September, 2019.
Tobiloba’s run of 12.51 seconds, is her second-fastest time of all time.
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Team Nigeria have emerged with a second place finish at the 12th All-Africa Games in Rabat with a total of 121 medals, made up of 44 gold, 30 silver and 47 bronze.
Egypt got a total of 264 medals made up of 99 gold, 96 silver and 69 bronze to finish top, a position the North African country had maintained in almost all editions of the Games except that of Abuja 2003, when Nigeria topped, and in 1978 when they withdrew midway owing to perceived hostility with Algeria.
South Africa was third with 87 medals comprising of 36 gold, 26 silver and 25 bronze medals.
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Bayelsa Queens have emerged winners of the 2019 Nigeria Women Premier League (NWPL) Champions Shield played on 24th of August 2019 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa.
The team defeated Rivers Angels 2-0 at the end of the regulation time to secure the victory for the first time.
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The Nigeria Senior Women’s National Basketball team, D’Tigress, have been crowned African champions following their 60-55 win over Senegal in the final of the 2019 FIBA Women Afrobasket Championship.
The win recorded on the 18th of August 2019 at the Dakar Arena, signifies D’Tigress successfully defending the FIBA Women AfroBasket title they won two years ago as well as their fourth title overall.
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