Gideon Goyet and Deborah Pam have emerged Nigerian winners of the 2019 Access Bank Lagos Marathon in the male and female categories respectively.
Gideon Goyet ran the race in two hours and 30 minutes with Deborah Pam for the second year running finished as the fastest Nigerian woman at the Lagos Marathon as well as finishing among the top 10 women overall.
Gideon Goyet receives ₦3 million while the second and third receive ₦2 million and ₦1 million respectively.
Nigeria has emerged the overall winner of the 2019 Lagos World Para Powerlifting Invitational Championships held at Oriental Hotel in Lagos.
Nigeria won all the 20 gold medals on offer as well as winning 15 silver and 7 bronze medals, making it a total of 42 medals in all at the competition.
The male football team of Lagos State University (LASU) has emerged champions at the inaugural African Students Football Union (ASFU) 2019 tournament.
The male football team of the school won the University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana (a West African University Games, WAUG champion) 1-0 in the final match at the Adamasingba Stadium, Ibadan, Oyo State on January 27, 2019.
Following the victory, LASU represents Africa at the World Universities Football Competition which is to hold in Russia later in the year.
Bayelsa Queens Football Club of Yenagoa have emerged the Nigeria Women Premier League champions for the 2017/2018 season after defeating Nasarawa Amazons 2-0 at the Agege Stadium on Sunday, 27th of January 2019 in the final of the Super 4 Play off.
This is coming 11 years after an elusive chase for the title by the club (Bayelsa Queens).
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Isaac Matthew from Kaduna State and Elizabeth Nuhu from the Nigerian Custom Service, Abuja have emerged overall winners of the inaugural Tito Makurdi Marathon Road Race in the male and female categories respectively.
Isaac Matthew came first in 1 hour 41 minutes while Elizabeth Nuhu emerged winner in 1 hour 56 minutes.
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Aruna Quadri and Bode Abiodun have won the Portuguese Cup with their clubside Sporting.
The duo were part of the Sporting team that beat GDCS Juncal 3-0 in the final game of the Portuguese Cup played on Sunday, January 13.
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Nigeria’s women beach volleyball team defeated Cameroon 2-0 to win the gold medal at the Camtel International Beach Volleyball Championship, which ended in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
The pair of Tochukwu Nnourge and Francisca Ikhiede emerged victorious over their Cameroonian counterparts 21-14, 21-13 in the female category of the beach volleyball competition.
In the male category, Team Nigeria lost 2-1 (19-21, 21-16, 15-11) to Central Africa Republic in an intriguing final encounter.
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