Commonwealth Games

THE Commonwealth Games will be held in Amdavad, India in 2030 after its bid was preferred to the one presented by Abuja, Nigeria. Amdavad has vowed to “lay the foundation …

INDIA is set to host the centenary Commonwealth Games in 2030, with the Asian country’s bid preferred to Nigeria’s. It is the second time in 20 years that the event …

NATIONAL Sports Commission (NSC) Chairman Shehu Dikko has reiterated that Nigeria is ready to host the 2030 Centenary Commonwealth Games, assuring that Africa’s time has come after nearly a century. …

The future of the Commonwealth Games is uncertain, with no firm bids to host the next two editions of the competition.

AUSTRALIA’S state of Victoria has said it will not host the 2026 Commonwealth Games because of a sharp rise in the costs. The state said today that there were projected …

TEAM Nigeria’s gold medal in the women’s 4x100m athletics event of last year’s Commonwealth Games has been taken away and given to England. The Nigerian quartet of Tobi Amusan, Favour …

President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred national honours and given out cash rewards to sprint hurdler Tobi Amusan, long jumper Ese Brume and other Nigerian athletes who excelled at the Birmingham …

One of Team Nigeria’s medallists at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in August, Grace Nwokocha, has been suspended on the suspicion of using performance enhancing drugs. The sprinter was one …

The first batch of Team Nigeria athletes to the just concluded Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games returned to the country today to a welcome fit for heroes and heroines after their …

Team Nigeria recorded the country’s best-ever Commonwealth Games performance in history in Birmingham, England, largely powered by the women. At the Games held from July 28 to August 8, Nigeria …