Para-sports

Team Nigeria athletes to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in France have returned to the country. Made up of 24 athletes excluding officials, the team returned into the country in…

The Paralympic Committee of Nigeria (PCN) has rewarded Team Nigeria athletes to the 2024 Paralympic Games for their remarkable performances as curtain was drawn on the event last night in…

Team Nigeria’s captain, Folashade Oluwafemiayo, has set a new world record in the women’s over 86kg para-powerlifting category, becoming the first para-athlete in history to lift 166kg. Deng Xuemei of…

Team Nigeria on Saturday in Paris at the 2024 Paralympic Games added a silver medal to its haul, after Flora Ugwunwa won in the women’s javelin throw event. Ugwunwa, who…

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian Paralympian, Onyinyechi Mark, on her groundbreaking achievement at the Paralympics, where she won the country’s first gold medal and set multiple world records.…

Nigeria’s Isau Ogunkunle has raked in a bronze medal at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in France. This has made the country secure the first Singles Paralympic Medal Since…

Team Nigerian has won yet another medal through Bose Omolayo who grabbed the silver medal in women’s up to 79kg Para Powerlifting at the ongoing Paralympic Games. Omolayo has now…

The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Chief Ayuba Gufwan has lauded Nigeria’s Paralympian, Onyinyechi Mark who has set a new world record in the women’s 61kg para…

Nigeria’s Onyinyechi Mark has shattered the Paralympic record in the women’s 61kg powerlifting category, lifting an astounding 145kg. This remarkable feat surpasses the previous record held by compatriot Lucy Ejike.…

David Obinna Anyaele, the chairman of the Abia State Commission for the Welfare of the Disabled Persons, has congratulated Benson Nworgu Ogechika Esther for securing Nigeria’s second medal, a silver…

The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, has praised Esther Nworgu for securing Nigeria’s second medal, a silver in the women’s 41kg para-powerlifting category at the ongoing Paralympic Games…

Nigerian Paralympics powerlifter Esther Nworgu said on Wednesday claiming the silver medal in Paris was “like heaven” having dislocated her shoulder just two days ago. Iwogu, who lost the use…

Team Nigeria’s para powerlifter Esther Nworgu has won silver in Para powerlifting up to 41kg with a lift of 118kg. She broke the Paralympics record twice. Nworgu set two new…

President Bola Tinubu has lauded an 18-year-old Nigerian para-badminton player, Eniola Bolaji, for her remarkable achievement at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Bolaji made history by winning a bronze medal in…

KWARA’S Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday hailed para-badminton talent Eniola Bolaji for winning Africa’s first medal in badminton at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Paris. AbdulRazaq, in a statement by…