Kicking off!
The 2018 Commonwealth Games will commence on Wednesday April 4 in Queensland Australia with Team Nigeria joining other former British colonies to vie for honours in different sporting events.
Nigeria’s best performaance in the Games came in 1994 in Canada where the country won a total of 37 medals.
At the last edition in Glasgow, Team Nigeria placed 8th and are expected to improve on their last outing.
As expected, Commonwealth Games double sprint champion, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor and table tennis star, Aruna Quadri will lead Team Nigeria’s aspirations at the Games.
In our cover story, we have gone down memory lane to refresh your mind with the history of Nigeria’s participation at the Games and what you should expect from the contingent to the Gold Coast Games.
We have served you our interview with the president of Nigeria Tennis Federation, Dayo Akindoju who said his board’s primary concern is to help develop the young talents that abound in the country.
He also elucidated on the four core-areas his board will be working on to take the game of tennis to higher heights.
A year after losing a playoff to Sergio Garcia at the Masters, Justin Rose declared himself ready to finally claim the coveted green jacket as he prepared for a final tune-up at the Houston Open.
And for fans of Andy Murray, the news that the former British and world number one tennis player is back to training must be heart-warming.
The hard-hitting Briton was sidelined by hip injury which required corrective surgery.
As usual we rounded up this package with football in Europe. With the end of the international break, the top football leagues in Europe will resume this weekend.
In the Premiership, Tottenham will visit Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as ‘top four pressure’ envelopes both teams.
Elsewhere in the Bundesliga, Burussia Dortmund want to delay Bayern Munich’s title celebration as they matchup today at the Allianz-Arena.
This is our line up of exciting stories for your weekend relaxation.
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