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Team Nigeria Shifts Attention To Athletics, As Super Falcons, Quadri, others Exit Paris 2024 Empty Handed

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2 years ago

July 31, 2024

Joel Ajayi

The Super Falcons completed a hat trick of losses at the Paris 2024 Olympics after losing 3-1 to their Japanese counterpart on Wednesday to exit the game with no points.

Before Falcon’s exit , Aruna Quadri, Fatimah Bello, Olajide Omotayo, and Edem Offiong have all been eliminated from the Table Tennis event while Adam Olaore also suffered first-round elimination in the boxing event.

Also, the Nigeria’s captain and African Champion, Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori suffered a disappointing defeat in his second Group game against China’s Li Shi Feng in the Men’s Singles Badminton event at the Paris Olympics.

This loss marks Opeyori’s second defeat at Paris 2024, ending his Olympic journey in the first round.

He joins the Super Falcons, who lost 1-3 to Japan in the women’s football event earlier on Wednesday, as the 7th Nigerian athlete to be eliminated from the games

Football follows the exit route with no media to show, a path charted by Table Tennis and Boxing as none of the athletes made it past the first round.

All attention for medals will now shift to Athletics with the event starting on Thursday August 1st in Paris

A total of 35 Athletes will be competing for honours in their different track and field events.

Expectations are high with the exploits of Tobi Amusan; winning the Gold medal in the 110 meters hurdles at the last World Championship setting a world record in the event.

A podium finish is at least expected as Tobi Amusan is a hot prospect for the gold medal.

Ese Brumen is another athlete’s Nigerians will be backing her for a podium finish in the long jump, the event that gave Nigeria her first ever Gold medal at the Olympics courtesy of the Chioma Ajunwa effort at the Atlanta 96 Olympics.

Other events could spring surprises while Nigerians are anxious to see how the relays will go, though watchers are optimistic that Nigeria could win a medal in the relays.

Recall the 4×4 Relay gave Nigeria the second ever Gold medal in Athletics at the Sydney 2000 in which the American team were stripped off the gold for doping.

How many medals will Athletics return for Team Nigeria, the coming days will provide a definite answer

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Agada Shines with Brace as Orijent Beat Karlovac 2-0

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5 hours ago

October 24, 2026

The Gleamer

Nigerian forward Charles Adah Agada scored twice as HNK Orijent secured a 2-0 away victory over Karlovac 1919 in the Croatian SuperSport Prva NL on Saturday.

Orijent produced an impressive performance at the Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Stadium in Karlovac to claim all three points in the league encounter.

Agada, a former Mavlon FC of Lagos attacker, was the standout performer, finding the net twice to help the visitors overcome their hosts and strengthen their position in the league campaign.
Orijent went into the half-time break with a 1-0 advantage before extending their lead in the second half.

The Nigerian striker completed his brace with the goal that made it 2-0 in the 57th minute.
Karlovac were unable to find a response as Orijent held on to their advantage to secure victory away from home.

The result represents an important boost for Orijent, who will look to build on the performance in their subsequent league fixtures.

For Agada, the brace underlines his value to the team as Orijent continue their campaign in Croatia’s second-tier football competition.

He has built an important role on loan at the club and has successfully established himself as a regular fixture in their lineup, appearing in all 8 league matches so far this season.

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