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Israel “Style Bender” Adesanya is set to make his highly anticipated return to the octagon in a middleweight title fight against Dricus du Plessis at UFC 305 in Perth, Australia.

Vice President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), Waheed Enitan Oshodi has confirmed that world number 16, Aruna Quadri, will miss the World Table Tennis (WTT) Lagos Contender tournament, which serves off today.

Lagos, Nigeria’s bustling commercial hub, has become the epicenter of the table tennis world for the next five days as it hosts the highly anticipated WTT Contender Lagos at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall in the Teslim Balogun Stadium.

Following Tyson Fury’s loss to Oleksandr Usyk in the unified heavyweight title fight last month, the sanctioning bodies have ranked Anthony Joshua ahead of his fellow Brit in the June WBC heavyweight rankings.

Israel Okon clinched the men’s 200m title at the Nigerian Olympic Trials, delivering a career-defining performance.

Kanyinsola Ajayi capped off a successful season by winning his first-ever national title at the Nigeria Olympics trials held at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium in Benin City.

History was made at the Nigerian Olympic Trials in Benin, where three athletes surpassed the 8-meter mark for the first time ever on home soil in the Men’s Long jump event.

Enekwechi Secures Fourth Consecutive National Shot Put Title

Nigeria’s top table tennis player Aruna Quadri has officially secured his place in the men’s singles event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

African Champion Chidi Okezie has secured a ticket for 2024 Olympic Games, setting a personal best (PB) of 44.97s to win the Men’s 400m at the Edmonton Athletics Invitational, surpassing the Olympic standard to qualify.