Intense exercise floods your cells with free radicals faster than your internal defense system can neutralize them. That imbalance — more reactive molecules than your body can handle — drives the muscle fatigue, inflammation, and sluggish recovery you feel after a hard session. Push through this repeatedly without adequate recovery support and the damage accumulates,…
The National Sports Commission has announced plans to hold open trials in the United Kingdom for Nigerian diaspora athletes as part of a their strategy aimed at strengthening talent identification and development, Saturday PUNCH reports. The initiative, known as the Invited Diaspora Athletes programme, is designed to integrate Nigerian-born athletes based abroad into the country’s…
The teen years can feel like a whirlwind. Bodies are changing daily, hormones are in constant flux, and no snack in the pantry is safe. For teen athletes, that whirlwind becomes even more intense. Practices, games, tournaments, and strength training sessions pile on top of schoolwork and social life. So how can we as parents…
Nigeria’s participation at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo is facing outrage following revelations that more sports administrators than athletes made the trip, despite the country’s failure to qualify and register a single relay team for the global event. The development comes in the wake of Favour Ofili’s transfer to Turkey, a move widely…
From the first electric moment when a Nigerian woman leapt into the Olympic gold circle in Atlanta, to a world record broken under Paris lights, Nigeria’s female athletes have blazed a trail that pulses with fire, defiance, and awe. Their stories don’t follow tidy chapters; they share breath, history, longing, and promise in a single,…
0 The South-South Zone of the National Sports Commission (NSC) on Saturday commenced the screening of athletes ahead of the zonal eliminations for the 2025 National Youth Games, scheduled to hold from August 26 to September 6 in Asaba, Delta State. The exercise, held at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State,…
1 Adequate funding is vital for Athletics to prevent the escalating trend of Nigerian athletes seeking citizenship in other countries for greater opportunities. This call was made during a press conference addressed by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) President, Chief Tonobok Okowa, after Day 1 of the All Nigeria Athletics Trials at Yaba College…
2 While speaking to SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, a sports stakeholder revealed that apart from the poor welfare of the country’s athletes, there is more to Favour Ofili, the latest Nigerian sportswoman to change nationality, rejecting Nigeria.The source, a very dependable voice in the sports corridor, said Ofili’s decision was mainly influenced by her fears of witch-hunt…
Riley Gaines I’m Open To Working W/ Simone Biles … On Trans Sports Issue Published June 21, 2025 12:15 AM PDT Play video content TMZSports.com Riley Gaines and Simone Biles … working together?! Could happen, according to the former All-American swimmer herself, who tells TMZ Sports she’d “absolutely” be open to the idea. Of course,…
By Paul Dada Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has described the death of the 21 young athletes as “painful, heartbreaking, and a devastating blow to the nation”. The 21 athletes were members of of the Kano State contingent returning from the National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State. They lost their…
