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Paris-Bound Nigerian Wrestlers Get Reprieve

Reprieve eventually came the way of the Nigerian contingent to the World Wrestling Championships in Paris, France, who had flight delay as they departed on Monday evening aboard Air Ethiopia.
The contingent had experienced flight delay in the hands of Air Maroc in the early hours of Monday and had to find an alternative.
The wrestlers included Odunayo Adekuoroye, Aminat Adeniyi and Blessing Oburududu who are supposed to compete by today, had flight delay on Monday.
The three, according to the President, Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Daniel Igali were to weigh in for the competition yesterday afternoon.
Igali, disclosed on telephone from Paris that when the wrestlers got to the airport in the early hours of Monday, they were told that Air Maroc had a defective aircraft on Sunday.
He said that because the aircraft was small, it only picked a few passengers for Sunday, leaving those for 4 a.m. flight on Monday stranded.
However, in a twist of events, the NWF said it secured four tickets aboard Ethiopia Airlines aircraft to convey some of the country’s contingent to the championships.
Igali said that the three wrestlers and a coach travelled on Monday evening.
“We were able to get four new tickets on Ethiopia Airlines for them. They hopefully arrived in Paris by 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
“The wrestlers are Odunayo Adekuoroye, Aminat Adeniyi, Blessing Oborududu and Purity Akuh, their coach,’’ he said.
Six wrestlers, including four females and two males will represent the country at the competition.
The male wrestlers are Amas Daniel (65kg) and John Emmanuel (70kg), while the female are Blessing Oborududu (63kg), Adekuroye Odunayo (53kg), Mercy Genesis (48kg) and Aminat Adeniyi (58kg).
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Umuahia Hosts Africa Para- Badminton Championship
The championship will run from today to October 12 at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia. On the ground for the championship are athletes from Brazil, Peru, Egypt, Cameroon, Tunisia, Nigeria, Mauritius and Rwanda. They arrived on Sunday.
Some of the other countries were expected in the Abia State capital yesterday. Speaking on the championship, yesterday, Abia State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Nwobilor Ananaba, said the chief host, Governor Alex Otti, has mobilised facilities and the personnel to ensure a successful event.
Speaking through the Special Assistant to the Governor on Sports, Raymond Chima Ukwa, said: “We have the best mats, playing mats, especially the wheelchair playing mats, which is the first of its kind in West Africa.
“If you go around, you’ll see the hall and the preparation that has been made to ensure that people have an equitable world-class playing field.” Thrilled by Governor Otti’s support for the competition, Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) President, Francis Orbih, said that, besides making all the necessary arrangements that will ensure a successful hosting of the events, “we will have a Para-Badminton workshop for coaches and players.
“Nigeria is doing well, Abia is doing well, and we want to do better to improve on where we are, which is why all these have been put together by Governor Otti.”
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FIFA U20: Flying Eagles Narrowly Loss to Norway
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles began their campaign at the 24th FIFA U20 World Cup with a narrow 1–0 loss to Norway on Monday, despite creating several opportunities to level the game.
Norway took the lead in the 9th minute after being awarded a controversial penalty. The Flying Eagles pressed for an equaliser but were denied two penalty claims in the second half.
Kparobo Arierhi came close in the 47th minute when his shot drifted wide with the goalkeeper beaten, while Tahir Maigana struck the upright in the 63rd minute.
Nasiru Salihu’s rising effort in the 71st minute also went narrowly over the bar, drawing gasps from the crowd.
Seven minutes from time, Maigana again tested Norway with a long-range strike that went just wide as Nigeria continued to pile on the pressure.
Despite their dominance, the Flying Eagles could not find the breakthrough and now turn their attention to Thursday’s clash against Saudi Arabia in their second group match.
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