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Nigeria scoops four gold medals in African Wrestling Championship

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 5 May 2025 0

By Aherhike Okioma It was a total dominance with ecstacy for Team Nigeria at the ongoing African Senior Wrestling Championships in Casablanca, Morocco as the nation’s women wrestlers swept all four gold medals they competed for except Adekuoroye Mercy 57kg which fell ill and had to be

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What you need to know about late pro wrestler, Hana Kimura

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2020 0

Japanese wrestling organization Stardom Wrestling on Saturday confirmed Kimura dead. Hana Kimura was a professional wrestler and nextflix series cast, Terrace House. 22-year- old Hana Kurma’s cause of death has not been confirmed. Kimura began her wrestling career at Wrestle-1 in 2016, and went on to win the JWP Junior Championship title. She then joined Stardom Wrestling

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WrestleMania 36: John Cena Loses to The Fiend

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2020 0

From The Undertaker and AJ Styles’ epic boneyard match to John Cena’s wild face-off against “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, WrestleMania was jam-packed with some major moments. With everyone busy social distancing and staying inside amid the coronavirus pandemic, WrestleMania 36 proved to be the perfect distraction this weekend. As we previously reported,

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Wrestling: Nigeria continues spectacular show at continental stage

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

Nigeria wrestling team has continued to show its prowess in the sport as they delivered 14 medals and earned top ranking positions in various categories in the just concluded African Championship in Algiers, Algeria. At two-day event which began on Saturday, Nigerian female team amassed 230 points to emerge champions of the continent for the […]

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Winners emerge at Rivers Golden Jubilee wrestling tourney

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2017 0

The Rivers State Golden Jubilee celebrations committee has concluded its wrestling competition which took the centre stage at the Sharks Stadium in Port Harcourt on Tuesday when traditional wrestlers from different Local Government Areas (LGAs) competed for honours. The finalists who were divided into four groups displayed their strength, discipline, and understanding of

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Dalung hails victorious wrestling team

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2017 0

The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has congratulated Nigeria’s team to the just concluded Senior African Wrestling Championship held in Marrakech, Morocco. The Minister commended the team when the President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Daniel Igali visited him in his office in Abuja on Tuesday. “We are proud of your display […]

Entertainment

Popular Mexican Wrestler Dies in the Ring

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2015 0

A popular Mexican wrestler died during a live show in Tijuana on friday night when a fighting skill didn’t go as planed in the center of the ring. El Hijo Del Perro Aguayo was fighting with former WWE star Rey Mysterio Jr. when he was performing a stunt and apparently snapped his neck or spine. […]