Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Abiodun Adegoke (born 1998/1999) is a Nigerian amateur basketball player who is notable for being one of the tallest amateur basketball player. Referred to as "Big Naija", Adegoke's age is of controversy as a news report stated his age as 17 and 2.18 meters tall in the year 2016, so according to that information he is 23 or 24 years old as of 2022.
Efe Ajagba (born 22 April 1994) is a Nigerian professional boxer who holds the record for the fastest victory in boxing history after his opponent was disqualified for leaving the ring one second after the opening bell.
Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya [1] (born 22 July 1989) is a Nigerian-New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, former kickboxer and boxer. [9] [10] As a mixed martial artist, he currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion.
Amusan became the first ever Nigerian world champion and world record holder in an athletics event when she won the 2022 World Championships 100 m hurdles gold medal, setting the current world record of 12.12 seconds (+0.9 m/s) in the semi-final, followed up by a 12.06 seconds (+2.5 m/s) in the final.
Football is the most popular sport in Nigeria, and most people in Nigeria watch international football and support a club in a domestic league. A 2024 poll conducted by NOI Polls found that 67% of Nigerians watch football, and 86% of Nigerians watched Nigeria at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations , where Nigeria lost 2–1 to hosts Ivory Coast in ...
Richard Ihetu (August 14, 1929 – December 14, 1971), professionally known as Dick Tiger was a Nigerian professional boxer who held the undisputed middleweight and light-heavyweight championships.
Isaac Odugbesan (born April 22, 1998) is a Nigerian professional wrestler and former shot putter.He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Oba Femi and is the current NXT Champion in his first reign.
Tolulope "Jordan" Omogbehin [3] (born May 16, 1994) is a Nigerian professional wrestler and former college basketball player. He is signed to WWE , where he performs under the ring name Omos . He also performs in Pro Wrestling Noah , where he is one-half of the reigning GHC Tag Team Champions (alongside Jack Morris ) and a member of the stable ...