BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Most Germans are in favour of the nation’s Olympic bid, according to a survey conducted by the YouGov market research company on behalf of dpa. A total of 48% of the participants said they were either “somewhat” in favour (27%) or “strongly” in favour of Germany bidding to host the Summer…
France’s blind football team won the country’s first-ever Paralympic gold with a win over Argentina and the support of a boisterous crowd at Eiffel Tower Stadium Hosts France secured gold in blind football after a 3-2 victory on penalties, with 41-year-old hero Frederic Villeroux scoring the winner in the shootout following a 1-1 draw in regular time….
By Lisa Martin & Harry De Cosemo for IPC Paris’s reputation as a city of romance has rubbed off on a handful of Para athletes who have popped the question to their sweethearts during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Enjoy our romantic rundown! Alessandro & Arianna Italian runner Alessandro Ossola, 36, proposed to his girlfriend Arianna at…
Harvinder Singh won gold in the men’s individual recurve open competition, three years after earning India’s first Paralympic medal in Para archery. Three years after winning India’s first Paralympic archery medal, Harvinder Singh made more history by earning the country’s first gold in the sport. After the scoreboard showed that he won the final of the men’s individual…
When Mariam Eniola Bolaji defeated Oksana Kozyna to clinch bronze in the women’s Para badminton SL3 at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, she created history not just for herself and her country Nigeria, but also for an entire continent. Why? Because Bolaji is now the first African player, male or female, to win a badminton medal…
Eniola Bolaji has won the first medal for Nigeria at the ongoing 2024 Paralympics in Paris. She won a Paralympic Bronze Medal in the Women’s Singles SL3 category on Monday. Bolaji also became the first African Athlete to win a medal in Badminton at the Paralympics in Paris. She won the Women’s Singles SL3 Titles at…
The 2024 Olympics just ended on Sunday in Paris, France, and no Nigerian won a medal, but Nigerians did win medals, for other countries, of course. While other countries are fielding thousands of athletes, Nigeria, according to the Sports Development Minister Senator John Owan-Enoh, only 88 represented Team Nigeria. CONVERSEER reports that a chunk of…
The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan-Enoh has apologised to Nigeria and Nigerians over the poor performance of Team Nigeria at the just concluded 2024 Paris Olympics Games. In a statement personally signed by the Minister, he called for patience with ongoing reforms which are imminent and ongoing in the Ministry since he assumed…
Rene Wakama, the coach of Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has been named the best coach of the Paris 2024 Olympics by FIBA. This recognition comes amidst widespread celebration and support from fans and media outlets in Nigeria and beyond, highlighting her achievement as a young coach making history in the Olympics. It was the…
Emmanuel Wanyonyi, a 20-year-old Kenyan athlete, has won the gold medal in the men’s 800m final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He set a personal best time of 1:41.19, making him the third fastest man ever in the 800m. This victory marks Kenya’s fifth consecutive gold medal in the men’s 800m at the Olympics. The…
