Nigeria to host African U-19 Girls Volleyball Championship
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Cameroon beats Nigeria to FIVB World Championship ticket
Nigeria, yesterday, failed to qualify for next year’s FIVB U-21 World Championship following the junior national team’s 0-3 loss to their Cameroonian counterparts in the third-place match of the just concluded African U-21 championship in Tunisia.
Heptathlete O'Dowda pushing for podium after seventh at European Championships
Jade O'Dowda reckons her rock-solid European Championship campaign can lay the foundations for an international podium push next season. The Oxford star, 22, battled to a seventh-place heptathlon finish in Munich this week after a gruelling two days at the city's Olympic Stadium. Ad O'Dowda bagged a bronze medal for Team England at the Commonwealth Games but was unable to live with the red-hot standard set by Nafi Thiam, Adrianna Sułek and Annik Kalin, who grabbed the podium places.
Bell has Hodgkinson in her sights
Alex Bell insists she's hot on the heels of golden girl Keely Hodgkinson after a battling European Championship performance in Munich. The Leeds middle distance star finished sixth in Saturday night's 800m final as Olympic silver medallist Hodgkinson grabbed a brilliant gold. Ad Bell, 29, started the race strongly before fading on the final bend as Hodgkinson, who also won silvers at this summer's World Championships and Commonwealth Games, sauntered to a comfortable victory over Renelle Lamote and Anna Wielgosz.
British Gymnastics is causing chaos on the international stage
By Will Jennings in Munich James Hall and Britain's gymnasts warned they are ready to 'do some more damage' after winning a stunning team gold at the multi-sport European Championships. Ad Maidstone star Hall joined forces with Jake Jarman, Joe Fraser, Giarnni Regini-Moran and Courtney Tulloch to deliver a dazzling display and beat Italy and Turkey in Munich.
Lawrence Okoye wants Olympic and world success after European bronze
By Will Jennings in Munich Defiant discus thrower Lawrence Okoye vowed to use his thrilling comeback season as a springboard for Olympic and world success after winning a historic European bronze medal in Munich. Ad The Loughborough-based star, 30, took almost a decade away from athletics to play in the NFL after a disappointing 12th-place finish in the final at London 2012. AthleticsHodgkinson kept it simple on the way to first major gold8 MINUTES AGO But after bursting back onto the scene three years ago, Okoye made history on Friday by becoming the first British athlete to win a European discus medal.
Fraser and Jarman hail British gymnastics unity
Golden boys Joe Fraser and Jake Jarman believe British Gymnastics' stunning European Championship Sunday perfectly epitomised the unity among their record-breaking team. Britain racked up five medals yesterday as Fraser followed up his team and all-around titles with gold on the parallel bars. Ad And Jarman, part of the team who also grabbed gold on Saturday, won two medals 24 hours later by claiming victory on the vault after a brilliant bronze on the floor.
Indian men's volleyball team wins bronze in Asian U-18 Championship
The Indians won 25-20, 25-21, 26-28, 19-25 15-12.