Sports Groove

...As Shehu Dikko hails Para stars   By Oluwatobiloba Zeal-Adepetu Kumoye      The curtain has fallen on the 3rd National Para Games in Abuja but not without a powerful statement. From March 31 to April 3, Nigeria’s finest para-athletes turned the nation’s capital into a theatre of grit, glory, and unbreakable spirit, delivering a competition that was as inspiring as it was fiercely contested. At the closing ceremony, Mallam Shehu Dikko, Chairman of the National Sports Commission, didn’t hold back in his praise.  He hailed the athletes not just for medals won, but for redefining what sport means in a nation pushing for greater inclusion. “This was more than a competition,” Dikko declared. “It was courage on display. It was resilience in motion. It was Nigeria at its proudest.” The Games, staged in Abuja, lived up to that billing, showcasing athletes who refused to be defined by limitations, instead rewriting narratives with every race, lift, and thro...

...Secures 13 medals as table tennis event comes to an end By Oluwatobiloba Zeal-Adepetu Kumoye in Abuja           From grass to grace, this is the inside story of Team Edo State's rise in table tennis, the once uneducated side powered by eagerness is now a consistent medal winner for the Heartbeat State. These are the words of the head coach of Team Edo table tennis, Goriola Olayiwola Wahab in an exclusive interview with FIRST ZEALMEDIACAST BLOG's Oluwatobiloba Zeal-Adepetu Kumoye at the ongoing National Para Games in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. Coach Wahab, fond called Mr. Consistent, led Team Edo to secure 13 medals Games, 4 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze medals. For coach Wahab in the Table Tennis coaching business it all began 1991, in Bauchi, when he teaching special athletes the games of pingpong. He then started working with the Spinal Cord Injury Association of Nigeria to help educate and train more athletes. “I started coac...

...To compete for honours in seven sports  By Oluwatobiloba Zeal-Adepetu Kumoye      Team Ekiti will be heading to the nation's capital Abuja with 68 athletes to compete in the the third edition of the National Para Games. The Technical Adviser on Sports Development to the Governor Abiodun Oyebanji, Dr. Olusola Osetoba, made this known to your authoritative and award winning news channel FIRST ZEALMEDIACAST BLOG on Thursday, that the contingent will be taking part in seven sports at the Games. The sports are: • Para Athletics  • Para Powerlifting  • Para Soccer • Wheelchair Basketball • Para Table Tennis  • Para Karate  • Para Swimming  The team will be accompanied to the Games by 15 officials that include 7 coaches and the Technical Adviser on Sports Development to the Governor, Dr. Olusola Osetoba will Shepard the delegation to Centre of Unity. Already the 68 athletes are preparing for the week long competition with an open camp...