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Yakubu Adesokan of Nigeria this afternoon bettered his World Record set in qualifying to take the first Powerlifting gold of the London 2012 Paralympics Games in the Men’s 48kg with a lift of 180kg.
Yakubu Adesokan of Nigeria this afternoon bettered his World Record set in qualifying to take the first Powerlifting gold of the London 2012 Paralympics Games in the Men’s 48kg with a lift of 180kg./ Photo: LOCOG

London Paralympics 2012: Adesokan lifts Nigeria with 1st Gold medal

Yakubu Adesokan of Nigeria this afternoon bettered his World Record set in qualifying to take the first Powerlifting gold of the London 2012 Paralympics Games in the Men’s 48kg with a lift of 180kg.

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Nigeria's women's U-20 national team, The Falconets, celebrates a goal n the final Group B match of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan./ Photo: FIFA/Getty
Nigeria's women's U-20 national team, The Falconets, celebrates a goal n the final Group B match of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan./ Photo: FIFA/Getty

FIFA U-20 WWC: Nigeria Falconets pummels Italy to top group at Japan 2012

Nigeria's women's U-20 national team, The Falconets, this morning defeated the Azurri ladies from Italy 4-0 in the final group match of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan with Striker Fancesca Ordega scoring a hat-trick to power the Africans to the top of Group B.

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