Glasgow 2014: Nigeria emerges Africa's 2nd best

As England tops with 174 medals

TEAM Nigeria finished with 11 gold, 11 silver and 14 bronze medals to place eighth on the final medals table at the 20th Commonwealth Games which ended on Sunday in Glasgow, Scotland.
Nigeria became the second best country from Africa at the Games after South Africa which finished seventh with 13 gold, 10 silver and 17 bronze medals.
Interestingly, Nigeria finished ahead of Kenya which placed ninth on the table with 10 gold, 10 silver and five bronze medals and Jamaica which placed 10th with 10 gold, four silver and eight bronze medals.
England topped the medals table after the 12-day event with 58 gold, 59 silver and 57 bronze medals ahead of Australia which amassed 49 gold, 42 silver and 46 bronze medals.
Team Canada followed with 32 gold, 16 silver and 34 bronze medals as Scotland placed fourth with 19 gold, 15 silver and 19 bronze medals. India with 15 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze medals and New Zealand with 14 gold, 14 silver and 17 bronze medals placed fifth and sixth respectively. 
Meanwhile, the gold medallists for Team Nigeria at the Games were Blessing Okagbare who accounted for two golds and one silver; Ese Brume (women's long jump with a jump of 6.56m); Oluwatoyin Adesanmi (women’s 63kg weightlifting); Maryam Usman (women's Weightlifting +75kg); Odunayo Adekuoroye (women's 53kg freestyle wrestling); Aminat Adeniyi (women's 58kg freestyle wrestling); Esther Oyema (women's para-powerlifting up to 61kg); Loveline Obiji (women's para-powerlifting heavyweight class (from 61.1kg); Paul Kehinde (men's para-powerlifting lightweight (up to 72kg) and Abdulazeez Ibrahim (men's heavyweight (from 72.1kg).
It will be recalled that Nigeria's first gold medallist at the Games, Chika Amalaha after her heroics in the women's weightlifting 53kg where she set new games record 85kg in snatch and 196kg in total lift was
stripped of the medal by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) for using performance-enhancing substances.

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Caption: Nigeria's Golden Girl, Blessing Okagbare celebrates her golden moments at Glasgow 2014. She finished the Games with two gold and one silver medals.

NNL Week 22 results

 Group A

FRSC FC         1       Kwara Utd      1
Ngr Prisons       0       Sokoto Utd      0
Mighty Jets        3       Kogi Utd         0
Adamawa Utd   0      Plateau Utd      0
Wikki Tourists  1        Spotlight          0
Niger Tornadoes 1    TEAP FC       0
DSS FC          1       Supreme Court   0
Jigawa Stars    3      Ranchers Bees   1

Group B

Stationery Stores 2      Gabros FC      1
COD Utd           2       ABS                 0
Remo Stars        2       Akwa Starlets    0
Abia Comets       2      Gateway FC     1
Bendel Insurance  2     MFM FC         1
Prime FC          1       Shooting Stars    1
Go-Round          3       Ekiti Utd          0
Unicem Rovers     1    FirstBank         0
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NNL Table at Week 22

Group A

  Teams                               P    W    D    L     GF   A   D       PTS

1 Wikki Tourists                 22    13    2    7    30    16    14       41
2 Kwara Utd                     22    11    4    7    36    16    20       37
3 Mighty Jets                     22    11    2    9    24    17    07       35
4 Niger Tornadoes            22    11    2    9    20    13     07       35
5 Kogi United                   22    11    1    10    34    22    12      34
6 Ranchers Bees               22    11    1    10    24    27    -3       34
7 Spotlight                        22    10    3    9    25    25     00        33
8 Sokoto United               22    10    2    10    17    21    -4       32
9 Plateau United                21    9    4    8    21    18       03       31
10 Adamawa United         22    9    4    9    24    26     -2           31
11 Jigawa Stars                 21    9    3    9    18    22      -4         30
12 Supreme Court FC       22    9    2    11    20    22    -2         29
13 DSS FC Kaduna         22    9    2    11    15    31    -16        29
14 FRSC                         22    6    9    7    20    20        00        27
15 TEAP FC Abuja         22    7    4    11    14    25    -11         25
16 Nigeria Prisons            22    3    7    12    19    40    -21       16
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Glasgow 2014: Gold harvest for Nigeria as Okagbare picks 200m s/final ticket

It was a special day for Team Nigeria on Wednesday at the ongoing 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, as it clinched three gold medals to move up on the medals table to the eighth position with six gold, five silver and eight bronze medals.
Maryam Usman began the gold harvest for Nigeria when she triumphed in the women's Weightlifting +75kg.
Usman lifted 125kg in snatch, 155kg in clean and jerk and 280kg as her total lift to clinch the gold ahead of Ele Opeloge of Samoa who lifted 120kg in snatch, 151kg in clean and jerk and 271kg in total lift, as Tracey Lambrechs of Newzealand settled for the bronze medal when she lifted 101kg in snatch,    136kg in clean and jerk and 237kg as her total lift.
Odunayo Adekuoroye minutes later recorded another golden performance when she spent only 31 seconds to knock out Indian Lalita Lalita in the women's wrestling freestyle 53kg, while compatriot Aminat Adeniyi followed suit with her victory over another Indian opponent, Malik Sakshi, in the women's wrestling freestyle 58kg.
Another Nigerian wrestler, Amas Daniel clinched the men's bronze medal in the 61Kg freestyle alongside Sasha Madyarchyk of England.
Two Nigerian boxers also landed in the medal zone following their brilliant outings in their various categories.
Efetobor Apochi    in the men's heavyweight boxing class outclassed Australain Jai Opetaia by a unanimous decision to move to the semi-final. Apochi had earlier in the Round of 16 stopped Krystian Borucki of Isle of Man by a technical knockout two minutes, 33 seconds into the first round.
Apochi joins compatriot, Efe Ajagba who had on Tuesday knocked out South Africa Paul Schafer in
round two of their super heavyweight bout. Both boxers will return to the ring for their semi-final bouts.
In athletics, Ese Brume    advanced in the women's long jump when she placed fifth with a jump of 6.29 metres, while Blessing Okagbare also qualified for the semi-final of the 200m after she finished heat one with a time of 22.99 seconds.
Okagbare who won the 100m gold at the Games on Monday night with a time of 10.85 seconds dusted
Kineke Alexander who finished in 23.44 seconds and Shai-Anne Davis of Canada who returned in a time of 23.51 seconds to also qualify for the semi-final scheduled to hold on Thursday night. Also, another Nigerian athlete, Dominique Duncan placed third in the 200m heat six with a time of 23.89 seconds to also qualify for the semi-final.
However, some Nigerian athletes also had a poor run on Wednesday at the Games.
In heat two: Adeseye Ogunlewe finished fourth with a time of 21.11 seconds to crash out of the men's 200m as well as Obinna Metu who finished fourth in a time of 21.19 seconds.   
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Caption: Blessing Okagbare celebrates after winning the 100m gold at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Globacom Premier League and NNL tables

Globacom Premier League table, Week 20

1 Kano Pillars    20 9 7 4 34

2 Abia Warriors 20 10 3 7 33

3 Nasarawa United 20 9 4 7 31

4 Giwa FC 20 9 4 7 31

5 Warri Wolves 20 9 4 7 31

6 Akwa United 20 9 4 7 31

7 Dolphins 20 8 6 6 30

8 Sharks 20 8 6 6 30

9 Sunshine Stars 20 7 9 4 30

10 Enyimba 20 8 5 7 29

11 FC Taraba 19 9 1 9 28

12 Rangers 20 8 3 9 27

13 Heartland 20 6 9 5 27

14 Bayelsa United 20 8 3 9 27

15 El- Kanemi Warriors 20 7 5 8 26

16 Lobi Stars 19 8 1 10 25

17 Crown FC 20 7 3 10 24

18 Kaduna United 20 6 3 11 21

19 Gombe United 20 5 5 10 20

20 Nembe City 20 3 7 10 16

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Nigeria National League tables, Week 21

NNL Group A

1. Wikki Tourists     +15      38pts
2. Kwara Utd          +20     36pts
3. Kogi United        +15     34pts
4. Spotlight          +01        33pts
5. Ranchers Bees       00    33pts
6. Niger Tornadoes    +08   32pts
7. Mighty Jets        +03      32pts
8. Sokoto United      -04    31pts
9. Plateau United     +04     30pts
10. Adamawa United  -02    30pts
11. Supreme Court     +02    29pts
12. Jigawa Stars      -08       27pts
13. FRSC               00         26pts
14. DSS FC            -08       26pts
15. Teap FC           -10       25pts
16. Ngr Prisons       -22     14 pts

Group B:

1. Shooting Stars +12    36pts
2. Gabros FC      +05    35pts
3. ABS FC         +02     33pts
4. MFM FC         +07    32pts
5. Gateway Utd    +04   31pts
6. Akwa starlets  -03    31pts
7. Ekiti Utd      +01      29pts
8. Abia Comets     00    29pts
9. First Bank     +02      28pts
10. B/Insurance   +04    27pts
11. COD Utd       -05     27pts
12. Go Round      -01     26pts
13. S/Stores      -03       26pts
14. Prime FC      -02     25pts
15. Remo Stars    -08     23pts
16. UNICEM Rovers -09   23pts

Caption: One of the leading scorers in the Globacom Premier League, Gbolahan Salami of Warri Wolves.
Scored his side's only goal against Kaduna United last Sunday in Warri in a Week 20 game which ended in 1-0.

Globacom Premier League Week 20 results

FC Taraba     1   Gombe Utd       0
Bayelsa Utd   1   Crown FC        0
Sunshine         1  Nembe City      0
Giwa FC         1  Enyimba           0
Abia Warriors 2  Nasarawa Utd  1
Rangers          2  El-Kanemi        0
Lobi Stars       2  Heartland        1
Warri Wolves  1  Kaduna Utd    0
Akwa Utd       1  Sharks            0
Dolphins         1  Kano Pillars     0

Globacom Premier League Week 20 fixtures

Today's matches: Sunday July 27, 2014

Akwa United    vs Sharks 
Bayelsa United  vs Crown 
Dolphins           vs Kano Pillars
Lobi Stars        vs Heartland 
Rangers           vs El-Kanemi Warriors 
Sunshine Stars  vs Nembe City 
Warri Wolves   v.s Kaduna United 
Abia Warriors vs Nasarawa Utd
FC Taraba      vs Gombe United 
Giwa FC        vs Enyimba 

NNL League Week 21 results

 Group A

Kogi Utd            5 DSS, Kaduna   0
Sokoto Utd        1 Mighty Jets     0
Kwara Utd         3 Ngr Prisons    1
Ranchers Bees    1 FRSC           0
TEAP                 2 Jigawa Stars   1
Spotlight             1 Tornadoes      0
Plateau Utd        2 Wikki Tourists 0
Supreme Court   3 Adamawa Utd 1

Group B
Shooting Stars 3 B/Insurance    0
Ekiti Utd          1 S/Stores       1
Akwa Starlets  1 UNICEM Rovers  0
MFM             2 Go-Round       0 
ABS              2 Remo Stars      0
Gateway         2 Prime              0
First Bank       2 Abia Comets   2
Gabros           3 COD, Lagos    1