Volleyball
Nigeria, hosts of the International Volleyball Gala Shield now holding in Abuja, are set to take on their Egyptian counterparts in a the decisive game to determine who eventually wins the trophy at stake. Both countries won their respective openers but, the Egyptians are on top of the table, courtesy of a three sets victory over England.
Ogonna Nnamani
Volleyball
Ogonna Nnamani grew up in the Illinois community of Normal. Her athletic career turned out to be anything but.
Nnamani played on the U.S. Olympic women's volleyball team in Athens last summer, led the Stanford Cardinal to a national title in December, and took home the Broderick Cup as the nation's collegiate woman athlete of the year on Wednesday.
Normal doesn't really sum up her achievements.
Volleyball
Egypt on Saturday defeated Nigeria in three straight sets of 25- 21, 25-12, 25-20, in the final of African Junior Nations Cup Volleyball Women Championship in Abuja, reports Nigeriasports.com
