The Nigerian female Yellow Greens has won a bronze medal in Cricket at the 2023 African Games 2023.
The team known as, Yellow Greens, defeated their Ugandan counterparts in the third place match on Wednesday night.
The team overcame their opponent by three wickets to finish on the podium.
Also, Team Nigeria claimed their first medal in swimming and judo at the games in Ghana.
Nigeria’s quartet of Colins Ebingha, Clinton Opute, Abduljabar Adama, and Tobi Sijuade won the bronze medal in men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay with a time of 3:26.01.
South Africa won the swimming gold medal in 3:23.86 and Egypt silver in 3:25.43.
At the Ga-Mashie Arena, Team Nigeria also won its first medal in the Judo event.
Nigeria’s Franca Audu won the bronze medal fight, beating Sarah Sylva Rioux (Mauritius) 1-0 to win the third-place match.
It was the third bronze medal Franca would be winning from the African Games.
She previously won bronze medals at Maputo 2011, Brazzaville 2015, and now at Accra 2023.