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Team Nigeria finishes 74th at Tokyo Olympics, 8th best from Africa
Team Nigeria was placed 74th at the end of the 2020 Tokyo Games on Sunday and eighth best among the 54 African nations at...
Tokyo Olympics: Ministry of Sports Has Brought Shame To Nigeria – Dalung
Mr Solomon Dalung, a former Minister of Sports, has accused the Sports Ministry of bringing shame to Nigeria at the ongoing Olympics games in...
Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru Disqualified From 100m Race
Divine Oduduru, a Nigerian athlete, has been disqualified from a 100m race at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.Oduduru was supposed to compete in the fifth...
Tokyo Olympics: Blessing Okagbare suspended After Failing Drug Test
Nigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has been provisionally suspended after failing a drug test at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Friday July 30.The Athletics Integrity...
Tokyo Olympics: Sports minister apologises to disqualified athletes, promises probe
Nigeria’s sports minister, Sunday Dare, has apologised to 10 Nigerian athletes that were disqualified from the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.This was contained in a...
France hand D’Tigress second loss at Tokyo Olympics
Nigeria’s senior women basketball team, D’Tigress, on Friday lost 62-87 to their French counterparts in their second Preliminary Round Group B fixture at the...
Tokyo Olympics: D’Tigeress Suffer Second Straight Defeat
The Nigerian female basketball team, D’Tigeress, suffered a second straight defeat at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Friday.The Afrobasket women champions were routed 87-62...
10 Nigerian Athletes Banned From Tokyo Olympics
Ten athletes from Nigeria have been banned from participating in the Tokyo Olympics.While the names of the affected athletes were not released, a statement...
JUST IN: Opening Ceremony For Tokyo Olympics Begins
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics began on Friday in a nearly empty stadium after a year-long pandemic postponement and a build-up marred...
Most Japan firms say Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed
Nearly 70 percent of Japanese firms want the Tokyo Olympics either cancelled or postponed, a Reuters survey has found out.Respondents in the survey underscored...