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Video: Nigeria 5 - 4 Japan (Aug-05-2016) Men's Olympic Football Highlights

Japan made a losing start to their Men's Olympic Football Tournament campaign on Thursday (local time) as four goals from Oghenekaro Etebo condemned the reigning AFC U23 champions to a slender 5-4 defeat at the hands of Nigeria.

D'Tigers crash out of Olympic pre-qualifying with disappointing defeat

them out of the 2023 FIBA Olympic pre-qualifying tournament having initially lost 93-87 to Senegal in their opening group game.

Siasia confirms Mikel for Rio Olympics

Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi will feature at the Rio Olympics after initial fears he will not, according to Nigeria Olympic team coach Samson Siasia.

Video: Sweden 0 - 1 Nigeria (Aug-07-2016) Men's Olympic Football Highlights

Nigeria defeated Sweden 1-0 at the Arena Amazonia in Manaus on Sunday to reach the quarter finals of the 2016 Olympic Games.

Olympics: Return with laurels, Buhari tells Team Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged members of Team Nigeria participating in the ongoing 2016 Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, to win and return with laurels at the end of the event.

Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria's Ese Brume qualifies for final

She was also the only Nigerian athlete who reached the final of her event at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, where she placed fifth with a leap of 6.81m.

Olympics: Why Mikel was named Team Nigeria captain

Toriola's record of qualifying for seven Olympic Games is peerless and richly epitomises the Olympic spirit. Plus his leadership/experience "Outside of Toriola, Blessing Okagbare also stands out as a better choice.

Athletics: Usain Bolt may miss Rio Games

Bolt withdrew from the 100m final of the Jamaican Olympic Trials on Friday with what the reigning Olympic champion described as a mildly torn left hamstring.

Tokyo Olympics: Banned Nigerian athletes protest in Japan

Nigerian athletes staged a protest in Tokyo, Japan, after ten of them were banned from taking part in the track and field competition at the ongoing Olympic Games, which begins on Friday.

Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria's participation ends after final loss

Team Nigeria have ended their participation at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. This follows Adijat Idris' loss to Ukraine's Oksana Livach on Friday in the women's freestyle 50kg event of the wrestling competition.

Tokyo Olympics: Ese Brume wins Nigeria's first medal

Ahead of the Olympic Games, Brume broke Chioma Ajunwa's long-standing record of 7.12m.

2016 Olympics: Aminu, Ezeli out of D'Tigers squad

Portland Trail Blazers forward, Al-Farouq Aminu, will not be part of Nigeria's men basketball team at the 2016 Olympic Games, because of unresolved insurance issues with the Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF).

Tokyo Olympics: PUMA terminates $2.67m contract with Nigeria

In addition, gold medalists at the Olympic Games will get $15,000, silver medalists will receive 5,000 while a bronze medal will fetch athletes wearing the PUMA apparel at the games $3,000.

Paris 2024 Olympics: Track and Field gets high qualification standards

Tough qualification standards for track and field athletes if they're to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Russia banned from Olympics, 2022 World Cup

The World Anti-Doping Agency's board made the announcement after they convened on Monday for a meeting around the International Olympic Committee's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.