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Olympics: Quadri reaches round three in table tennis

Nigeria's remaining representative in the table tennis singles events of the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympics, Aruna Quadri, has progressed to the Round three of the men's singles. Quadri, who got a bye from the preliminary rounds, defeated Slovakia's Wang Yang 4

Nigeria's Jonathan Akinyemi Crashes Out of Rio Olympics

Jonathan Akinyemi failed to make a mark in slalom canoeing on Wednesday at the Rio Olympics after placing 20th in a field of 21. The UK-based 27-year-old Nigerian could only record a time of 104.59 in his second run in the men's kayak singles event. His time

Blessing Okagbare Out Of Olympics 100m Final

Nigeria's hope of securing athletics medal at the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympic Games was dashed as sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare, crashed out in the 100m women's first semi-finals, as she came 3rd with a time of 11.09 seconds. Jamaican Shelly Ann Fraizer-Pryce

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. Idris was completely overwhelmed by her

Mikel to captain Team Nigeria at Rio Olympics

Chelsea FC midfielder and Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi has been named Captain of Team Nigeria to the 2016 Olympic Games at Rio in Brazil, which begins on August 5. A statement on Tuesday by Nneka Ikem-Anibeze, Special Assistant on Media to Youths and Sports

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. The protesting athletes carried placards with inscriptions such as "

Tokyo Olympics: Ese Brume wins Nigeria's first medal

Ese Brume has won Nigeria's first medal at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She won bronze in the long jump event. Brume's 6.97m jumped came just short of 0.3 of Germany's Malaika Mihambo's 7.00m and American Brittney Reese's 6.97m. The African Record holder

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). The NBBF failed to assure Aminu, that he will

Okagbare Crashes Out Of Rio Olympics 200m Final

Blessing Okagbare has failed to qualify for the women's 200m final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Okagbare, finished fifth in the heat one of the semifinals in 22.69secs, where she competed with Holland's Dafne Schippers, Jamaica's Elaine Thompson, Britain's

FIBA World Cup: D'Tigers qualify for 2020 Olympics

Nigeria's men basketball team have qualified for the 2020 Olympics holding in Tokyo. D'Tigers, on Sunday, beat China in front of a home crowd in Guangzhou, to confirm their ticket. The game ended 86-73. With this result, Nigeria is now the top African team

Tokyo Olympics: NBBF condemns FIBA's rejection of Ogwumike, Williams

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has expressed disappointment at the decision of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on Nneka Ogwumike and Elizabeth Williams. FIBA has stopped the duo from playing for D'Tigress at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic

Olympics: Ministry denies asking athletes to buy air tickets

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has said it did not direct foreign-based athletes going to the Olympic Games in Rio to buy their own air tickets. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, made the clarification on Saturday in Lagos in

Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria drop four places on medals table

Team Nigeria have dropped four places on the medals table as the Tokyo Olympics enter its 12th day. The West African country fell from 64th to 68th position. No Nigerian athlete qualified for finals in Wednesday's events. In the events that had their finals

George Floyd: Athletes to be banned at Tokyo Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reiterated that athletes are still banned from protesting at the Olympic Games, SportingLife reports. This follows the decision of other sports, to allow protests following George Floyd's death in police custody

Olympics: Marta shines for Brazil as fans boo Neymar

Goalless, booed off twice and facing another embarrassing tournament exit on home soil, Neymar and Brazil's footballers have lost their shine as Marta's free-scoring Brazilian women dazzle the host nation at Rio 2016. Charged with restoring Brazilian football's

Rio Olympics 2016: Colombia Beat Nigeria 2 - 0

Nigeria's Dream Team VI on Wednesday, August 10, suffered their first loss at the Rio Olympics, losing 2 - 0 to Colombia at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo. In just four minutes into the match, Captain of the Colombian team, Teofilo Gutierrez netted the

Tokyo Olympics: Nigerian gold medalists to receive $15,000

The Federal Government has announced a reward of $15,000, $10,000, $7,500 respectively for gold, silver, and bronze medalists at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. This was disclosed by Simon Ebohdjaiye, who is the Director, Federation and Elite Athletes Department

Kostas Tsimikas: Greek defender completes transfer to Liverpool from Olympiakos

Liverpool have completed their first signing of the transfer window with Kostas Tsimikas joining the club. The defender, 24, is expected to provide cover for the Reds' first choice left-back Andy Robertson next season. Tsimikas joins Liverpool from Greek champions