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BREAKING: Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare suspended

Nigerian sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare Ighoteguonor has been "provisionally" suspended for doping at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics in Japan. The Athletics Integrity Unit, AIU, made this known in a press statement on Saturday. AIU said that Okagbare tested positive

Canoeing: Team Nigeria gets automatic Olympic ticket

In the all-African qualifiers, the Nigerian pair who paddled in lane three finished first and surpassed their competitors from Mozambique, Egypt, and Senegal to secure their automatic ticket. Nigeria's duo Bello Ayomide and Otuedo Beauty have picked automatic

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. He expressed optimism that the country's team will put up an impressive

BREAKING: Olympics: Ten Nigerian athletes banned from Tokyo

Ten Nigerian athletes have been ruled ineligible to participate at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), reducing the country's hope of clinching more medals at the event. The athletes were said to have failed to meet

Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria's Ese Brume qualifies for final

Nigeria's Ese Brume has made it into the final of the women's long jump event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Brume finished fourth in Group B with a 6.76m jump to take the final spot. Reigning World Indoor champion, Ivana Spanovic, was first in Group

Mohammed Salah wanted at Egypt's 2024 Olympics team

Liverpool and Egypt may be set for a row, as the country's manager wants to include Mohamed Salah in his squad for the 2024 Olympic Games. The Liverpool Echo reports that Egypt Under-23 manager Rogerio Micale has admitted that he wants to include Salah as

Olympics: Why Mikel was named Team Nigeria captain

Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi has been named captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which begins on August 5. Forty-year-old table tennis star Funke Oshonaike, who will be making her sixth appearance at the games after her debut appearance at

Protests shake Rio hours before opening Olympics gala

Thousands of Brazilians angry at political upheaval, corruption and the cost of the Rio Olympics blocked traffic in protests Friday ahead of the gala opening ceremony. About 3,000 people occupied the busy avenue running along Copacabana beach, while a smaller

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

PSG to block Neymar, Mbappe from Olympic Games

Paris Saint-Germain will not permit Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, Marquinhos or any of their players to feature in the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, ESPN reports. Mbappe, Neymar and Marquinhos have all expressed a desire to play in the competition, but the

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

Paris 2024: Amusan, Nathaniel Qualify For Olympic Games

Former World 100m hurdles champion, Tobi Amusan, and 400m hurdler, Ezekiel Nathaniel, have secured their spots at next year's Olympic Games in Paris, France. Last December, World Athletics had revealed the pathway to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024, including

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