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Rio 2016: President Buhari Hails Victorious Dream Team

President Muhammadu Buhari has praised the indomitable spirit of the Nigerian soccer team to the Olympic Games, which saw them flying over Denmark to qualify for the semi-finals. The team defied all odds to defeat Denmark 2-0 and set up a semi-final clash

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

Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare Through to Rio 2016 Olympic 100m Semifinal

Nigerian runner, Blessing Okagbare is through to the 100m semi-finals at Rio 2016 Olympic Games. In Heat three on Friday, August 12, Okagbare finished second, clocking 11.16s to take one of the two automatic qualification spots. The Delta State born sprinter

Why Team Nigeria wore tracksuits to 2016 Rio Olympics opening ceremony

Team Nigeria marched with tracksuits at the opening ceremony of this year's Olympic Games, because the official kits did not arrive in Rio on time. According to Alexander Wolff, a Sports writer covering the Games, "Nigeria, marching in sweats because official

Rio 2016 Olympics: Nigeria women's 4x100m relay team finishes last

Team Nigeria relay team, led by Blessing Okagbare, on Saturday finished last in the women's 4x100m relay at the ongoing Rio Olympics. The Nigerian quartet made up of Okagbare, Gloria Asumu, Jennifer Madu and Agnes Osazuwa, finished last in 43.21seconds. The

Rio 2016: North & South Korean Gymnasts Put Politics Aside To Take A Selfie Together

Both countries often antagonize each other and although a ceasefire is in place, the countries are still officially at war. Lee Eun-ju of South Korea and Hong Un-Jong of North Korea posed for a sweet selfie while warming up at the women's gymnastic. Relations

Rio 2016 Olympics: Siasia promises to work on team's defence ahead of Denmark clash

Head coach of Nigeria's U-23 team, Samson Siasia, has admitted that he has to work on his defensive setup, ahead of their quarter-final fixture against Denmark. The Dream Team VI, who qualified as group winners, will take on the Europeans for a place in the

Rio 2016 Olympics: Etebo scores four as Dream Team VI fight off jetlag to beat Japan

The Dream Team VI began their 2016 Olympics with victory, after defeating Japan 5-4 on Friday morning. Samson Siasia's men only arrived in Manaus, Brazil seven hours before their opening Group B fixture, because of travel issues, but put up an impressive performance