Tag: 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria finishes 74th, trails Kenya, Uganda, others
Team Nigeria was placed 74th at the end of the 2020 Tokyo Games on Sunday and eighth-best among the 54…
USA wins Tokyo Olympics, Paris gets the baton for 2024
At the closing ceremony of the Games upended by the pandemic, Japan will hand over the Olympic baton to the…
Allyson Felix clinches gold in 4x400m, 11th Olympic medal
Today, Felix surpassed Carl Lewis as winner of the most track medals of any US athlete.
Team Nigeria ends Tokyo Games with another loss
Idris's match was Team Nigeria’s last competitive involvement in the Tokyo Olympics which ends on Sunday.
Breaking: Italy wins 4×100 men’s relay, Jamaica takes women’s event
The Canadian team of Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney and Jerome Blake took the bronze.
Nigeria’s Enekwechi comes last in Tokyo’s shot put final
Nigeria's Chukwuebuka Enekwechi on Thursday failed to impress in the final of the men’s shot put event at the 2020…
Nigeria’s Women 4×100 relay team crash out in Tokyo heat
Women’s 4 x 100 metres relay team of Nigeria were unsuccessful on Thursday as they could only turn in a…
Sky Brown becomes Britain’s youngest Olympic medallist
Skateboarder Sky Brown grabbed bronze at Tokyo 2020 to become Britain’s youngest Olympic medallist in history.
Olympics: FG to splash $10,000, $7,500 on Oborududu, Brume for winning medals
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced a reward of 15,000 dollars, 10,000 dollars, 7,500 dollars for gold, silver and…
Oborududu wins silver, Nigeria’s second Olympic medal
Blessing Oborududu wins the silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics Women's freestyle 68kg wrestling, giving Nigeria its second medal
Breaking: Nigeria’s Oduduru crashes out of 200m race
Nigeria's Divine Oduduru failed to qualify for the 200m final in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan on Tuesday…
Tokyo Olympics: Adegoke qualifies for 100m finals, Itshekiri collapses
Enoch Adegoke has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics men’s 100m final, with a time of 10.00s. He placed second behind…
ICYMI: Kenyan sprinter Odhiambo thrown out of Olympics
Kenyan 100 metres specialist Mark Odhiambo thrown out of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday after failing doping tests.
Djokovic withdraws from Olympics, abandons mixed doubles match
Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics, abandoning his mixed doubles bronze medal match.
Tokyo Olympics: Amusan raises Nigeria’s medal hope in hurdles
Tobiloba Amusan on Saturday in Tokyo won heat 3 of the women’s 100 metres hurdles event at the 2020 Olympic…
Bad day for Djokovic in Tokyo: Loses singles, mixed doubles
It was a bad day in office for World No. 1 Novak Djokovic as he lost two crucial matches on…
Olympics: Nigerian athletes not banned for drugs – AFN
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has dismissed reports that 10 Nigerian athletes were disqualified over drugs offences.
OLYMPICS: Ogunbanwo sets national record, fails to make semi-finals
Nigeria's Habibat Abiola Ogunbanwo won the first heat of the Olympics women’s 100m Freestyle on Wednesday, but didn't make semi-finals
Nigerian badminton pair Opeyori, Olofua bow out of Tokyo Olympics
Nigerian pair, Anuoluwapo Opeyori and Godwin Olofua, on Tuesday, bowed out of the men’s double event of the badminton competition…
Nigeria’s Offiong Edem knocked out of Olympic tennis
Nigeria's Offiong Edem on Monday bowed out of the women’s singles event of the table tennis competition at the ongoing…
Djokovic struggles with Tokyo heat, complains to ITF
World number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic, on Saturday, called on the organisers to rethink the Olympic tennis schedule because…
Naomi Osaka: My greatest honour is lighting Olympics Cauldron
Japanese tennis player, Naomi Osaka has said that lighting the Olympics cauldron during the opening ceremony, is the greatest honour…
Ethiopia, UAE shun IOC directive on Olympic flag bearers
Ethiopia, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates and a few other countries shunned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) directive on gender flag…
Guinea boycotts Tokyo Olympic Games
West Africa's country of Guinea will not take part in the Tokyo Olympic Games, the sports ministry announced late Wednesday.
Murray faces obstacle Auger-Aliassime in Olympic first round
Andy Murray will face Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the opening round of Tokyo Olympics, as he guns for a hat-trick…
Missing Ugandan weightlifter Ssekitoleko found in Tokyo
Julius Ssekitoleko, Ugandan weightlifter who absconded from his pre-Olympics training camp in Japan has been found .
Team Nigeria will compete in Tokyo to win medals – Dare
Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare said Team Nigeria would be competing for medals at the Tokyo 2020…
Australian showjumper Jamie Kermond suspended for doping
Equestrian Australia has suspended showjumper Jamie Kermond from partaking in the Tokyo Olympics after he returned a positive sample for…
Japan, USA win as Tokyo Olympics Games begin
Host nation Japan won the first event of the pandemic-postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, crushing Australia 8-1 in a spectatorless softball…
Tokyo Olympics-bound para-athlete seeks Ogun support
Tokyo Olympics-bound para-table tennis player, Isau Ogunkunle, on Friday appealed to the Ogun government to support its Olympics-bound athletes with…