Tag: Olympic Games
Rihanna announces partnership with Olympic, Paralympic Games
Barbadian singer and businesswoman, Robyn Rihanna Fenty has announced that her fashion brand, Fenty Beauty, is a premium partner of…
Williams sisters lose Olympic doubles match for 1st time
Three-time doubles gold medalists Serena and Venus Williams lost an Olympic match as partners for the first time, stunned in…
FG not aware of Siasia, Dream Team trip to USA- Dalung
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, on Tuesday, distanced himself from the Olympic Games pre-tournament tour of…
Toriola makes history, to play in 7th Olympic Games
Africa’s most decorated table tennis player, Nigeria’s Segun Toriola, has become the first athlete in the continent to qualify for…
How Team Nigeria can win 5 gold medals in 2020 Olympic Games
Sunday Akintoye Sports administrators in Nigeria have given tips about how Team Nigeria can win at least five gold medals…
NFF Vows To Pick Olympics Tickets
Following Wednesday’s meeting with the Head Coaches of the Super Falcons and the U-23 National Team, Chairman of the NFF…
Olympic Qualifiers: NFF Meets Siasia, Falcons’ Coach
Chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Technical and Development Committee, Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu will on Wednesday meet with Head…
Adekuoroye Eyes Olympic Gold In Wrestling
Smarting from her gold medal feat in the women 53kg freestyle wrestling at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, ecstatic Odunayo…
Corporate Sponsorship And Sports Development
As the 15th edition of the NNPC/Shell football competition drew to an end at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos…
‘I Want To Play At 2016 Olympic Games’
For an average Nigerian, being known in the American college game is enough fame and achievement to relish throughout one’s…
Memories Of Atlanta ‘96 Still Linger In My Mind
Dosu Joseph was the goalkeeper of Nigeria’s gold medal winning team in the football event of the Olympic Games in…
Nigeria’s Paralympians Are Hero Of 2012
Though Nigeria could not record any meaningful achievement in normal sports in the outgoing year, the country’s contingent to the…
D’Tigers Make Olympics Debut In 3rd Quarter
After many decades of trial without a success, Nigeria’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, finally qualified for their first appearance at…
Nigerian Basketballer Shot Dead In USA
Reports say former Nigerian basketball player Chinedu Onyeuku has been shot dead after ‘trying to rob home in Texas with…
Karate’ll Dominate Nigeria Sports —Kurumeh
Although a new sport in Nigeria, Head Coach of the Golden Martial Art Academy, Henry Kurumeh, has predicted that karate…
Karate On The Rise In Nigeria
Yahaya Adamu, a West African Zone 3 KATA champion and KADA Games 2009 gold medallist spoke with BIMBO AJAYI on…
Igwe Explains Okagbare’s Flop
The London 2012 Olympic Games may have come and gone, but reactions are still trailing the inability of Nigeria and…
Team Nigeria Still Africa’s Best
With five days to the end of the 2012 Paralympic Games holding in London, Team Nigeria are still waxing stronger,…
Don’t Rely On Govt’s Support, Chukumerijie Charges Nigerian Athletes
Chika Chukwumerije has charged Nigerian athletes to look beyond government’s support if they must succeed in their careers. Chukwumerije, a…
Basketball: Don’t Rely On Pros, SA Coach Warns Nigeria
Despite Nigeria’s qualification for the Olympics for the first time through the players based in the United States of America…
Coach Tips Chukwumerijie For Taekwondo Medal
A Wushi Karate Coach, Supol Martins Gabriel has tipped Team Nigeria captain to the London 2012 Olympic Games, Chika Chukwumerijie…
Murray Reaches Olympic Semis
Wimbledon runner-up Andy Murray of Great Britain on Thursday booked a spot in Friday’s semifinals at the Olympic Games tennis…
D’Tigers Rue Defeat To Lithuania
Players and officials of Nigeria’s senior basketball team, D’Tigers are not happy to lose Lithuania in their second Group A…
‘Why Nigerian Boxers Failed’
Jeremiah Okorodudu, who represented Nigeria in the boxing event of the Los Angeles ’84 Olympic Games, has explained why Nigerian…
Basketball: Lithuania tame Nigeria’s D’Tigers
Nigeria’s chances of advancing to the next round of the London 2012 Olympic Games suffered a setback Tuesday evening, as…
South Africa Celebrate First Gold
South Africa’s first medal at the London Olympic Games has been lauded by sports minister Fikile Mbalula. “We are now…
Obajimi Advises Nigerian Athletes
A board member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Gloria Obajimi, has advised Nigerian athletes participating in multiple sports…
TECNO Gives Olympic Souvenirs To Nigerians
As the thrills and freels of the 2012 Olympic Games begin today in the city of London and other parts…
Amokachi Gave Me A Shirt In Atlanta —Brown
London 2012 began on Wednesday afternoon; not with a Danny Boyle-curated pageant of costumed Morris dancers, but with the first…