Tag: Olympic Games
Rival Tips Ohuruogu For Olympic Glory
Christiae Ohuruogu is Britain’s only defending Olympic champion on the track, but she has struggled to find her form since…
Kaoje Predicts Doom For Team Nigeria
Former Minister of Sports Bala Kaoje has predicted doom for Team Nigeria currently preparing for the London 2012 Olympic Games,…
Weigopwa Banks On Athletics For Olympic Medals
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sports that has brought much joy to Nigerians and remains Nigeria’s hope of winning…
Volleyball Star Dies After Heart Attack
Former Olympic silver medallist, Vigor Bovolenta, has died after suffering a heart attack during an Italian fourth-tier match. Bovolenta, who…
Turkey To Bid For Euro 2020 —Erdogan
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan began the race to host the European Championship in 2020 yesterday when he said his…
NSC Okays Beach Volleyball For Olympics
National Sports Commission, NSC, has made a U-turn on its earlier decision to exclude beach volleyball from the sports Nigeria…
Team Nigeria’ll Flop In Olympics —Onyali
Nigeria’s bronze medalist in the 200m at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi has predicted doom for…
Olympic Swimming: Fatai-Williams Wants Nigerians In London
President of Nigeria Swimming Federation, NSF, Babatunde Rasheed Fatai-Williams, says the federation is not bothered with the exclusion of swimming…
Nigerian Weightlifters Set For Olympic Qualifiers In Kenya
Nigerian Weightlifting Federation, NWF, is getting the country’s lifters ready for the African Weightlifting Championship billed for 28 March –…
Olympics: Nigerian Athletes Off To US Sunday
In a bid to ensure that Nigerian athletes put up an impressive performance at this year’s Olympic Games in London,…
Olympics: Nigeria Can Win Medals In London —Nwobodo
Despite late preparation, former Minister of Sports, Jim Nwobodo, has expressed confidence in Team Nigeria to win medals at the…
Amateur Boxing Is Growing In Nigeria
Godwin Okoji is the Head Coach of the Paramount Boxing Club, Lagos. In this interview with Boxing In Focus, the…
Olympic Qualifying Tourney: Nigeria’s D’Tigers In Tough Group
The hope of Nigeria’s senior basketball team, D’Tigers of participating in their first Olympic Games outing at this year’s world…
Iloh Wants Revolution In Nigerian Sports
Former President of the Nigeria Cycling Federation, NCF, Moses Iloh, has said that it is only revolution that will rescue…
AFN In The Dark Over Olympic Games’ Funds
President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Solomon Ogba, has disclosed that the federation has not been informed about…