Tag: Olympic
Athletes Applaud Organisers
As this year’s Olympic trials end today in Calabar, Nigeria’s home-based and home-based athletes, who featured at the athletics meet…
GRAND PRIX: Athletes From 20 Nations To Burn Warri Tracks
The 1st Warri Relays fashioned after such great forebears like the American Penns and Texas relays will be the focus…
Countdown To London 2012 Olympic Games: Ohuruogu Warns Rivals
Defending Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu warned her 400-metre rivals that she is ready to peak again at London 2012. Ohuruogu…
London 2012 Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony Details Revealed
The Olympic Stadium will be transformed “into the British countryside” for the opening ceremony of the Games on 27 July,…
Judo: Harrison Vows To Win Gold In London
United States’ first Olympic gold medalist in judo, Kayla Harrison, says that it will take her five matches to reach…
Bolt Dusts Powell In Oslo Thriller
Usain Bolt will travel back to Jamaica for Olympic trials on the back of a nail-biting victory over compatriot, Asafa…
Bolt Warns Gemili
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt believes British sprint prodigy Adam Gemili should go to the London Olympics — if he…
Table Tennis: Paddlers Nervous On Debut
Olympic-bound Indian paddlers, Soumyajit Ghosh and Ankita Das have said they feel nervous ahead their first participation at the 2012…
Torch Designers Denied Souvenirs
While Olympic torches go on sale for thousands of pounds on the auction website eBay, the designers don’t even have…
Swimming: Gianniotis Targets Gold For Greece
Spyros Gianniotis, who started the Olympic torch relay at the ancient site of Olympia earlier this month has revealed that…
Flame Fever Crips English People
The Olympic flame is not sacred, but there is alchemy at work on its journey around England this week. Cynicism…
Korean Taekwondoists Fear Losing National Pride
South Korean taekwondo competitors going for gold at the London Olympics know the price of failure will be extreme. Such…
Bolt Warning For Chambers
Usain Bolt welcomed Dwain Chambers back into the Olympic sprinting fold before warning that Britain’s fastest man should, like everyone…
Team USA Win Rowing Ticket
The Oakland-based United State of America’s rowing team qualified for the London Games in the prestigious eights boat by winning…
Pistorius Holds Olympic Hope
South African double amputee runner, Oscar Pistorius geared up for his latest attempt to seal an historic Olympic place by…
NOC Gets Olympic Media Rights For N80m, Set To Reap N250m From Deal
Olympic excitement will fill the Nigerian airwaves very soon, as the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, disclosed that it has purchased…
Williams Carries Olympic Torch
On the fourth day of the torch’s 70-day tour, the Olympic symbol was carried by 147 torchbearers through the World…
Farah Tipped For Double Gold
Two-time Olympic 10,000m champion, Haile Gebrselassie has tipped Mo Farah of Great Britain for a double Olympic gold at London…
Olympics: Spain Target Podium Finish
Spanish shooting guard, Rudy Fernandez, who was part of the squad that won gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World…
‘No Automatic Shirt For Beckham’
As David Beckham prepares to receive the Olympic flame on behalf of London, 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has said that…
Beckham, Princess To Receive Torch
London 2012’s own Posh and Becks will receive the Olympic flame and bring it back to the UK this week…
Gymnastics: Liukin Savours Late Bid
Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Nastia Liukin is relishing the exhaustion of intense training in her rushed bid to represent the…
Dodan Warriors’ Prodigy Dreams Olympic Games
Dodan Warriors centre, Abdul Yahaha has said that his immediate target is to make the D’Tigers squad for the Olympic…
Which Way For Nigerian Tennis?
With the 34th Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Open underway at the National Stadium Tennis Court in Surulere, Lagos, many…
AOC To Conduct Checks On Team
The Australian Olympic Committee will conduct stringent heart checks on the entire London-bound team following this week’s sudden and tragic…
Badminton: Nigeria’ll Be In Olympics —Danlami
President of Nigeria Badminton Federation, NBF, Justice Danlami Senchi has assured Nigerians of an Olympic ticket through Nigeria’s top ranked…
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…
Swimming: Federation Boss Blames NSC For Late Preparation
The failure of Nigerian swimmers to participate at the International Swimming Federation’s Olympic qualifiers holding in mid-June has been in…
Olympics: Tunisia Eye Angola’s Record
Tunisia’s senior national team have set themselves a target of surpassing Angola’s Olympic record of being the only African nation…
US Out Of Olympic Football
The U.S. entered the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament with high expectations, but going home empty-handed after Jaime Alas’ goal in…