Tag: olympics
2028 Olympics: Athlete urges early preparation
An athlete, Michael Godwin has called for early preparation for Nigerian athletes ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, U.S.
Godwin made the...
Olympics: Sports Minister lauds Custom boss, Igali
Sen. John Owan Enoh, Minister of Sports Development, has commended Comptroller-General of Customs Adewale Adeniyi and Daniel Igali, President of Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF)...
Olympics: Nigeria’s poor outing can spur sports revival, says ex-commissioner
Charles Akpuenika, a former Ebonyi Commissioner for Youth Development and Sports, said that Nigeria’s dismal performance at the Paris Olympics could be a tonic...
Olympics: Ukpeseraye’s historic ride ends in Women’s Road Race
Ese Ukpeseraye’s participation in the Women’s Road Race at the Paris Olympics ended on Sunday after a valiant effort that saw her and several...
COVID-19 looms over Olympics with several athletes testing positive
Three years after the Tokyo Olympics were held amid strict precautions and with no fans because of the global COVID-19 pandemic, there is now...
Paris Olympics: Bello lose to Yuan, exit table tennis event
Fatimo Bello has exited the table tennis event of the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics after losing 0-4 to Jia Nan Yuan of France in...
Olympics: Sports Minister Salutes D’ Tigress’ Galant Victory against world number...
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh has saluted the D’tigress of Nigeria after defeating their Australian counterparts,75-62 in the basketball event...
Protest: Sen. Adegbonmire asks Nigerians to have trust in government
Sen. Adeniyi Adegbonmire (APC- Ondo Central) has appealed to Nigerians to remain calm and trust the Federal Government’s ability to address the current economic...
Illness sends third seed Rybakina out of Olympics
Kazakh tennis star and third seed Elena Rybakina has pulled out of the Olympic Games in Paris due to illness.
Rybakina withdrew just hours after...
2024 Olympics: Reps donate N100m for welfare of Nigerian athletes
The House of Representatives on Wednesday in Abuja donated the sum of N100 million to support the athletes representing Nigeria at the 2024 Olympics...
My dream is to make impact at Paris Olympics, Bello says
Olympics debutant, Fatima Bello on Wednesday, said that her dream is to make an appreciable impact at the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics,
Bello, a 2023...
Nigeria to feature 6 boxers for Olympic Qualifiers – NBF scribe
Six boxers from Nigeria have been registered to fight for places at the forthcoming Paris 2024 Games second Window qualification tournament slated for Bangkok,...
Scrabble: Winning gold at African Games, a dream fulfilled, says...
The President of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF), Olobatoke Aka, has said that winning gold at the just concluded 13th African Games was a...
49 D’Tigers players expected as team’s Olympics camp opens in California
Head Coach of D’Tigers, Mike Brown has officially commenced preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games with the invitation of 49 players as camp opens...
Chioma Ajunwa pledges to encourage Nigerian Girl Child in sports
Nigeria’s First Olympics Gold Medallist, Chioma Ajunwa says she has packaged programmes to encourage the Nigerian girl child in sports.
She disclosed this in an...
Tokyo Olympics torch relay begins in Japan
The long-awaited torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics kicked off in the north-eastern prefecture of Fukushima on Thursday.
This was in spite of persisting...
COVID-19: Olympic Games postponed to 2021
Japan and the Olympics movement decided on Tuesday to delay this year’s Tokyo Games into 2021 as the coronavirus crisis obliterated the world’s last...
