By Akintokunbo A Adejumo… As we ecstatically inch towards the finale of the greatest sports fiesta in the world, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in...
The country’s hope of winning medals at the ongoing Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, continues to dwindle daily as three wrestlers failed to progress to the...
Nigeria men basketball team D’Tigers on Monday were eliminated from the on-going Olympics Games after losing to hosts Brazil 86-69 in their final Group B match....
Reigning double Commonwealth Games sprint queen Blessing Okagbare faces a tough challenge and will need to run faster than her 22.23 seconds personal best to stand...
Nigeria’s senior male basketball team, the D’Tigers, on Sunday put their hope of qualification back on track with a win over Croatia for the final classification...
Following the non-arrival of the official kits by the Sports Ministry, Team Nigeria athletes have opted to shop for kits to compete in their various competitions...
Nigeria senior male basketball team, D’Tigers continued their dismal performance at the ongoing Olympics on Friday after they suffered their third defeat in the competition by...
By Reuben Abati… In some other countries of the world, a bronze medal at the Olympics is not something to be talked about or celebrated. Not even...
Journalists, volunteers and athletes were left inside when a controlled explosion took place inside Carioca 1 Arena in the Olympic Park just minutes before the start...
Nigeria’s quest for a medal in men’s football will be tested this weekend as the U-23 Eagles battle perennial rival, Denmark for a semifinal ticket after...
Host nation Brazil are still searching for their opening win of the Rio 2016 men’s football competition after an embarrassing 0-0 draw against Iraq. Led by...
U-23 Eagles coach Samson Siasia has said that the team is not thinking of playing against host Brazil but poised on defeating Colombia in their last...
The legendary performance of Segun Toriola at the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympic Games came to a glorious end on Sunday after the record making African was...
A stray bullet cut through the plastic roof of the equestrian media center on Saturday, alarming journalists and underlining concerns about the host city’s ability to...
Ill health will prevent Pele from participating in the Olympic opening ceremony, the football legend said just hours before the show was due to begin on...
But for the timely intervention of the Presidency, Nigeria U-23 Eagles would have missed out of their first match of the Rio Olympics against Japan by...
Former U-23 Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu and striker, Emmanuel Amuneke, have tipped the current squad to repeat the 1996 feat when Nigeria lifted the trophy in...
The national U-23 team left Atlanta after about four weeks of training tour in preparation for the 31st Olympiad which opens on Friday in Rio, Brazil...
Rafael Nadal is currently in Brazil with the Spanish tennis team and he is also due to be his country’s flag bearer. Rafael Nadal has conceded...
The management of English club, Birmingham has explained the rationale behind the club’s refusal to release Nigerian striker Viv Solomon-Otabor to the U-23 Eagles for the...
Nigeria’s 4x400m women’s relay team has been banned by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and they won’t be participating at the 2016 Olympics billed...
Nigerian canoeist, Jonathan Akinyemi, has arrived in Rio, Brazil ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games which begins in the Brazilian City of Rio on August...
More facts have continued to emerge following the arrest of 10 suspected ISIS members nabbed in Brazil with authorities revealing that the suspects were part of...
Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles defeated United Soccer League club Charleston Battery 1-0 on Sunday as part of preparations for the 2016 Rio Olympics billed for next month...
Finally, Twitter will let you see when tweets are from a specific place, like a business, sports stadium, or music festival. Twitter confirmed to TechCrunch it’s...
Ireland’s golfer, Rory McIlroy has announced that he will not participate at this summer’s Olympic Games due to risk of infection from the Zika virus. The...
The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed that the U-23 Eagles will battle the Mexico U-23 national team in a friendly match billed for Saturday, 2nd July...
Former Canadian Olympic champion and President of Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Daniel Igali, has told Nigerians not to expect any medal from the country’s athletes at the...
Corinthians boss Tite was named as the new coach of Brazil on Wednesday, succeeding Dunga, who was sacked after the team’s humiliating exit from the Copa...
The Copa America Centenario erupted into controversy on Sunday after a refereeing blunder sent Brazil crashing to a 1-0 defeat against Peru – and out of...
Philippe Coutinho hit a hat-trick as Brazil coasted to a 7-1 Copa America Group B victory over Haiti in Orlando. Renato Augusto hit a brace for...
Nigeria’s Women U-17 team, the Flamingos will battle Brazil, England and Korea DPR in Group C of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup holding from30 September...
It was a fierce battle at the Sapele Township Stadium at the weekend when Nigerian athletes continued their quest to run the qualification standard for the...
Neymar is desperate to win Olympic gold in his home country this summer. The Brazilian striker might just have helped his club claim yet another La...
Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, admitted he would have liked play at the Olympic Games after he was left out of the squad in order to take...
Brazil legend Ronaldo says he can see some of himself in Marcus Rashford. The Manchester United starlet has burst onto the scene with some impressive displays...
Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says the impeachment process agsinst her has “all the characteristics of a coup” as it has no legal basis. She is...
Head Coach of the Nigeria U-23 team, Samson Siasia, has insisted that top Super Eagles players such as John Obi Mikel and Ogenyi Onazi must fight...
Brazil captain Neymar will play at the upcoming Olympic Games and not the Copa America, Barcelona have confirmed. Neymar had said he wanted to be one...
Kasimpasa of Turkey defender, Kenneth Omeruo has expressed his desire to represent Nigeria at the Rio Olympics in Brazil. The 22-year-old who is on loan from...
A court in Brazil has thrown out a bid to stop the impeachment process of embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. The denial by the majority of...
Nigeria U-23 Eagles have been drawn against continental champions Sweden and Japan as well as South American representative, Columbia in Group B of the football event...
President Dilma Rousseff reports say is saddened by plans by Brazil’s lower house to impeach her following allegations of breaking budget laws in favour of her...
Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger insists the club will respect Alex Iwobi’s decision to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil. “We have to respect...
Newly capped Super Eagles striker, Alex Iwobi, has expressed his desire to represent Nigeria at the forthcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The...
Players and officials of the Brazil’s Olympic national team have vowed to bounce back stronger after suffering a shocking 1-0 home loss to Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles...
The U-23 Eagles Thursday night proved bookmakers wrong as they inflicted a 1-0 away victory over their Brazilian counterparts in an international friendly in Brazil. The...
In from Ripples Nigeria Assistant coach of the U-23 Eagles, Coach Fatai Amoo, has declared the team’s readiness to battle their Brazilian counterpart in an international...
Brazil’s Olympic soccer team trained in the headlights of a lorry on Monday after the floodlights failed at their training ground, local news media reported. Officials...
Captain of Nigeria male basketball team, Olumide Oyedeji, has expressed optimism as the D’Tigers battle Argentina, Spain and Brazil at the Rio Olympics. Nigeria was grouped...
