The Federal Government of Nigeria has directed all relevant authorities to ensure that necessary tests are carried out on all the athletes before the take off...
Despite coronavirus challenges in the year 2021, many sporting activities went on as scheduled and there were some thrilling moments for Nigeria and her athletes during...
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has heaped praises on the Minister of Youth and Sports development, Sunday Dare following Nigeria’s successes at...
The Minister of Youth and Sports development, Sunday Dare says he has ordered full investigation into the cause of disqualification of Team Nigeria athletes at the...
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development will be footing the medical bills of Enoch Adegoke, Tobi Amusan and two other Nigerian athletes who competed at...
Brazil have on Saturday emerged champions of the world in the men’s Olympic football event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The South American country, which...
Team Nigeria’s hopes of claiming a medal in the Shot Put event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were dashed on Thursday morning when sole representative,...
German sports wear manufacturing giants PUMA has terminated its four-year contract with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). Recall that the AFN under the then leadership...
Viral pictures of Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s visit to the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Bola Tinubu in London confirming claims that Tinubu was hale and...
Nigeria’s Offiong Edem and Egypt’s Omar Assar made were Africa’s biggest movers in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) ranking. The rankings released on Wednesday...
Team Nigeria athletes at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics will enjoy improved prize monies for medals won at the Games as announced by the Federal Government. The...
Team Nigeria have gotten another finalist at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games after Chukwuebuka Enekwechi scaled through to qualify in his sport. The 28-year-old made it...
Team Nigeria’s hopes of bagging a medal in the men’s 200m race at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games have been dashed after Divine Oduduru The 24-year-old,...
Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru has shrugged off the disappointment in the men’s 100m race at the Tokyo Olympic Games to reach the semifinals of the 200m race....
Team Nigeria have finally clinched a medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games after Ese Brume won a bronze medal in the women’s long jump event....
Team Nigeria are now certain of at least a medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games after wrestler Blessing Oborodudu reached the final of her event....
Nigeria’s Blessing Oborodudu has qualified for the quarterfinals in the 68kg category of the wrestling event at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The Nigerian was literally too...
Team Nigeria missed yet another chance of winning a medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games as Tobi Amusan finished fourth in the women’s 100m hurdles...
Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress have crashed out of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics after losing to Japan in their final group game on Monday morning. The...
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan became the second Nigerian woman to qualify for the final of the sprint hurdles at the Olympics after winning her semifinal heat in...
Team Nigeria’s Ese Brume is through to the final of women’s Long Jump event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Brume leapt to a 6.76m...
Nigerians were enmeshed in an emotional roller coaster on Saturday after two more athletes were disqualified from the athletics events of the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games....
It’s been a day of disappointments for Team Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday as Divine Oduduru has been disqualified from the men’s 100m event....
Nigeria men’s basketball team, D’Tigers have crashed out of the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games after lose all three group matches. The Mike Brown team, which defeated...
Captain of Team Nigeria at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, Quadri Aruna has expressed concerns over the alleged ill-treatment being meted at athletes at the Games. Aruna,...
Disqualified Team Nigeria athletes will now also get the gifted Samsung Galaxy S21 phones given to all athletes participating at the Tokyo Olympics. The athletes, who...
Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress were outclassed by their French counterparts in their second group game at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. The game played on Friday...
World number one, Novak Djokovic has been knocked out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after a semifinal defeat to Alexander Zverev. The defeat ended all...
Team Nigeria started their medal chase in the athletics event at the Tokyo Olympics on a bright note after Blessing Okagbare and Grace Nwokocha took to...
Blessing Okagbare is among the 12 athletes the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has cleared to compete in the athletics event of the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics....
Twenty athletes, including 10 from Nigeria, will not be allowed to participate in track and field at the Olympics because they did not meet anti-doping testing...
Nigeria men’s basketball team, D’Tigers failed to clinch a win against Germany in their second group game at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games. The Mike Brown...
The Tokyo Olympic Games have not been very rosy for Team Nigeria, who are already out of the race for medal in five of the 10...
Egypt’s Omar Assar has equaled Quadri Aruna’s Olympic Games record as the second African player to reach the quarterfinal stage of the men’s singles table tennis...
Moroccan boxer Youness Baalla made an attempt to bite his New Zealand opponent David Nyika in a round of 16 heavyweight clash at the Tokyo Olympics...
After making history as the first woman in Africa to participate in seven Olympic Games, Nigeria’s Funke Oshonaike says she hopes the feat gladens the hearts...
Japan’s Naomi Osaka was handed a shock exit from the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games on Tuesday morning after she lost in the third round. Osaka, who...
Team Nigeria will no longer hope for a medal in the table tennis event of the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics after Aruna Quadri lost his match...
Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress were beaten by the USA in their opening group game at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Tuesday morning. D’Tigress fell to...
Team Nigeria will no longer be hoping for a medal in the Taekwondo event at the Tokyo Olympics as sole representative Elizabeth Anyanacho has crashed out....
Nigeria men’s basketball team, D’Tigers were beaten by Australia in their opening group B game of the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It was not a great...
It has not been a very great start for Team Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympics since the official kick-off on Friday, 23 July. The team’s gymnast,...
China’s Qian Yang claimed gold in the women’s 10-meter air rifle to take home the first Tokyo Olympics medal on Saturday morning. Yang narrowly beat out...
The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have officially kicked off on Friday with the opening ceremonies featuring so much glamour during the parade of athletes. The...
The government of Guinea has reversed its decision to stop the country’s athletes from participating at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Ripples Nigeria had earlier reported...
Less than 24hours to the start of the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Guinea has withdrawn its participation citing coronavirus fears. The government of the African...
The director of the opening ceremony of the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Kentaro Kobayashi has been dismissed. His sack is coming one day before the...
All is now set for the rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games as the coaches of the national basketball teams, D’Tigers and D’Tigress, have released their final 12-man...
President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) Engineer Habu Ahmed Gumel has urged Team Nigeria to make sure they compete clean at the Tokyo Olympic Games...
Team Nigeria captain Quadri Aruna has been listed among the top 15 seeded players in the men’s singles of table tennis event at the rescheduled Tokyo...
