Olympics: Nigeria’s medal outcome stands as it’s best result in the last 13 years – Sports minister
Aug. 10, 2021 The Minister of youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare says the performances of Blessing Oborodudu and Ese Brume at the just concluded Tokyo Olympics were inspiring, for…
55-athlete Team Nigeria ends Olympics with another loss
August 7, 2021 Adijat Idris lost 0-10 to Ukraine’s Oksana Livach on Friday in the women’s freestyle 50kg event of the wrestling competition of the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games. The…
Gov. Diri to Oboruduru: You’re a great Ambassador, an amazon
August 4, 2021 Bayelsa Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has praised the historic feat of 2020 Tokyo Olympics 68kg freestyle wrestling silver medallist, Blessing Oboruduru, describing her as an Amazon. Governor…
Tokyo daily Covid-19 infections hit record high of over 4000
July 31, 2021 Newly reported Covid-19 cases in Olympic host city Tokyo surged to a record high of 4,058 on Saturday, the metropolitan government said, exceeding 4,000 for the first…
Tokyo Olympics: President Buhari to host Team Nigeria next Monday
July 7, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday host members of Team Nigeria to the Tokyo Olympics at the Presidential Villa before the final batch of the contingent departs…
Tokyo 2020 organisers announce tougher COVID-19 countermeasures
April 28, 2021 Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Wednesday announced tougher coronavirus countermeasures such as daily testing of athletes to try to reassure an increasingly sceptical Japanese public…
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 concerns about the Games going…
Japan will take steps to guard against Olympics cyberattacks
Japan said on Tuesday it would take counter-measures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics were not derailed by cyberattacks. Britain and the U.S. had accused Russia of orchestrating efforts to…