Tonobok Okowa is striving for an improved performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics, He aims for more athletes to achieve the qualification mark before the July 1st deadline. The 33rd edition of the Games will be held from July 26 to August 11. Eko Hot Blog reports that Tonobok Okowa, the President of the Athletics … Read more
Blessing Okagbare, a Nigerian sprinter has been banned for a total of 10 years for multiple breaches of anti-doping rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Blessing Okagbare, who has an Olympic silver medal in the long jump from the 2008 Beijing Games, was provisionally suspended before the … Read more
The Games, which began on July 23 and ended on Sunday, had 93 of the 206 participating teams making it to the medals table, including 13 of the 54 from Africa Team Nigeria was placed 74th at the end of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Sunday and eighth best among the 54 African nations at … Read more
Team Nigeria’s appearance at the Tokyo games was marred by disqualifications, injuries and misfortune Nigerian athletes who participated in the Tokyo Olympics arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Saturday. The Team Nigeria athletes arrived at the airport at about 1 pm. Sports Minister Sunday Dare expressed satisfaction with the team’s performance … Read more
Enekwechi is the 2018 Commonwealth Games Silver medalist and reigning African champion in shot put Nigerian athlete, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi qualified for the men’s shot put final at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Enekwechi’s launch hit a mark of 21.16m. The 28-year-old ranked 4th and picked up one of the non-automatic qualifying spots for the … Read more
Brume took the bronze medal with a best jump of 6.97m. Ese Brume has won the first medal for Nigeria at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She won bronze in women’s long jump. Germany’s Malaika Mihambo soared to gold in the women’s long jump, snatching victory from former champion Brittney Reese with her last leap … Read more
She crossed the finish line at 12.72s ahead of Jamaica’s Thompson Yanique who timed 12.74s… Tobi Amusan, a Nigerian athlete, has qualified for the semi-finals of the Women’s 100m Hurdles at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan, AFP reports. The 24-year-old athlete advanced to the next round of the competition on Saturday morning after … Read more
In total, 339 medals will be awarded across 33 sports China claimed three gold medals on the first day of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday and cyclist Richard Carapaz became just the second competitor in Ecuador’s history to top the podium, with victory in the road race. Nigeria’s first two participants, Olufunke Oshonaike (Table tennis) … Read more
There has been a surge in COVID-19 cases in Japan. Tokyo on Wednesday reported its highest daily increase of new infections since mid-January The World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted 100,000 COVID-19 deaths by the end of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, started today after a delay a year ago due … Read more
Nigeria will be competing in nine sports at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics which runs from July 23rd- August 8th The first batch contingent of Team Nigeria will today Tuesday, July 6th depart Abuja for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Director, Federation of Elites Athletes Department (FEAD), Simeon Ebhojiaye disclosed this in a statement on Monday. … Read more
Though WA did not give reasons for the country’s disqualification, findings showed that the result was not ratified by WA, who didn’t reflect the qualification results on the Road to Tokyo tool… World Athletics (WA) has disqualified the Nigerian women’s 4x400m team from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics following some technical errors in the race where … Read more
Canada has announced withdrawal from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus fears, as the International Olympic Committee(IOC) dilly-dallies over the postponement. Australia also told its athletes to prepare for a Tokyo Olympics in 2021 as expectations grew that the Games — scheduled to start on July 24 — would be postponed as the virus crisis … Read more