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
Africa’s first athletics gold at the Tokyo Olympics was won by Barega as he won the men’s 10,000m Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega won the first athletics gold of the Tokyo Olympics while in the pool there was a gold and a world record for South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker. A quick finish from Barega saw him finish ahead … Read more
The AIU disclosed that out of 18 athletes ruled ineligible to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, Nigeria dominate the list with 10 athletes Ten Nigerian athletes have been ruled ineligible to participate at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), reducing the country’s hope of clinching more medals at … 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
After the dedication, the first lady will watch the U.S. versus Mexico softball game with foreign service members and their families. Jill Biden the First Lady of the US has landed in Tokyo, Japan ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony for the 2021 summer Olympic games. This marks her first solo trip abroad as a … 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
Williams is the joint-most successful Olympian in tennis history alongside her sister, Venus, having won one gold medal in singles and three in doubles Serena Williams joined fellow tennis legend Rafael Nadal saying on Sunday she will not play at the Tokyo Olympics next month. The 39-year-old American revealed her decision at her pre-Wimbledon press … Read more
“In order to ensure continuity in the administration of the federations, caretaker committees are hereby put in place to manage the affairs of the Federations” Sunday Dare, minister of youth and sports development, on Friday disclosed the dissolution of all boards of the national Olympic sports federations (NSF) in Nigeria. The minister announced the dissolution … Read more