2020 Tokyo Olympics

Nigeria has on Saturday, July 31 suffered another setback at 2020 Tokyo Olympics after Divine Oduduru got disqualified from a 100m race at the ongoing Games. Oduduru was supposed to compete in the fifth heat of the race but he was…

Nigeria’s men’s basketball team, D’Tigers have been eliminated from the Tokyo Olympics after suffering their third consecutive defeat in group B to Italy in the early hours of Saturday. The game, played at the Saitama super arena,…

Many Nigerians have expressed shock and sadness over the suspension of one of Nigeria’s top athlete, Blessing Okagbare from 2020 Tokyo Olympics for failing a drug test. Athletics Integrity Unit, a unit of International Association of…

Nigeria’s sprint Queen, Blessing Okagbare, has been “provisionally” suspended for testing positive for human growth hormone. Athletics Integrity Unit made this known in a press statement, saying that the 32-year-old…

Team Nigeria’s duo of Blessing Okagbare and Grace Nwokocha have on Friday qualified for the semifinals of the women’s 100 metres event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Okagbare who is the reigning Nigerian record holder in both the…

Reigning Nigeria sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare, has topped the list of 12 athletes cleared by Athletics Integrity Unit compete in the athletics event of ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Okagbare, who is making her fourth appearance at…

Ten Nigerian athletes have reportedly been disqualified from participating in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. This was contained in a statement by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body created by World Athletics that…

Nigeria’s D’Tigers has lost against Germany in their basketball second group game at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Nigerian men’s basketball team blew an 11-point lead on Wednesday from the third quarter to lose in the game that…

Captain of Team Nigeria Table Tennis, Aruna Quadri, was the latest member of African contingents to be eliminated from Tokyo Olympics games. Aruna was ousted in a fiercely contested Round 3 matchup losing 4-2 (15-13, 9-11, 6-11,…

Gymnastics superstar, Simone Biles has said mental health concerns led to her withdrawal from the women’s team final at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. “I have to do what’s right for me and focus on my mental health and not jeopardize my…

United States gymnastics superstar, Simone Biles has on Tuesday, July 27 pulled out of the team final at Tokyo Olympics, just after one game that led to a shocking error, resulting in her lowest score in years. Biles, the most successful…

Japanese star, Naomi Osaka crashed out of the Olympics tennis competition on Tuesday after Flora Duffy delivered gold for Bermuda for the first time in the small Island’s history. Osaka, who lit the Olympic cauldron in last week’s…

Weightlifter, Hidilyn Diaz made history on Monday by becoming the first athlete from the Philippines to win an Olympic gold medal. Diaz, an Air Force servicewoman in the Philippines, has been living in exile in due to the COVID-19…

Nigeria’s D’Tigress lost their first game against USA women’s basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics. The US team got off to a positive start with an 81-72 win over Nigeria in their first game of the tournament. Read Also: US Women…

Argentine fencer, Maria Perez Maurice suffered defeat at the Tokyo Games on Monday but she had an Olympics to remember regardless as she received a marriage proposal from her longtime coach. The 36-year-old Perez Maurice was doing a…