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Basketball: Australia Beat Nigeria’s D’Tigers 84-67 In Olympics Opening Game

Edna Wande Jul 25, 2021 0

Nigeria’s men basketball team, D’Tigers have on Sunday, July 25 lost to Australia in their opening game of Tokyo Olympics at Saitama Arena. The Nigerians fought valiantly in the first three quarters but were blown apart in the final as…

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Coronavirus Forces Four Athletes Out Of Tokyo Olympics

Edna Wande Jul 24, 2021 0

Four competitors including a shooting world number one saw their Tokyo Olympic dreams dashed after testing positive for the coronavirus, it has emerged. British shooter Amber Hill, top-ranked in the women’s skeet, was forced to pull out…

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Tokyo Olympics: Chinese Shooter, Yang Qian Wins First Gold Medal Of 2020 Games (Video)

Edna Wande Jul 24, 2021 0

Chinese shooter, Yang Qian has won the first gold of 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, snatching a dramatic last-shot victory from Russia’s Anastasiia Galashina in the women’s 10m air rifle final. The 21-year-old Ningbo native, already an…

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Tokyo Olympics: Veteran Table Tennis Player, Oshonaike Crashes Out After First Game

Edna Wande Jul 24, 2021 0

Olympic journey of veteran Nigeria table tennis player, Funke Oshonaike has ended after losing 4-1 to Juan Liu from the United States at women’s singles preliminary round of table tennis on Saturday. The match, which took place at…

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Meet Uche Eke, Nigeria’s First Olympics Gymnast (Video)

Edna Wande Jul 23, 2021 0

Uche Eke has become the first gymnast from Nigeria to compete at 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with his eye set on winning a medal for the country. With Eke, Nigeria will present a gymnast at the Tokyo Olympics, the first time since 1952 when the…

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Opening Ceremony For 2020 Tokyo Olympics Begins Despite Rising COVID-19 Cases (Videos)

Edna Wande Jul 23, 2021 0

Opening ceremony of 2020 Tokyo Olympics has began on Friday in a nearly empty stadium after a year-long pandemic postponement and a build-up marred by scandal and controversy. The ceremony is taking place without spectators in front of…

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Tokyo 2020: Everton Forward, Richarlison Makes History With Hat-Trick For Brazil, Defeating Germany

Edna Wande Jul 23, 2021 0

Everton forward, Richarlison became the first player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick at the Olympic Games on Thursday. Richarlison netted three goals in 30 minutes as Brazil defeated Germany 4-2 in their opening game…

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Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony Director Fired Over Holocaust Skit

Edna Wande Jul 22, 2021 0

Tokyo 2020 organisers have on Thursday fired the show director for Olympic opening ceremony on the eve of the event over a decades-old skit referencing the Holocaust, in the latest blow for organisers of the pandemic-delayed Games.…

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Guinea Drops Out Of Tokyo Olympics Citing Covid-19 Concerns

Amirah Kuale Jul 22, 2021 0

Guinea withdrew from Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, just two days before the Summer Games’ opening ceremony, citing concerns over COVID-19 variants as more athletes and Olympic officials test positive for the coronavirus while the Olympics…

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US Teen Tennis Star, Coco Gauff To Miss Tokyo Olympic Over Positive COVID-19 Test

Edna Wande Jul 19, 2021 0

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US Women Basketball Team Defeat Nigeria’s D’Tigress

Florence Cornelius Jul 19, 2021 0

Nigerian national women basketball team on Sunday could not hold their own against their US counterparts as they lost 62-93 in a friendly at Las Vegas. In the game arranged to prepare both sides for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, the…

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Olympics: Nigerian Official Hospitalised In Tokyo After Positive COVID-19 Test

Edna Wande Jul 17, 2021 0

A Nigerian Olympic delegate became the first visitor to the Tokyo Games admitted to hospital with COVID-19, broadcaster TV Asahi said on Friday, as Japan battles to stem rising local infections a week before the showpiece event starts.…

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Tennis Player, Victoria Azarenka Withdraws From Tokyo Olympics

Edna Wande Jul 16, 2021 0

Former world number one tennis player and 2012 Olympic gold medallist, Victoria Azarenka on Thursday became the latest Grand Slam winner to withdraw from the Tokyo Games, citing “challenges from the pandemic.” Azarenka, who won mixed…

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COVID-19 Social Distancing: Olympics Winners Will Put Medals On Necks By Themselves

Edna Wande Jul 14, 2021 0

Olympic winners will have to put medals around their own necks because of COVID-19, the Games' chief said on Wednesday, July 14, as infections in Tokyo soared to the highest rate in six months. International Olympic Committee president, …

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Tokyo Olympics: Team Nigeria’s First Batch Departs For Japan

Tunde Serano Jul 6, 2021 0

First batch of Team Nigeria contingent for Tokyo 2020 Olympics has departed for the Games on Tuesday from Abuja for the final leg of their preparations in Kisarazu, Japan. Director, Federation of Elites Athletes Department (FEAD),…

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