Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has been barred from competing in the 100 meters at the Paris Olympics due to a registration failure by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and the Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC). Ofili shared her disappointment on…
Three years after the Tokyo Olympics, COVID-19 is once again affecting the Games in Paris. Athletes have tested positive, including Australian swimmer Lani Pallister, who withdrew from the 1500m freestyle to conserve energy for a relay. British swimmer Adam Peaty…
The Nigeria Senior National Women’s Basketball team, known as D’Tigress, kicked off the basketball tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics with a 75-62 win over Australia. Ezinne Kalu led the team with 19 points, guiding them to a victory against…
On the day of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, France’s high-speed TGV rail network faced severe disruptions. State-owned SNCF reported that “malicious acts” caused significant damage to its facilities overnight. The railway operator described these as “simultaneous arson attacks,” leading…
France aims to wow the world on Friday with an extravagant Olympic Games opening ceremony through the heart of Paris. It is officially kicking off a Games fraught with security risks at a time of heightened geo-political tensions. Some 45,000…
Leading Polish high jumper Norbert Kobielski has received a provisional suspension for doping just three days before the start of the Olympic Games in Paris. The 27-year-old tested positive for the prohibited substance pentedrone, according to the Athletics Integrity Unit,…
Germany’s basketball world champions faced a narrow 92-88 defeat against the favored U.S. team on Monday, marking their final match before the Paris Olympics. In a packed London arena watched by 19,177 fans, Germany held a three-point lead entering the…
Eduard Iordanescu will not renew his contract as Romania national team coach and step down after two years, the Romanian FA said on Monday. Iordanescu, the son of former national team coach Anghel Iordanescu, took the job in 2022 and…
Kylian Mbappé was presented as a Real Madrid player on Tuesday in front of tens of thousands of fans at the Bernabéu, vowing to “give everything” for the LaLiga champions. Mbappé, 25, signed a five-year contract at the club after leaving Paris Saint-Germain on a…
The Super Eagles have been presented with an earlier opportunity to avenge their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying defeat to the Cheetahs of Benin Republic in Abidjan in June. This followed the pairing of both teams again in the same…
