Africa’s highest-ranked player Quadri Aruna on Tuesday crashed out of the men’s singles event of the table tennis competition at the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo. Aruna who reached the quarter-finals of the event at the Rio Games in 2016…
Tokyo expectedly put up a spectacular show as Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony with choreography displays showcasing Japan’s culture. The colours and costumes are indescribable as musical harmony flowed from wooden tables. The opening show was not dampened, despite the absence…
Only about 950 people, including officials and reporters, will be allowed to watch Friday’s opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in the main stadium, a senior official said on Thursday. Hidemasa Nakamura, chief of Tokyo 2020’s main operation centre, told…
American sprint sensation Sha’Carri Richardson confirmed Friday she tested positive for marijuana at the US Olympic athletics trials and will be barred from the 100m at the Tokyo Games. Speaking on US Olympic telecaster NBC’s “Today” show, 21-year-old Richardson said…
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Thursday in Abuja charged Olympics-bound athletes Funke Oshonaike and Elizabeth Anyanacho to ensure podium finish at the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics. Dare, while receiving both athletes in his office, described Oshonaike who…
Tonobok Okowa, president, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and Solomon Alao, chairman, Lagos State Athletics Association (LAA), on Wednesday tipped Team Nigeria to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics relay events. They said Thursday’s Lagos Open Athletics championships billed for Teslim…
Japan is doubling its coronavirus vaccination doses to 40,000 for people working at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, having secured another 20,000 jabs. Olympic Minister, Tamayo Marukawa, said on Tuesday that the government has reached an agreement with U.S. company, Pfizer.…
…Inaugurates national sports federations caretaker committees The Federal Government has warned Federations Caretaker committees to put Nigeria among medal nations. This warning was made during the inauguration of the National Sports Federation Caretaker Committees following the recent dissolution of the…
Nigerian long jumper Ese Brume says her aim now is to win a Tokyo Olympics gold medal for Nigeria. Brume told the newsmen in Benin on Monday at the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) that she has been working…
The long-awaited torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics kicked off in the north-eastern prefecture of Fukushima on Thursday. This was in spite of persisting concerns about the Games going ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic. Strict social distancing measures are…
