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olympics

July 26, 2024

Tinubu sends best wishes to Team Nigeria at Paris Olympics

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to Aug.11.

July 26, 2024

2024 Olympic Games to kick off in Paris amid tight security

Some 45,000 police personnel, 10,000 soldiers and 2,000 private security staff have been mobilised.

Paris 2024 Olympics logo
June 19, 2024

Paris Olympics: COVID-19 hit German athletes ahead of athletics championship

German Athletics Association head of sport Jörg Bügner said Wednesday that infections had been reported following this month’s European Championships in Rome.

German athletes
May 11, 2024

Nigeria sends six boxers to Paris 2024 qualifiers in Bangkok

Nigeria will fight for honours in the 50, 57, 66, 75 and +92 kg categories.

PARIS OLYMPICS
April 9, 2024

Nigeria’s Super Falcons secure Olympic ticket for first time in 16 years after victory over South Africa

Nigeria scaled through to the Paris 2024 Olympics on a 1-0 aggregate scoreline after the Falcons defeated the South African women.

Super Falcons in training
November 22, 2023

NOC to strategise for 2024 Olympics

It is expected that the committee will liaise with the various sports federations in preparation for the 2024 Olympics.

2024 OLYMPICS
July 22, 2023

Russian player stopped from entering Poland

Zvonareva, who landed in Poland on Friday, is on a list of people considered undesirable there, the ministry said.

Vera Zvonareva
January 31, 2023

Farah returns for London Marathon before likely 2023 retirement

Farah, who turns 40 in March, has run the London Marathon three times with a best finish of third in 2018, the same year he won the Chicago Marathon.

Mo Farah
January 24, 2023

Tinubu running for president not Olympics; vote for his ideas: Shettima

“We are not asking Nigerians to turn down critical assessment of their leaders. But we want them to look at the larger picture.”

Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima
November 22, 2022

National Sports Festival: Gov Uzodimma receives Torch of Unity in Imo

Mr Uzodimma received the Torch at the Imo Government House, after being brought into the city by Nigeria’s first Olympic gold medalist, Chioma Ajunwa.

Hope Uzodimma