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Tokyo Olympics

July 30, 2021

D’Tigress lose again at Tokyo Olympics

D’Tigress, Nigeria’s senior women basketball team, lose 62-87 to their French counterparts in their second preliminary round Group B fixture at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.

July 29, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: 12 Nigerian athletes cleared to compete

The integrity unit of the World Athletics Council has cleared 12 Nigerian athletes to compete at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Olympics team nigeria
July 29, 2021

10 Nigerian athletes face removal from Tokyo Olympics for violating doping rules

Ten Nigerians are part of 20 athletes declared ineligible to participate in the athletics events of the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics for violating anti-doping rules.

July 28, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria’s D’Tigers lose to Germany

Nigeria’s D’Tigers lose 92-99 to Germany in their second Group B match of the Preliminary Round of the basketball competition.

D'Tigers
July 27, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Judokas refuse to fight with Israeli athlete

One of the judokas who said it was due to his belief in the Palestinian cause was suspended by the governing body and sent home.

July 27, 2021

Tokyo residents worried as coronavirus infections rise

Tokyo was now in its fourth Coronavirus state of emergency.

July 27, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Africa’s table tennis sensation Quadri Aruna crashes out

Africa’s highest-ranked player Quadri Aruna has crashed out of the men’s singles event of the table tennis competition at the ongoing Olympics in Tokyo.

July 26, 2021

Olympian gets marriage proposal after losing match

Maria was doing a television interview when her 51-year-old coach appeared behind her with a written note in Spanish asking her to marry him.

Olympian gets marriage proposal after losing match
July 26, 2021
July 26, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Nigerian Dorcas Adesokan loses in badminton women’s singles

Team Nigeria’s Dorcas Adesokan lost to Clara Azurmendi of Spain in her opening game in the women’s singles event of the badminton competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Dorcas Adesokan