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Tokyo Olympics

July 26, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria’s Offiong Edem crashes out of table tennis women’s single

Offiong Edem on Monday bowed out of the women’s singles event of the table tennis competition at the ongoing 2020 Olympic in Tokyo.

Offiong Edem
July 26, 2021

Palestine: Judokas withdraw from bout with Israeli at Tokyo Olympics

A second judo player has withdrawn from the Olympic Games ahead of a scheduled match with an Israeli opponent, officials in Tokyo said on Monday.

July 25, 2021

MATCH REPORT: D’Tigers lose opening game against Australia

Nigeria collapse in the fourth quarter, allowing the Australians to consolidate and emerge as winners in Sunday.

Nigerian D'Tigers
July 23, 2021

2020 Olympics: UAE, others snub IOC’s plea about mixed flagbearers

In February, the IOC issued a statement asking participating countries to select both a male and female flagbearer for the first time.

Opening ceremony of Olympics
July 23, 2021

Guinea reverses Tokyo Olympics boycott over COVID-19

Guinea’s five athletes will now participate in the Tokyo Olympics after all, a statement from the West African nation’s sports ministry said on Thursday.

Guinea sports minister Sanoussy Bantama Sow (Photo| Facebook)
July 23, 2021

Nigeria’s Esther Toko misses out on Olympics rowing quarter-finals

Nigeria’s Esther Toko could only qualify for the repechage stage of the women’s single sculls event in the rowing competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

Esther Toko
July 22, 2021

Guinea boycotts Tokyo Olympics amid COVID-19 spread

Guinea will not take part in the Tokyo Olympic Games, the country’s sports ministry announced late Wednesday.

July 22, 2021

Holocaust: Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony creative director sacked

The creative director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has been sacked a day ahead of the event.

Kentaro Kobayashi has been dismissed as the director of the Olympics opening ceremony over a 1998 joke about the Holocaust.
July 22, 2021

Hours to official opening of Tokyo Olympics, more COVID-19 cases recorded

A day before the Tokyo Olympics officially opens, organisers have reported 12 COVID-19 cases linked to the event.

July 20, 2021

Tokyo Games: Missing Ugandan athlete found

The athlete was found in the town of Yokkaichi.

Julius Ssekitoleko