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Tokyo Olympics

July 20, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: South Korean team sets up food service to prevent contamination

Fukushima is the Japanese region exposed to high levels of radiation following a tsunami-triggered meltdown at a nuclear power plant in March 2011.

South Korean Olympic team
July 20, 2021

Softball, football games to kick off Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday

The Olympics will start two days before the opening ceremony on Friday

Lighting Tokyo torch
July 20, 2021

Tokyo Olympics may be cancelled: Organisers

There have been nine positive cases among those linked to the Games on Tuesday, taking the overall number of people infected since the start of July to 71.

Toshiro Muto
July 19, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Missing Ugandan athlete captured on CCTV

The athlete left a note at his hotel saying he wanted to work in Japan before buying a train ticket to Nagoya.

Julius Ssekitoleko
July 15, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Central fan zone scrapped due to COVID-19

The central fan zone in Tokyo will be closed to the public during the Olympic Games due to coronavirus restrictions, organisers said on Thursday.

July 14, 2021

High-flying Nigerian basketball team takes to Gofundme to raise support for Olympics campaign

The D’Tigers have been funded chiefly by private individuals and friends of the Nigerian Basketball Federation, with no visible support from the government.

D'Tigers
July 11, 2021

D’Tigers of Nigeria upset Team USA in men’s basketball

The U.S. men’s team have never lost to an African side before, in fact, the last time they were matched against Nigeria, they won by 43 points in an exhibition in 2016.

July 7, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Buhari hosts Team Nigeria Monday

Buhari will on Monday host members of Team Nigeria to the Tokyo Olympics at the Presidential Villa before the final batch of the contingent departs for Japan.

July 6, 2021

Team Nigeria departs for Tokyo Olympics

Team Nigeria will be travelling to Kizarazu city in Japan for the pre-Games training camp in four batches.

Team Nigeria
July 2, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: U.S’. Sha’Carri Richardson withdrawn from 100m over positive marijuana test

On Friday, Ms Richardson told NBC that her use of marijuana as a way to cope with the death of her mother while she was in Oregon for the Olympic trials.

Sha'Carri Richardson