olympics Archives - Page 10 of 16

Remembering Nigeria’s Atlanta’96 Olympics Dream Team Heroes 25 Years On

0 comments, 10/08/2021, by Best Choice Sports in CAF, FIFA, Football, News, olympics

By Agency Report August 3rd 1996 would be etched forever in the memory of African football custodian and even more so for soccer-mad Nigerian fans who celebrated with glee the country and indeed the continent’s historic first soccer gold medal win at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlant... Read more...

2020 Olympics Ends In Tokyo As Team Nigeria Return Home With Two Medals

0 comments, 09/08/2021, by Best Choice Sports
Posted in Athletics, Boxing, Grassroots, News, olympics, Tennis

Tokyo Olympics: Athlete Who Won Silver In Wrestling Apologises For “Shameful Result”

0 comments, 08/08/2021, by Best Choice Sports
Posted in Athletics, Boxing, News, olympics

PUMA To Sue AFN Over Contract Breach

0 comments, 05/08/2021, by Best Choice Sports
Posted in Athletics, Grassroots, Investigation, News, olympics, Tennis

Nigeria’s Olympic Outing Is Disappointing And Disgraceful – Shehu Sani

0 comments, 05/08/2021, by Best Choice Sports
Posted in Athletics, Grassroots, Investigation, News, olympics

PUMA Kit Contract: Our Athletes Are Embarrassed In Tokyo – Sen. Sani

0 comments, 05/08/2021, by Best Choice Sports in Athletics, Basketball, Grassroots, Investigation, News, olympics

By Amaechi Agbo A Former senator representing Kaduna Central district at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani has lampooned minister of youth and sports, Sunday Dare for neglecting the kit contract the Athletic Federation of Nigeria, AFN entered into with a kit manufacturer, PUMA which led to the c... Read more...

AFN Congratulates Ese Brume On Bronze Medal

0 comments, 04/08/2021, by Best Choice Sports in Athletics, Grassroots, News, olympics

By Our Correspondent The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has congratulated Tokyo 2020 Olympics Bronze Medalist, Ese Brume, on her achievement. Brume with a leap of 6.97m won Team Nigeria’s first medal at the 2020 Olympics after several attempts and near misses. The Board described... Read more...

Eye On Tokyo 2020 Day 11: Golden Moments – Redemption, At Last?

0 comments, 03/08/2021, by Best Choice Sports in Athletics, Boxing, News, olympics

There is greater honour in participating at the Olympics than in winning. The Nigerian will tell you to go sell that to the American Marines. He will also tell you that the Olympic mantra, appropriately coined at the birth of the Movement, was only meant to serve that period of the founding fathers... Read more...

How Blessing Oborududu Defied Knee Injury To win Silver At Tokyo Olympics

0 comments, 03/08/2021, by Best Choice Sports in Athletics, Boxing, News, olympics

By Ebube Dike Nigeria's freestyle wrestler, Blessing Oborududu Tuesday won Team Nigeria's second medal and first silver in Olympic Wrestling in history but this feat came with a price, bestchoicesports.com.ng can report Unknown to millions of Nigerians and global supporters who watched Blessi... Read more...

Tokyo 2020: Igali Eyes More Medals As Oborududu Goes For Gold

0 comments, 03/08/2021, by Best Choice Sports in Athletics, Boxing, News, olympics

By Akin Bolarinwa The Caretaker Chairman of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, NWF and erstwhile member of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Honourable Daniel Igali has declared that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics games could be Team Nigeria's best chance to be on the multiple podium. Igali stated... Read more...