By Chika Chukwumerije Nigeria's Elizabeth Anyanacho stoically lost out to double Olympic Medalist and former world champion, Nur Tartar of Turkey in the taekwondo event of the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan, Bestchoicesport.com.ng can report The duo, competed in the female -67kg, kick-... Read more...
By Agency Report Nigeria’s Uche Eke missed the chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals in the gymnastics event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday. Competing in the men’s all round artistic gymnastics event, Eke placed 36th with a score of 74.765 which was not enough for a place in... Read more...
By Agency Report The West African state of Guinea on Thursday said it was scrapping its decision to withdraw its five-person team from the Olympics, a move that it had said was prompted by worries over coronavirus. “The government, after receiving assurances from the health authorities, is ... Read more...
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22/07/2021,
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By Agency Report The show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held. Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi from the 1990s recently emerged in which he seems to be making jokes about the Holocaust. Japan's Olympic chief Seiko Hashimoto s... Read more...
By Our Correspondent All is now set for the 2020 Olympic Games as the D'Tigers and D'Tigress coaches have released their final 12 man roster. After about a month camping exercise in Sacramento and Las Vegas, D'Tigers head coach, Mike Brown selected Josh Okogie (Minnesota Timberwolves), Mia... Read more...
By Tolulope Oguntimhein Former technical representative on board of Gymnastics Federationof Nigeria, GFN, Mr Anthony Asuquo has described the participation of Uche Eke in the 2020 Olympics as the best thing to have happened to gymnastics in Nigeria Tony Asuquo who also double as president of ... Read more...
By Ebube Dike The Nigeria Basketball Federation took delivery of D’Tigers kits on Thursday ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games after they got a waiver from the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Finance. The federation had earlier hit a snag over payment for import duties kit... Read more...
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16/07/2021,
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By Agency Report A Nigerian Olympic official has become the first visitor to the Tokyo Games to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19, TV Asahi who disclosed this on Friday did not identify the individual, a non-athlete in his 60s. The person’s gender was also unknown. The official te... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo next week, the Nigeria men’s national basketball team, D’Tigers recorded their first ever victory against powerhouse, USA in a preparatory match on Sunday D’Tigers, led by coach Mike Brown, bagged an incredible victory over the n... Read more...
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10/07/2021,
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By Wole Oyebade To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you’re overdoing it – J. Jenkins Wise men learn from other men’s mistakes, fools by their own – H.G. Bohn Nigerian team heading to the forthcoming summer Olympics in Tokyo last week tripped over th... Read more...