Estimated Reading Time: 1Nigeria’s sprinter, Enoch Adegoke, has set a new record after he clocked 10.00s in heat 2 of the men’s 100 metres semis at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to qualify for the finals. Adegoke’s record of reaching the finals is coming 25 years after (since 1996) Davidson Ezinwa[Read More…]
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Olympics: Another blow for Nigeria as Oduduru gets disqualified
Estimated Reading Time: 1Lesser than 24 hours after Blessing Okagbare was provisionally disqualified with immediate effect by the Athletic Integrity Unit (AIU), Divine Oduduru, has also been disqualified from the 100m men’s event for a false start at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Meanwhile, the video replay showed America’s Fred Kerley[Read More…]
Amusan wins women’s 100m hurdles heat to qualify for semi-finals
Estimated Reading Time: 1Tobiloba Amusan on Saturday in Tokyo won heat 3 of the women’s 100 metres hurdles event at the 2020 Olympic Games to advance to the semi-finals. Amusan who ran from lane 4 of the first-round race finished in 12.72 seconds, ahead of Yanique Thompson of Jamaica who[Read More…]
Final whistle for D’Tigers at Tokyo Olympics after Italy’s 71-80 defeat
Estimated Reading Time: 1Nigeria’s D’Tigers lost their third Group B game in the men’s basketball event of the Tokyo Olympics 71-80 to Italy. It was their third loss in a row, and they finished bottom of their group. Chimezie Metu scored 22 points and Jordan Nwora added 20 for Nigeria.[Read More…]
BREAKING: Nigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare, suspended from Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Athletic Integrity Unit, AIU, has provisionally suspended Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare with immediate effect. AIU revealed that an out-of-competition sample from Okagbare tested positive for human growth hormone. The AIU informed Okagbare of her suspension on Saturday morning, it said. Under doping regulations, she is now allowed[Read More…]
Tokyo Olympics: Disqualified Nigerian athlete stage protest in Tokyo
Estimated Reading Time: 1Nigerian athletes at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics have staged a protest after ten track and field athletes were disqualified from the athletics event of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU announced the athletes dismissal from in a statement on Wednesday. Expressing their dissapointment[Read More…]
10 Nigerian athletes banned from Tokyo Olympics for failing to meet testing requirements
Estimated Reading Time: 1Ten Nigerian athletes have been declared ineligible to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Wednesday. AIU, an independent body created by World Athletics to manages all integrity issues – both doping and non-doping, noted that eight athletes from other[Read More…]
Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun calls out NFF over unpaid bonuses, poor administration
Estimated Reading Time: 1Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun has called out the Nigeria Football Federation over poor infrastructure and unpaid bonuses. He also lamented the inability of the nation’s Football association body to sort quality accommodation and pitches in Nigeria. Balogun expressed his grouse against Nigerian football administrators in an[Read More…]
CAF suspends Enyinba’s captain for doping
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has banned the captain of Nigeria’s Enyimba, Oladapo Augustine for doping. Augustus had in May tested positive for a banned substance, “Prednisolone/Prednisone” after a routine test was carried out on him at the end of a game against Pyramid FC of[Read More…]
Tokyo 2020: Nigeria’s Table tennis reps bow out of Olympics as Aruna Quadri loses
Estimated Reading Time: 1Nigerian table tennis star, Quadri Aruna’s time at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has come to an end after he was defeated by Tsuboi Gustavo of Brazil in the third round of the men’s singles Aruna, the Team Nigeria’s captain, lost to Brazilian, Gustavo Tsuboi, in a highly[Read More…]
