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Disqualified athletes: We will investigate and uncover causes – Sunday Dare
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says he has directed a full investigation to unravel the causes behind…
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Tokyo Olympics: Team Nigeria lose again in women’s wrestling
Nineteen-year-old Nigerian, Adijat Idris, was defeated by Ukraine’s Oksana Livach in the quarter-final of the wrestling women’s 50kg freestyle at…
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Team Nigeria suffers additional blow as they crash out of another big event at Olympics
Nigeria’s hopes of winning medal in the women’s 4×100 meter category at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been decimated after…
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PUMA terminates $2.67m contract with Nigeria after Olympics drama
German sportswear manufacturing giants PUMA has terminated its four-year contract with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. The AFN under the…
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Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria’s Enekwechi loses in men’s shot put final
Team Nigeria’s Chukwuebuka Enekwechi fails to win a medal in the men’s shot put final at the ongoing Tokyo 2020…
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Tokyo Olympics: Anything can happen in shot put final, Enekwechi insists
Shot put athlete Chukwuebuka Enekwechi believes anything can happen in the final of the men’s shot put event of the…
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Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria’s medal favourite, Odunayo Adekuoroye knocked out in wrestling
Nigeria’s Tokyo Olympics medal favourite, Odunayo Adekuruoye has been beaten in the women’s 57kg freestyle wrestling. Team Nigeria’s Odunayo Adekuroye crashed out…
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Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria occupy 64th position on medals table as china tops with 32 golds
Team Nigeria occupy the 64th position on the medals table as Tokyo 2020 Olympics events enter Day 11. This was…
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Tokyo Olympics: FG to reward gold medalists with $15,000 each
The Federal Government has announced a reward of $15,000, $10,000, $7,500 respectively for gold, silver, and bronze medalists at the…
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Blessing Oborodudu Defies Injury To Win Silver For Nigeria at Tokyo Olympics
Despite a defeat in the final of the Women’s Wrestling 68kg, Blessing Oborodudu went home with the Silver Medal in another podium…
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Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria’s Enekwechi qualifies for men’s shot put final
Nigeria’s Chukwuebuka Enekwechi has qualified for the men’s shot put final at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Enekwechi launch…
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Tokyo Olympics: Long Jumper Ese Brume wins Nigeria’s first medal
Ese Brume has won Nigeria’s first medal at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Brume jumped 6.97 meters to clinch the…