Record Olympian Michael Phelps added two more gold medals to his record 19 as he won the Men’s 200m butterfly and the Men’s 4*200m freestyle relay. World number one female tennis star and defending Champion in the Olympics was knocked out by Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in the women’s singles third round 6-4, 6-3. United States of... Read More

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August 8, 2016

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#Rio2016Olympics: Michael Phelps wins 19th Olympic Gold medal as US stays top of medal table

Record Olympian, Michael Phelps achieved yet another feat has he increased his Olympic gold medals from 18 to 19. Phelps who is the most decorated Olympian with 23 medals won his 19th gold medal with the US in the Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay. 89 medals have been won so far with The US top with a total... Read More

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August 6, 2016

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#RioOlympics2016: Nigeria’s tennis star, Oshonaike crashes out

The hopes of Nigeria’s table tennis, Olufunke Oshonaike to win a medal at the Rio Olympics has been dashed after she lost 2-4 to Puerto Rican Adriana Diaz during a first round game of the Women Table Tennis event. Oshonaike started as the favourite after taking the lead 2-0 but the Puerto Rican came back... Read More

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August 6, 2016

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Is this why Team Nigeria wore tracksuits to Rio Olympics opening ceremony?

An international sports writer, Alexander Wolff who is currently covering the Rio Olympics has inferred that Team Nigeria wore tracksuits to the opening ceremony of the games because the official outfit didn’t make it to Brazil on time. He tweeted this during the opening ceremony on Friday night and wrote; “Nigeria, marching in sweats because official... Read More

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July 26, 2016

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Sports ministry to send Rio tickets to foreign-based athletes

The Ministry of Youths and Sports on Monday in Abuja confirmed that it would send flight tickets to Rio Olympics bound foreign-based athletes this week. This was announced via a statement by Nneka Ikem-Anibeze, the Special Assistant (Media) to Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung. It quoted Dalung as saying this during a meeting on... Read More

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July 26, 2016

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Mikel Obi joins Olympic team in Atlanta

The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed the arrival of Nigeria and Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi to the Nigeria Olympic football team training camp in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday. The Federation through their Twitter handle wrote on Monday, “John Mikel Obi joins Olympic Squad in the US.” Just In: John Mikel Obi joins Olympic Squad in... Read More

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July 23, 2016

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We didn’t ask athletes to pay their way to Rio… – Sports Minister

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has denied claims in the media that it asked foreign based athletes going to the Olympic Games in Rio to buy their own air tickets. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung said this in a statement released on Saturday following a purported mail asking athletes... Read More

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July 13, 2016

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2016 Rio Olympics: Okagbare to compete in three events

Nigeria and Commonwealth double sprints champion, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor will compete in three events during the 2016 Rio Olympics Games- the sprints, long jump and the 4x100m relay. According to the list released by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria on Tuesday, Seye Ogunlewe will also be leading the team to the 2016 Rio Olympics. According to AFN... Read More

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