olympics

August 13, 2012

Dele Momodu: My dream team for Nigeria

What Nigeria needs today is a government of the brightest Nigerians regardless of political affiliations. Fellow Nigerians, I’m not about to discuss football or our ill-fated participation at the London 2012 Olympics. It is better not to write on what has brought ignominy and despair on a country of 160 million people or more. We... Read More

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August 12, 2012

He denies us: Nigerian Olympic basketballer Al-Faruq Aminu says he’s not from Nigeria

by Adeniyi Abdul Al-Farouq Aminu is a basketball player who was part of the Nigerian Olympic team. He used to play with the Los Angeles Clippers and is currently with the New Orleans Hornets. What’s interesting, however, is that despite the fact he played for Nigeria at the Olympics, he doesn’t identify himself as Nigerian... Read More

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August 12, 2012

Olympics worker arrested for child molestation

by Adeniyi Abdul A worker at the London 2012 Olympic Games has been arrested by police on suspicion of child abuse. The 49-year-old man was on his way to work around 5.30 a.m on Friday when the policemen apprehended him. Police reportedly found him on Twitter where he shared information and pornographic pictures of sexually... Read More

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August 12, 2012

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Michael Phelps vs. Nigeria – Four years later (YNaija FrontPage)

by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (I wrote the article below and it was first published four years ago in ThisDay Newspapers on August 24th, 2008) The games of the 29th Olympiad ending today in Beijing have been more of a painful confirmation that Nigerian sports, is dead! When the Beijing Olympics were about to commence, a lot... Read More

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August 12, 2012

Opinion: The Olympics are too full of dubious sports, silly ceremonies, and choke artists

by Buzz Bissinger Call me Ishmael, but I don’t care about the synchronized-diving competition the Chinese won yesterday, except trying to figure out how exactly one decides to go into synchronized diving. I am in confusion about the London Games. Perhaps not as confused as the queen during the opiated opening ceremonies in witnessing a... Read More

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August 12, 2012

Mexico deserved to win – Menezes, Neymar and Silva admit

by ‘Ifreke Inyang The coach of Brazil, Mano Menezes has spoken of his sadness, at missing out on gold, in the men’s football competition at the ongoing Olympics. An excellent brace from Mexican striker Oribe Peralta, ensured that they did not win the title that eludes them. “I am very sad,” the 50-year-old told Globoesporte.... Read More

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August 11, 2012

SNAPSHOT: The Spice Girl reunite on top of black taxis

by Adeniyi Abdul Everyone’s (or at least almost every one’s) favourite girl group the Spice Girls are shown above rehearsing on top of a set of black taxis for their reunion performance at the closing ceremony of the ongoing London 2012 Olympic Games. The group disbanded in 2001 but reunited for an eight-country world tour... Read More

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August 10, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Here’s a new way to celebrate an Olympic win

by Adeniyi Abdul The man lying on the floor in this picture is France’s Teddy Riner, kissing the shoe of his coach after winning the gold medal in judo. We’re just going to assume this was the product of excitement and the need to celebrate in any way possible. The coach, of course, was wearing... Read More

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August 10, 2012

Opinion: Olympics – Is supporting a country wrong?

by Monica Mark “We know there are billions of galaxies and yet we’re still concerned with supporting one country. At the very least you should be thinking in terms of continents. I mean, your country isn’t better than anyone else’s country just because you won something –your mentality or your sports equipment or your coach... Read More

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August 10, 2012

“I am now a living legend” – Usain Bolt

by ‘Ifreke Inyang Usain Bolt completed his sprint double last night, threw himself to the floor for ten emergency press-ups and declared himself a living legend. Bolt, is now the first person in the history of the Olympics to win the 100m and 200m events back to back in two consecutive games. “I was fast... Read More

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#London2012: Africa Village shut down due to non-payment of fees

by Adeniyi Abdul The hospitality house set up for African countries at the London 2012 Olympic Games has been shut down. The showcase in Kensington Gardens, known as Africa Village was put together by the National Olympic Committees of various African countries but has been forced to close early. According to London & Partners, the... Read More

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Opinion: Olympic legacy for our children

by Bob Morgan I was not good at sport at school – I was no good at football or cricket and athletics was a nightmare because I could not jump over hurdles and I would do almost anything those damn hurdles. I went to a secondary school in North Yorkshire in the 1970s – they... Read More

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Bolaji Abdullahi: Nigeria at London 2012 – The task ahead is grimly clear

by Bolaji Abdullahi FULL TEXT OF THE SPEECH MADE BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF SPORTS AND CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL SPORTS COMMISSION, MALLAM BOLAJI ABDULLAHI ON THURSDAY 9TH AUGUST 2012 AT THE NIGERIA HOUSE, STRATFORD, LONDON. About two weeks ago, we arrived London for the 2012 Olympics with a contingent of 51 sportsmen and women competing in... Read More

Bolaji Abdullahi, nigeria, olympics, sports

We.Are.Shocked: “Our Olympics performance is disappointing,” says Sports minister

by Isi Esene In a rare display of self-criticism, the government of Nigeria today in London expressed its disappointment at the performance of the Nigerian contingent to the ongoing London 2012 Olympics. The position of the government was articulated by the minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Adullahi at a press conference tagged ‘Nigeria Olympic Review’... Read More

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Akintunde Oyebode: Citius, Altius, Fortius (YNaija FrontPage)

by Akintunde Oyebode The first time I was rewarded for knowing some random fact was at a quiz during my friend’s 10th birthday party. His mum owned a bookstore, so instead of the more athletic musical chairs contest, she organized a quiz to give books out during the party. There were contestants left; a girl... Read More

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Photo of the Day: Oscar Pistorious races 8-year-old amputee

by Adeniyi Abdul South African Olympic racer Oscar Pistorious is shown in the picture above about to race a little girl named Ellie Challs. Pistorious is a double amputee who made it to the semi-final of the men’s 400m event at the ongoing London 2012 Olympic Games. He was 11 months old when doctors discovered... Read More

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Moving: Olympic winner has duplicate gold medal made to honour rival

by Adeniyi Abdul Score one for sportsmanship. Hungarian swimmer and recent Olympic champion Daniel Gyurta has revealed that he will be honouring a fallen rival in a very special way. Gyurta who won the gold medal for the men’s 200-meter breaststroke and set a new world at the London Games last week, has announced that... Read More

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WATCH: Banky W releases inspirational video from Olympic torch-bearing experience

Isi Esene Nigeria’s RnB star and EME label boss, Banky W has released a video highlighting his experience at the London Olympics torch-bearing relay on July 1, 2012. Banky W joined notable faces like Kanu Nwankwo, Sasha, Funke Akindele, Yaw, and others to represent Nigeria as they lifted the Olympic Torch as part of the... Read More

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#OlympicsBasketball: New York Times: Bruised and beaten, but Nigerians are unbowed

by Greg Bishop The buzzer sounded the end of the fairy tale, and the Nigerian team limped off the court in slow motion, unwilling, unable to let go. As they filed into the tunnel, the crowd stood in unison and cheered the team they call D’Tigers. D’Tigers lost against on Monday, this time to France,... Read More

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#Missing: Seven Cameroonian athletes disappear at London 2012

by Isi Esene The mission head of the Cameroonian contingent to the London Olympic Games has confirmed the disappearance of seven members of the country’s delegation. According to ChannelsTV, the missing team members include five boxers, one swimmer, and a soccer player. The mission head, Mr. David Ojong confirmed this incident on Monday in a... Read More

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I want to become a legend like Phelps – Usain Bolt

by ‘Ifreke Inyang Usain Bolt, who is a four-time Olympic champion already, has stated that he is not from away from attaining legendary status. The 25-year-old shattered his own Olympic record he set four years ago in Beijing, winning the 100m final in 9.63 seconds. “This gold means I am one step closer to... Read More

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Olympics, Tinsel and more, as Onoshe Nwabuikwu reviews what’s on TV

by Onoshe Nwabuikwu Olympics football and the story of Africa Two days before the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics (on Friday July 27), the Games actually began with women’s football matches played in venues across Great Britain. At the end of the day’s matches, Africa came out severely battered as South Africa and... Read More

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Cheating at the Olympics is an age-old tradition

by Gary Buiso From Azerbaijani boxers suspected of fixing matches to badminton players suspended of throwing contests, the 2012 Olympics has earned a gold medal in cheating. But the latest generation of disgraced Olympians hasn’t done anything their forebears haven’t been doing for thousands of years. “We like to think there was some golden age... Read More

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SNAPSHOT: British Police give a special Usain Bolt tribute!

by Hauwa Gambo As he sets an Olympics record, British police officers near Olympic Stadium give their own Usain Bolt tribute. The world salute’s the world’s fastest man! Photo: Francis Keogh

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BREAKING: World’s fastest man Usain Bolt defends his title, sets new Olympics record

by Chi Ibe World’s fastest man, Usain Bolt of Jamaica defended his Olympic 100 meters title Sunday for a gold medal, setting an Olympic record with a time of 9.63. Yohan Blake of Jamaica took the silver medal and Justin Gatlin of the United States won the bronze. More updates to come.

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SNAPSHOT: 16-year-old Gabby Douglas covers TIME Magazine

by Adeniyi Abdul The 16-year-old Olympic gold medalist is captured in all her gymnast glory by Martin Schoeller for the front cover of TIME Magazine’s special Olympic edition.

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Andy Murray finally trumps Federer to win Olympic tennis gold medal

by Isi Esene Exactly one month after Roger Federer beat Andy Murray to claim his 17th grand slam title on the same court, Murray, earlier today, returned with an army of flag-waving fans to defeat the world number one 6-2 6-1 6-4, to claim the Olympic gold medal. The spectators chanted “Andy, Andy” as they... Read More

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Nigerians protest bitterly against Olympics and more…in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola Nigeria Is Growing THE Nigerian government would be very pleased to hear this piece of news. Attempts by various international agencies to convince Nigerians that contrary to their experience, the Nigerian economy is actually growing, has finally worked. After the latest report by Ernst & Young claimed that Nigeria was among... Read More

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Photo of the Day: Don’t bother looking for Ghana’s basketball team at the Olympics, they’re here

In the light of Nigeria’s loss to the US’s Dream Team at the London Olympics… Googled Ghana’s basketball team… they didn’t make the Olympics because of azonto practice. A reader sent this in.

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“Why is our coach using a slate?” – Check out the top ten tweets on the Nigeria-USA Olympic Basketball match

by Adeniyi Abdul The Nigerian National Basketball team D’Tigers faced off against the US team in a preliminary play in the ongoing Olympics and boy was it one to remember. The eventual scoreline was 156-73, giving the US the highest score for any team in Olympic history, but the entire game consisted mostly of the... Read More

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