Tag: rio olympics

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 14, 2016

#RioOlympics: Nigeria’s men basketball team tastes first victory, defeats Croatia 90 – 76

Nigeria’s men basketball team D’Tigers got their first victory in Rio as they outclassed Croatia 90-76. Croatia started the game ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 13, 2016

#RioOlympics: Nigeria qualifies for semi-final

Nigeria’s football team have qualified for the semi final of the Rio 2016 football event. The Under-23 national team defeated ...

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AzeezAugust 13, 2016

#RioOlympics2016: Dream Team gets allowances, Etebo to miss Denmark game

Nigeria Olympic team have reportedly received their camp allowances for 22 days after threatening to boycott their quarter-final game against ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 13, 2016

#RioOlympics: Ethiopia wins Africa’s first gold

The United States of America has remained top on the Olympics medal table for the 7th day in a row. ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 12, 2016

#Rio Olympics: Dogara appeals to U-23 team not to boycott quarter final

The speaker of The House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has sent an appeal to the national U23 team not to ...

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AzeezAugust 12, 2016

#RioOlympics2016: We are not street kids | U-23 team threatens to boycott quarter-final game

Nigeria U-23 team have threatened to boycott the Rio Olympics quarterfinal game against Denmark and have already skipped training in ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 12, 2016

#RioOlympics: USA remains top as Phelps wins 22nd Olympics gold

The United States of America maintained top spot on the medal standings. The USA has a total of 38 medals, ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 12, 2016

#RioOlympics: Spain defeats Nigeria 96 – 87

Spain defeated Nigeria’s basketball team, D’Tigers 96-87 to win their first game in the Rio 2016 Olympics. The World number two ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 11, 2016

#RioOlympics: U.S. leads medal table again, as Brazil qualifies for men’s football quarter-final

The United States of America have toppled China from the medals table. The USA achieved the feat by winning gold in the ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 11, 2016

#RioOlympics: Colombia beats Nigeria 2 – 0

Nigeria’s U-23 team suffered their first defeat in the Olympics as they lost 2-0 to Colombia at the Arena dos ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 10, 2016

#RioOlympics: Lithuania defeats Nigeria 89 – 80

Lithuania secured a nine-point victory over Nigeria’s D’Tigers this morning in the men’s basketball event. However, the world’s third best ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 10, 2016

#RioOlympics: Nigeria’s Quadri defeated by China’s Long in table tennis

Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has been knocked out of the table tennis event in Rio. Quadri, who made history as the ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 9, 2016

#RioOlympics: Nigeria’s first ever rower reaches semis

Nigerian rower, Chierika Ukogu, has qualified for the semi-final of the rowing event in Rio. Ukogu, Nigeria’s first ever rower ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 8, 2016

#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 ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 8, 2016

This is why Pele will not be in Nigeria on Thursday as planned

Football legend Pele was expected to touch down in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday for a two-day event but the event ...

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AzeezAugust 6, 2016

#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 ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 5, 2016

Dream Team’s victory was sweet – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his delight over the victory by the U-23 football over their opponents Japan. According to ...

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AzeezAugust 4, 2016

See full schedule of Team Nigeria’s activities at Rio Olympics

A full schedule of activities Team Nigeria will be involved in has been released, just hours to the kick-off of ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 4, 2016

Olympics: Nigeria’s U-23 team finally arrive Brazil (PHOTOS)

Nigeria’s football team to the Rio 2016 Olympics have finally arrived in Manaus, venue of their Group B match against ...

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AzeezJuly 27, 2016

Rio Olympics: Union Bank donates N30m to Team Nigeria

The Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has donated N30 million to the Nigeria Olympic Committee. The bank said the donation ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaJuly 27, 2016

Tennis: Federer to miss Rio Olympics, rest of 2016 season

Swiss tennis star Roger Federer on Tuesday announced that he will not feature in any tournament for the remainder of ...

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Oreoluwa PetersJune 24, 2016

Siasia releases 35-man provisional list for the Rio Olympics

Samson Siasia, head coach of the U-23 team has released the 35-man provisional list for this year’s Rio Olympics. He ...

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