Olympics

Timanovskaya: Olympics Committee revokes accreditation of two Belarusian coaches

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday said it has “cancelled and removed” the…

Canada’s Quinn to become first transgender Olympic medallist

Agency Report Canadian footballer Quinn will become the first openly transgender athlete to win…

Olympics: Nigerian’s fume as Enekwechi washes ‘only’ jersey ahead of shot put final

Nigerians on social media have fumed with the country's athletics federation after Nigeria’s shot…

Olympics: Nigeria’s canoeist Bello, wrestler Agiomor crash out in quarters

Nigerian canoeist, Ayomide Emmanuel Bello, has been eliminated in the quarter-finals of the women's…

Ese Brume wins Nigeria’s first medal at Tokyo Olympics

Ese Brume has won a bronze medal in the Women's long jump final to…

Olympics organisers record 17 new coronavirus cases

Olympics organisers on Monday disclosed that it has recorded 17 new coronavirus cases linked…

Olympics: Nigeria’s wrestler Blessing Oborududu breezes into semi final

Blessing Oborodudu breezed into the semi-final of the women’s wrestling event by defeating Meerim…

Olympics: Another blow for Nigeria as Amusan misses medal in women’s 100m hurdles

It was another miss for Team Nigeria on Monday at the ongoing 2020 Olympic…

Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins first post-Bolt Olympic 100m gold

Agency Report Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs claimed Olympic gold in the men's 100m on…

Childhood friends win historic Olympic badminton gold for Taiwan

Agency Report Taiwan's Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin were friends at school -- now…

Olympics: Basketball fans express disappointment D’Tigress’ defeat to France

Agency Report Some basketball fans have decried the poor performance of Nigeria’s senior national…

Tokyo Olympics: Organisers conduct 3,100 doping tests on athletes

  The International Testing Agency tweeted on Friday that it has conducted more than…

Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega wins men’s Olympic 10,000m gold

Agency Report Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega outsprinted Ugandan pre-race favourite Joshua Cheptegei to claim the…

Olympics: Nigeria’s D’Tigress suffer second defeat, lose 62-87 to France

Nigeria’s senior women's basketball team, D’Tigress, are facing elimination from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics…

Tokyo Olympics: Second seed Medvedev knocked out by Busta

Agency Report World number two Daniil Medvedev was knocked out of the men’s Olympic…