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Belarus athlete enters Poland’s embassy in Tokyo after refusing to return home

Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya walked into a Polish embassy on Monday, a day after…

Belarus athlete almost abducted in Tokyo, opposition alleges

The Belarusian authorities tried to kidnap athlete, Kristina Timanovskaya, says a member of the…

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

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

Team Nigeria protests disqualification of 10 athletes from Tokyo Olympics

The Nigerian contingent to the Olympics has taken to the streets of Tokyo to…

Olympics: Team Nigeria’s Edem crashes out of table tennis women’s singles

 One of Team Nigeria's medal hopeful, Offiong Edem, on Monday bowed out of the…

Naomi Osaka lights Olympics cauldron at Tokyo opening ceremony

The much-awaited ceremony of Tokyo Olympics was opened on Friday, a year behind schedule,…

Olympic: Oshonaike, Omotayo begin quest for first table tennis medal

 Team Nigeria will begin their quest for a first-ever medal in the Olympic Games’…

Australian showjumper suspended from Olympics after testing positive for cocaine

Equestrian Australia on Wednesday said it has provisionally suspended showjumper, Jamie Kermond, from the…

Ugandan weightlifter goes missing from Olympic training camp

Ugandan officials in Izumisano City on Friday announced that a member of their team,…

Muted reception as 2020 Olympics torch relay reaches Tokyo

The 2020 Olympics torch relay reached Tokyo on Friday to a muted reception. A…

Olympics 2020: Tokyo records highest coronavirus infections in two months

Less than three weeks to the start of the Olympic Games, Tokyo has recorded…

Tokyo Olympics: Quadri, Ejike to captain Team Nigeria

The Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports on Friday announced that Table tennis sensation…

Tokyo wants COVID-19 state of emergency extended  

Gov. Yuriko Koike announced on Thursday that Tokyo needs to extend the current state…

2021 Oregon Relays: Okagbare wins USATF Grand Prix women’s 100m

Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria comfortably wins the USATF Grand Prix women's 100m in 10.97secs…

Olympics-Games will go ahead regardless of pandemic situation: Tokyo 2020 president Olympics

Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori, in a statement on Tuesday said that Japan would…