Tokyo 2020

Tributes, empty stands as Tokyo 2020 ends

By Tana Aiyejina US tops medal tally with 39 gold medals Team Nigeria finish…

Tokyo Olympics records 26 new COVID-19 infections

On the final day of the Tokyo Games, Olympics organisers say they have recorded…

Paris mayor receives Olympic flag for 2024 Games

The Olympic flag was passed to Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo for the 2024 Games…

Olympics: China’s Shiying claims gold in women’s javelin

Chinese athlete, Liu Shiying, has won the gold medal in the women's javelin throw…

Olympics: Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai wins women’s 3000m steeplechase gold

Uganda's Peruth Chemutai has won the women's Olympic 3000m steeplechase gold medal on Wednesday…

Tokyo 2020: Oyedepo may become first Nigerian clergyman to wear Olympic medal

Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church is set to become the first…

Divine Oduduru fails to make Men’s 200m final

Nigeria's Divine Oduduru failed to make the final of the Men's 200m athletics event…

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: Nigeria’s Nwokocha enters to women’s 200m semi-finals

Agency Report Team Nigeria’s Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha on Monday in Tokyo at the ongoing…

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…

Olympics: Blow for Nigeria as Adegoke suffers injury in 100m final

Enoch Olaoluwa Adegoke suffered an injury in the Men's 100m final, dashing Nigeria's hopes…

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: Poland wins gold in 4 x 400m mixed relay

Poland has clinched the gold medal after besting the United States and the Dominican…

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…