NOC To Inaugurate Nine Commissions In Lagos
The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has announced that it will formally inaugurate all nine Commissions that have been set up to ensure optimal running of the NOC on Wednesday, 29 January at the NOC building in...
Tokyo Olympics To Gulp $12.6 Billion
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are expected to cost some 1.35 trillion yen ($12.6 billion), organisers said Friday, unveiling a final budget showing increased revenue balancing out extra costs including countermeasures against heat.
Coronavirus: No Case To Cancel Or Move Tokyo 2020 WHO Tells IOC
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is set to hold as scheduled despite the outbreak of the coronavirus which has already forced neighbouring China to postpone several sports events.
Japan has been one of several countries hit by the virus which originated...
Olympics: Breakdancing, Three Other Sports Approved For Paris 2024
Breakdancing, surfing, skateboarding and sports climbing have all been ratified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said.
The Paris 2024 organising committee had last year proposed the...
Aruna Quadri Makes Seeding List At Tokyo Olympics
Team Nigeria captain Quadri Aruna has been listed among the top 15 seeded players in the men’s singles of table tennis event at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games which kicks on Friday July 23 in Japan.
Tokyo 2020: D’Tigress, D’Tigers Get Fixture Lists
Nigeria's women's national basketball team D’Tigress will open their 2020 Tokyo Olympics Group B campaign against the USA on Tuesday, 27 July according to the official fixture list released by the Federation of International Basketball Associations...
Tokyo 2020: D’Tigers, D’Tigress Reveal Final Rosters
Nigeria's basketball contingent to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been finalised with the men's and women's basketball national teams revealing their final 12-person rosters on Monday.
Following a four-week camping exercise in Sacramento and...
Tokyo Olympics: Survey Reveals 70% Of Japanese Want Games Cancelled or Postponed
A Kyodo News poll on Monday revealed that more than 70% of people in Japan want the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled or delayed as the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic.
Tokyo 2020: ITTF Inducts Olufunke Oshonaike Into ‘Club 7’
Former African champion Olufunke Oshonaike has been inducted by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) into the exclusive club of seven time Olympian known as the 'Club 7'.
Oshonaike who is the first table...
Laurel Hubbard: Weightlifter Set To Be First Transgender Olympian
New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is set to become the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympics after qualifying for the rescheduled Tokyo Games due to a rule change, Inside the Games website reported on Wednesday.
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