Long Jump queen Ese Brume won Nigeria's first medal in Athletics at an Olympics in 13 years as she took bronze in the women's Long Jump in Tokyo on Tuesday. Brume leapt 6.97m to...

Roger Federer confirmed his participation in next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo and said on Monday that he had listened to his heart before making the decision. The Swiss 38-year-old competed in...

Super Falcons’ captain, Asisat Oshoala, has identified inexperience as the reason for Nigeria’s inability to qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Nigeria’s women national team under Thomas Dennerby’s replacement Christopher Danjuma lost the qualification ticket...

Professional boxers under the umbrella of the World Boxing Council (WBC) who compete at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo will be given two-year bans WBC President Mauricio Sulaimán has warned. Speaking...

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...

The Sports Ministry has announced plans for a national camp for athletes and officials in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games. Mr John Joshua-Akanji, Special Adviser (Media) to Sports...

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.

Organisers say the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will still hold as scheduled amid uncertainty over the fate of the multi-event tournament as the Japenese government called for major events in coming weeks to be postponed, cancelled or scaled back over...

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...

The Tokyo Olympic Games will hold from 23 July 2021 to 8 August after being postponed for a year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The new date was announced by the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) executive board following...