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Tokyo Olympics: FG To Begin Camping For Athletes

Muhyideen Jimoh Nov 19, 2020 0

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development is set to commence national camping for athletes and officials in preparation for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games. SEE ALSO: Only one issue left to end ASUU strike - FG Mr…

Sports

Japan To Use Cyberattack Counter Measures To Protect Tokyo Olympic Games

Olawale Alabi Oct 20, 2020 0

Japan said on Tuesday it would take counter-measures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics were not derailed by cyberattacks. SEE ALSO: Maximum Caution Encouraged As Super Typhoon Approaches Southwest Japan Britain and the U.S. had accused…

Sports

Kenyan long distance runner banned for fleeing from anti-doping Officials

Aderonke Ojo Sep 24, 2020 0

Kenyan long-distance runner Patrick Siele has been banned for three-and-a-half years for fleeing from anti-doping officials who were trying to collect a sample, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Thursday. SEE ALSO: Fernando Alonso…

Sports

Tokyo Olympics Must Be Held At ‘Any Cost’- Japanese Minister

victor okoye Sep 8, 2020 0

The rearranged Tokyo Games must be held “at any cost” in 2021, Japan’s Olympic Minister, Seiko Hashimoto said on Tuesday. SEE ALSO: China protests U.S. ‘bullying’ of Huawei Speaking at a news conference, Hashimoto said the Games should be…

Foreign

Japan Eyeing Olympics, Lines Up Half-Billion Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine

victor okoye Aug 28, 2020 0

Japan is making an aggressive move to grab enough coronavirus vaccine to inoculate its population four times over.SEE ALSO: Sterling Inspires Man City To A 4 - 1 Victory Over Watford It is a push the government hopes will instil…

Sports

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Games At Risk If COVID-19 Mutates- Japanese Official

Olawale Alabi Jul 15, 2020 0

The Tokyo Olympics may have to be postponed again if the novel coronavirus mutates into a stronger pathogen, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a prominent Japanese government adviser, said on Wednesday. SEE ALSO: Madagascar's President Reveals Two…

Sports

Athletics: Mo Farah Targets One-Hour World Record In Brussels

Olawale Alabi Jun 25, 2020 0

Four-times Olympic champion, Mo Farah, says he is targeting the one-hour world record at the AG Memorial Van Damme meet in Brussels on Sept. 4. SEE ALSO: Victory for May Over Brexit as Cabinet in Full Support of Brexit Plan He is…

Sports

2020 Tokyo Olympics Will Be Simplified- Official

Olawale Alabi Jun 11, 2020 0

Tokyo 2020 Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Toshiro Muto, on Wednesday says the rearranged Olympics will “not be done with grand splendour”, but will be simplified.SEE ALSO: Intervention Funds: LCCI Seeks Inclusion of Informal Sector The…

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Tokyo Games Could Be ‘Greatest Ever’, Says Coates

Emmanuel Okara May 9, 2020 0

Senior international Olympics official John Coates said on Saturday the delayed Tokyo Olympics could end up being the greatest Games ever, coming next year as the world emerges from COVID-19 crisis. SEE ALSO: Vietnam Rejects Chinese…

Sports

Postponed Olympics will be cancelled if pandemic doesn’t end: Games Chief

Adebusola Oyerinde Apr 28, 2020 0

Next year’s Tokyo Games will have to be cancelled if the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t brought under control. The President of the organising committee warned, on any further delays. Due to the spread of the virus, the auspicious event that…

Sports

World Athletics suspends 2020 Olympics period till Dec. 1

Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus Apr 7, 2020 0

World Athletics has suspended the qualification period for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games from April 6 until November 30, 2020. SEE ALSO: Marvel remakes release calendar; ‘Mulan’ moves to late July According to a statement on the website of…

Sports

Tokyo organisers shift gears to prepare for 2021 Games

abiodun oluleye Mar 26, 2020 0

The Tokyo Olympic organising committee on Thursday set up a task force to start dealing with the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games. SEE ALSO: Trump orders 30-day Ban on Travel from Europe over Coronavirus The…

Sports

Trump backs Tokyo Olympics postponement, Abe’s office says

Fatima Sule Mar 25, 2020 0

U.S. President Donald Trump says he supports a one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic. SEE ALSO: COVID-19: Gov. Akeredolu Orders Closure of Markets, Malls The Japanese government said at a news…

Sports

Olympic Games postponed to 2021

muhyideen jimoh Mar 24, 2020 0

Japan and the Olympics movement decided on Tuesday to delay this year’s Tokyo Games into 2021 as the coronavirus crisis obliterated the world’s last major imminent sporting event. SEE ALSO: World Water Day: Osun Govt. Reiterates Commitment…

Sports

Japan says Tokyo Olympics may be postponed due to coronavirus

kayode adebiyi Mar 23, 2020 0

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said for the first time on Monday that the Tokyo Olympic Games may be postponed if the event cannot be held in its “complete form” due to the coronavirus pandemic. SEE ALSO: Italy’s Top Sports body calls…

Sports

South Sudan Olympic Athlete says he Plans to Take Home Message of Peace

Emmanuel Okara Feb 6, 2020 0

Abraham Majok, a South Sudanese 1,500m runner training in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics, aims to bring back two things to his war-torn country after the Games: an Olympic medal and a message on the importance of peace.Majok and three…

Sports

Tokyo 2020: Nigeria Karatekas may not qualify for Olympics — Zainab Seleh

Moses Omorogieva Feb 5, 2020 0

World Karate Federation (WKF) Judge/Referee, Zainab Saleh, said she was doubtful if Nigeria would have a representative at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games.She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that the Nigerian karatekas…

Sports

FIBA: President Buhari congratulates D’Tigers over Olympic qualification

Ismaila Chafe Sep 9, 2019 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined Nigerians and Basketball fans all over the world in celebrating D’Tigers for a successful outing at FIBA World Cup 2019, defeating China, 86-73, and securing a place for Olympics 2020. The president’s…

News

5 students to represent Nigeria at Global Robotics Olympics

Stellamaris Ashinze Jul 1, 2019 0

Five Nigerian students drawn from secondary schools across the country have been selected to represent Nigeria at the next First Global Robotics Olympics (GRO) in Dubai in October.Mrs Remi Willoughby, Chief Executive Officer, Roboglobal…

Sports

Olympics: Tokyo 2020 unveils robots to help wheelchair users, workers

Emmanuel Okara Mar 15, 2019 0

Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics organisers launched their ambitious Robot Project on Friday, unveiling two of the robots designed to assist supporters, workers and athletes at the Games.Toyota’s Human Support Robot (HSR)…

Sports

Samsung extends Olympics sponsorship to 2028 – IOC

Ijeoma Okigbo Dec 4, 2018 2

South Korea’s Samsung has extended its sponsorship contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by eight years.The technological giants will remain a top sponsor until the 2028 Los Angeles Games, the world governing body said…

Sports

Nigeria’s Women Bobsleigh Team Finish 20th

Ibukun Feb 21, 2018 0

The Nigerian women’s bobsleigh team finished 20th and with the wooden spoon on Wednesday but left with their pride intact after an emotional Olympic debut in the crackpot winter pursuit.The enthusiastic team of three finished 20th in…

World

Putin tells Russian Olympic athletes to ignore doping scandal

Abiodun Oluleye Feb 1, 2018 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday told his country’s athletes set to compete at the upcoming Winter Olympics that they should ignore the doping scandal and focus on winning.Putin suggested that sports have become mixed up…

Sports

Bolt eyes Olympic repeat to win gold Saturday

Uju Aug 4, 2017 1

Usain Bolt says he needs to produce a time similar to the one that earned him gold at the Rio 2016 Games, to win Saturday’s 100m final at the World Athletics Championships in London.The 30-year-old is competing in his seventh and final…

World

Olympics: Paris 2024 bid chiefs cheer Macron’s election win

Uju May 10, 2017

Organisers of Paris’ 2024 Olympics bid are cheering the election victory of Emmanuel Macron, optimistic that his youthful appeal and his internationalist outlook will be a boost to the French campaign.Paris is going head-to-head against…

Sports

2020 Olympics: Federation calls for early preparation

Uju Feb 7, 2017

Yahaya Mohammed, Vice-President, Nigeria Weightlifting Federation, has called on the Federal Government to release funds early, to ensure adequate preparation of athletes ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Mohammed told the News Agency of…

Sports

Usain Bolt Stripped of Olympic Gold Medal

Victoria Jan 26, 2017

Usain Bolt is no longer a triple-triple Olympic gold medalist. Bolt and the Jamaican team have been stripped of their 4×100-meter relay gold medal from the Beijing Games in 2008 because one runner, Nesta Carter, was found guilty of a doping…

Sports

Dalung says era of late preparation for Olympics gone

Owolabi Oluwasegun Dec 12, 2016

The hope for Nigeria to perform creditably at the Olympics and other quadrennial Games has been rekindled with the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, saying that the era of late preparation is over.Dalung, said this when he…

Metro

Govt. Official Arrested With Hundreds Of Stolen Olympic Kits

Owolabi Oluwasegun Nov 22, 2016

A government official has been arrested in connection with the theft of sports kits from the Olympic teams in Rio.According to sources, the Kenyan police recovered hundreds of the stolen kits from the home of the vice-chairperson of…

Metro

Nigerian Sprinter, Divine Oduduru Gets US University Scholarship

Owolabi Oluwasegun Nov 16, 2016

Divine Oduduru, Nigeria's sprinter at the Olympics has reportedly earned a place in the Texas Tech University, TTU on scholarship.The Nigerian athlete who was made famous not only for his athletic prowess but his "I never espererrit!"…

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