Tag: Tokyo Olympics
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Tokyo Olympics: D’Tigress lose final group game to Japan
Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, on Monday failed to lift their game and consequently succumbed 102-83 to their Japanese counterparts in the basketball event of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. D’Tigress’ loss to Japan made it three losses from three Games they played in Group B of the women’s competition’s group stage, having lost earlier…
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Adegoke fails in men’s 100m final to compound Nigeria’s Tokyo Olympics woes
Enoch Adegoke on Sunday at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo failed to deliver when it mattered as he pulled up injured in the final of the men’s 100 metres. The 21-year-old Nigerian had delighted his compatriots by storming into the event’s final earlier in the day to raise hopes for the much-awaited medal after…
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Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan qualifies for women’s 100m hurdles semi-finals
Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan, has qualified for the semi-finals of the Women’s 100m Hurdles at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan. The 24-year-old advanced to the next round of the competition on Saturday morning after winning Round 1 (Heat 3), running from lane four. She crossed the finish line at 12.72s ahead of…
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Tokyo Olympics: Basketball fans express disappointment with France’s victory over D’Tigress
Some basketball fans have decried the poor performance of Nigeria’s senior national women’s team, D’Tigress, for losing to the French National team, 87-62, at the basketball event of the Tokyo Olympics. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, the sports fans described the match as a total whitewash of the D’tigress, expressing…
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Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria’s mixed relay team crash out but set new African record
Team Nigeria’s quartet of Imaobong Uko, Emmanuel Ojeli, Nathaniel Samson, and Patience Okon-George have set a new African record in the 4×400 mixed relay with a time of 3:13.60 seconds. The team finished fifth in their heat and missed out on qualifying for the semi-finals but they will definitely cherish the new feat they achieved.…
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Okagbare fails drug test, banned from Tokyo Olympics
One of Nigeria’s brightest chances of a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Blessing Okagbare, has been provisionally suspended from the competition. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the independent body created by the World Athletics that manages all integrity issues for the sport, announced the decision on Friday. According to the AIU, Okagbare tested positive for…
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Tokyo 2020: “Golden Slam” dream dashed as Djokovic loses to Zverev
An astonishing collapse ended Novak Djokovic’s bid for an unprecedented men’s “golden slam” as Germany’s Alexander Zverev reached the 2020 Olympic Games final 1-6 6-3 6-1 in Tokyo on Friday. The world number one Serbian looked in complete control as he took the opening set with ease. He broke for 3-2 in the fifth game…
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Photos: Disqualified Nigerian Athletes Protest In Tokyo
Nigerian track and field athletes staged a protest in Tokyo after 10 of them were disqualified from participating at the on-going Olympic Games. Twenty athletes, including 10 from Nigeria, were disqualified from participating in track and field at the Olympics because they did not meet anti-doping testing requirements in the lead-up to the Games. The…
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10 Nigerian athletes banned from ongoing Tokyo Olympics Games
Ten Nigerian athletes have been declared ineligible to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Wednesday. AIU, an independent body created by World Athletics to manages all integrity issues – both doping and non-doping, noted that eight athletes from other countries were also declared ineligible while two others…
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Second Judoka Withdraws From Tokyo Olympics After Refusing To Fight Israeli
Sudan’s Mohamed Abdalrasool has become the second judoka to withdraw from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after refusing to face Israel’s Tohar Butbul in the 73kg division. Olympic officials said Abdalrasool didn’t show up to face Butbul in their round of 32 bout on Monday despite weighing in for the bout earlier, as a form of…