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The 2016 Rio Olympics is about winding up with just two days left for the event which comes up once in four years. The games just like London 2012 has not been a good outing for Nigeria. With no medal won yet, Team…
Sports minister, Solomon Dalung has sent two players and three officials of the national U-23 team back to Nigeria from the ongoing 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. Two players of the national U-23 team and three…
Jamaican athlete, Usain Bolt has gone ahead to retain his world record as the fastest man at the ongoing RIO Olympics. American sprinter Justin Gatlin won silver with 9.89 seconds while Canada’s De Grasse won bronze…
Former Super Eagles player and coach, Sunday Oliseh who is currently in Brazil met with tennis star Venus Williams. According to Oliseh, Venus Williams is a lovely human being to meet.
A benefactor has promised a bonus of $30,000 to each Nigerian player should they win gold at the Rio 2016 men’s Olympic football tournament in Brazil. Celebrated Japanese plastic surgeon Katsuya Takasu announced his…
The women’s world 100m record has stood for an incredible 28 years. And, to be honest, the pretenders have hardly made an indent. As the cream of the current sprint generation line up for their shot an Olympic gold in…
Although the ancient Olympic Games were staged in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BC through 393 AD, it took 1,503 years for the Olympics to return. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. As the Rio…
Some Nigerian lawmakers have stormed Brazil, the host country of the ongoing Rio Olympics 2016. Led by the Sports minster, Barrister Solomon Dalung, they arrived Sao Paulo, Brazil yesterday in a quick visit to The Dream…
At least three Nigerian athletes in the ongoing Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games created records of sorts that will be cherished in a longtime to come. The trio with records are two table tennis stars, Segun Toriola and…
Even Aruna Quadri might not have seen this coming as the Nigerian Table Tennis player caused a huge upset, completely outclassing 5th seeded player Chih-Yuan Chuang with a shocking 4-0 win in the men’s Singles event at…
