Tag: olympics

 Daniel Igali, the president of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, has expressed optimism of securing one additional ticket for the 2024 ...

The Minister of Sports Development, Sen.John Owan Enoh has urged Federations   on  podium finish  in the upcoming African Games, Olympics ...

Seven countries including first-time bidders Turkey have declared their official interest in hosting the 2026 Winter Games, the International Olympic ...

Sir Durward Knowles, who had been the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medalist in Sailing, has died at the age ...

Dutch speed skaters got their campaign off to a blistering start with a clean sweep of the medals in the ...

Organisers of Paris’ 2024 Olympics bid are cheering the election victory of Emmanuel Macron, optimistic that his youthful appeal and ...

Los Angeles and Paris on Tuesday presented their candidacies for the 2024 Olympics to international sports federations amid confusion over ...

Tokyo 2020 organisers unveiled on Wednesday a budget of $16.8 billion (about N6.72 trillion) for hosting the next Summer Games. ...

Brazilian president Michel Temer was booed as the 2016 Paralympic Games opened in Rio de Janeiro to a backdrop of ...

The Paralympic Committee of Nigeria, in conjunction with the federal Ministry of Sports, has named 23 athletes and six coaches ...

The head of Guinea's Olympic delegation says two athletes did not return to the West African nation after competing at ...

British Olympians displaying their medals on arrival at the Heathrow Airport, London

The Olympic flag arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday as Japan's capital gears up to host the 2020 Games, with officials ...

  Brazil won its first Olympic gold medal in men's soccer on Saturday when it defeated Germany 6-5 in a ...

  Nigeria, the 1996 Olympic football champions, are now the first African country to complete an Olympic medal sweep having ...

  More than 41,000 tickets have been sold for the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games, spokesman for the ...

  The U.S. protest in the men's 4x100 meter relay has been rejected, and Canada will keep the bronze medal. ...

  There are 11,551 athletes competing at these Olympics, all striving for that elusive gold, silver or bronze medal. While ...

  Egyptian judo fighter, Islam El Shehaby, was loudly booed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after his first-round loss ...