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Two Guinean Olympians did not return home with delegation

Freedom Reporter — Sat, 27 Aug 2016 22:32:59 +0000

The head of Guinea’s Olympic delegation says two athletes did not return to the West African nation after competing at the Rio Olympics. Atef Chaloub said Saturday that swimmer Amadou Camara disappeared 48 hours before the team’s scheduled departure. He said Mamadama Bangoura, who competed in judo, also did not return to Guinea, having disappeared […]

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Lilesa fails to return to Ethiopia from Rio after Oromo protest

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:26:32 +0000

Ethiopian athlete, Feyisa Lilesa, has failed to return to his home country after making an anti-government demonstration following his silver medal in the Rio 2016 Olympics. Lilesa finished second in the men’s marathon in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday and, as he was passing the finish line, crossed his wrists above his head. The gesture […]

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Russia banned from Rio Paralympics 2016 after losing appeal

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:23:41 +0000

Russia will not compete at next month’s Paralympic Games in Rio after losing an appeal against a ban imposed for state-sponsored doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), in a statement on Tuesday, said it has upheld the ban by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on all Russian competitors. The IPC made the decision […]

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Rio football: We are disappointed, we do not deserve to be in finals, say Siasia, Obi

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:33:10 +0000

Head Coach of Dream Team VI, Samson Siasia, has admitted that the National team did not deserve to play in the finals of the ongoing Rio de Janeiro Olympic soccer games. “I am disappointed; Even though we had glaring chances, we couldn’t score; we failed to utilise them. The German team did better. It […]

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No medal for 10,500 athletes in Rio

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 21:28:39 +0000

There are 11,551 athletes competing at these Olympics, all striving for that elusive gold, silver or bronze medal. While Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles have won multiple gold medals, around 10,500 of the athletes will go home without a single medal of any colour. After years and years of training and sacrifice, […]

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Rio football: Nigeria 0 – 2 Germany

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 21:09:29 +0000

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Rio: Egyptian judoka refuses to shake Israeli opponent’s hand

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 19:07:36 +0000

Egyptian judo fighter, Islam El Shehaby, was loudly booed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after his first-round loss to Israel’s fifth-ranked, Or Sasson, when El Shehaby refused to shake Sasson’s hand, in a major breach of judo etiquette. Sasson defeated El Shehaby with two throws for an automatic victory, with about a minute […]

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Soldier assigned to Olympic security shot after wrong turn into favela

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 20:48:50 +0000

A soldier belonging to Brazil’s elite National Force who was assigned to security duty for the Rio Olympic Games was shot in the head on Thursday, after taking a wrong turn and getting lost in a slum known for being controlled by drug gangs. The soldier – who is said to be recovering after […]

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Quadri defeated by world number 1 in Table Tennis quarter finals; Dalung congratulates Ukogu

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:25:53 +0000

Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has reached the end of his road in table tennis games at the 2016 Rio Olympics after being defeated by the world number one player, Ma Long, from China. The 28-year old Quadri, who had defeated German table tennis star, Timo Boll 4-2 in a qualifying match for the quarter-finals was beaten […]

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Russian Table Tennis players cleared to play at Rio

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 22:12:37 +0000

Alexander Shibaev and his Russian teammates will be playing at Rio 2016. After careful review of the criteria set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 24 July 2016 following the release of the McLaren report, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has determined that the three Russian athletes qualified for the Rio 2016 […]

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Rio Games: Putin meets depleted Russian team

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 23:26:05 +0000

President Vladimir Putin will give a personal send-off on Wednesday to a diminished Russian Olympic team who travel to the Rio Games. This is even as global sports bodies mull over the eligibility of Russian competitors. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had thrown Russia a lifeline on Sunday by ignoring calls for the national […]

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Olympic air tickets for athletes ready, says Dalung

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 21:02:02 +0000

The Ministry of Youth and Sports is to send air tickets for the Rio Olympics to athletes by midweek. Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, said this during a meeting with the President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria AFN and staff of the Federation of Elite Athletes Department FEAD in Abuja today. The […]

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Eight Russian athletes to miss Rio under IOC rule

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:13:37 +0000

At least eight Russian athletes are set to miss next month’s games in Rio de Janeiro under new IOC rules prohibiting former dopers from competing, Russia’s top Olympic official said. Alexander Zhukov had said earlier that only eight athletes would be affected, but acknowledged after a meeting of his Russian Olympic Committee that the […]

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Dalung denies asking athletes to buy air tickets to Rio

Freedom Reporter — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 13:30:29 +0000

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development says it did not direct foreign-based athletes going to the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil to buy their air tickets. Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, made the clarification on Saturday in Lagos in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Nneka Anibeze. The statement […]

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IOC delays decision on banning Russia from Rio Olympics

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:07:17 +0000

Russia’s participation in the Rio Olympics remained doubtful on Tuesday after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it would “explore legal options’’ for banning the country from the Games. The decision was taken at an emergency IOC Executive Board meeting in Switzerland. This was a day after an independent report detailed a systematic and […]

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