The Nigeria captain in the Rio Olympic 2016 Mikel Obi has said the national men’s football team are determined to meet the high expectations of Nigerians. according to correspondence, Chelsea midfielder said the team’s 2-0 defeat by Colombia on Wednesday should not be used to judge the team. Teofilo Gutierrez scored the first goal for Colombia in the […]
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A Kenyan athletics coach has been sent home from Rio after allegedly posing as an athlete and giving a urine sample. Kenya said sprint coach John Anzrah “presented himself as an athlete” and “even signed the documents” for the doping test. “We cannot tolerate such behaviour,” said Kip Keino, chairman of the National Olympic Committee […]
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Samson Siasia, the Dream Team VI coach, has admitted that some five major changes to his original team line up, failed to stop the Colombians from running away with a 0-2 defeat to his team. He spoke at a news conference after the Group B match, played at the Corinthians Arena Stadium, Sao Paulo. Siasia said […]
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Nigeria’s Dream Team VI still topped Group B of the Rio 2016 Olympics men’s football event in Sao Paulo in spite of a 2-0 loss to Colombia on Wednesday. Nigeria thus advanced to Saturday’s quarter-finals after six points from three matches, having scored six goals and conceded six, with Colombia picking the runners-up spot with […]
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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 Aruna Quadri as well as Rower, Chierika Ukogu . The 41 year-old Toriola had his 7th appearance […]
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Serena Williams’ hopes of a fifth Olympic gold medal were crushed by Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina on Tuesday as the battle for the women’s title in Rio was blown wide open. In a report by AFP, top seed and defending champion Williams was clearly struggling with a right shoulder injury as she was stunned 6-4, 6-3 […]
Read More Social networking sites Facebook and Twitter and internet search giant Google have rolled out special features and emojis to let people add some Olympic spirit to their digital communications. “Twitter is the place where all the live action is at present,” Aneesh Madani, head of sports partnerships at Twitter India told ET. “With over 1,700 […]
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Nigeria U-23 team’s Head Coach, Samson Siasia has described the performance of his players that saw them beating Japan 5-4 in their opening game of the football event of the Rio Olympics barely five hours after arriving Manaus as a miracle. Siasia said this during the post match press conference at the Amazonia Stadium, Manaus. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged members of Team Nigeria participating in the ongoing 2016 Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, to win and return with laurels at the end of the event. He expressed optimism that the country’s team will put up an impressive showing to delight fellow countrymen. According to correspondent, the Senior Special […]
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