Some of the stars Nigerians adore every week on television are here as lesser stars. They have heroes that they also adore. What a great leveler the Olympic Games are.

Dr Daniel Igali knows a potential medalist when he sees one. For a man who won gold in the Olympics, the Nigerian is in a better position to say which wrestler is as good as a medalist. And he said yesterday that 2016 Olympics would be better for Nigerian Wrestlers than London 2012.

Nine track athletes were suspended ahead of the London Olympics for doping, including three who were caught in retests of samples from last year’s world championships, the IAAF said Wednesday.

The danger of one inadvertent twitch ruining the greatest day of a sprinter’s life has been removed after athletics’ governing body softened the rules on false starts ahead of the London Olympics.

Gina Gershon is not a Nigerian but many Nigerians will agree with her easily on her famous quote on feeding. Time was when the beauty of women was synonymous with their expertise in the kitchen. That’s when women taste the love of their husbands with the volume of food they consume.

Gareth Bale risks being banned for playing for Tottenham while the Olympics are in progress — but only if England’s Football Association submits a formal complaint, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Wednesday.

Two decades after Michael Jordan led the first US NBA Dream Team to Barcelona Olympic gold by amazing margins, Kobe Bryant says this year’s London Olympic US NBA squad could beat that legendary lineup.

Great Britain’s women footballers kicked off 19 days of London Olympics sport on Wednesday, 130 miles away from the host city and two days before the opening ceremony.

Nigeria’s Afro King Sunny Ade and other top Nigerian artists heralded Nigeria’s participation in the London Olympics at a sports and cultural expo to mark the beginning of the games.

Nigerian basketball player, Chamberlain “Champ” Oguchi said he and his teammates are not in London 2012 to make up the numbers.

Team Nigeria athletes competing intomorrow’s opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will wear traditional clothing in an unprecedented act of solidarity with other competing nation’s athletes who will also be wearing traditional dress.

Britain drafted in another 1,200 troops Tuesday to perform security duties at the London Olympics in the continuing fallout from the failure of a private security firm to provide enough guards.

Social media was buzzing Tuesday with leaks from a rehearsal of the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, despite director Danny Boyle’s plea for spectators to “save the surprise”.

Nigeria sprinter Blessing Okagbare believes she can upset the pecking order at the Olympics and outshine her 100 metre rivals from Jamaica and the United States.