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Paris 2024: Eight Nigerian athletes get IOC scholarships

Nigeria can win 20 Olympics gold medals — Ojez

Rot in Nigeria Sports: Why Dalung dared Dare

Tokyo Olympics Debacle: Sports Minister, shouldn’t be blamed, says Oboh, ex-boxing champ

Tokyo Olympics: Team Nigeria bleeds as Adekuoroye loses







Tokyo Olympics: Team Nigeria Japan camp opens July 3


Adegoke sets world-leading time at AFN All Comers

Olympics: A third of Japanese want Tokyo Games cancelled

Delayed Tokyo Olympics to cost additional $1.9bn — Report

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Tokyo Governor wants Olympics to go ahead as symbol of overcoming COVID-19
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, often floated as a future Japanese premier, said on Monday the Olympics must go ahead next year as a symbol of world unity in overcoming the novel coronavirus, even as her city grapples with stubborn spikes in cases.

Edo Pride celebrates first African male bobsled team
The Edo Pride has commended the first African male bobsleigh team that will represent Nigeria in next year’s Olympics games and the Winter Olympics. The record-breaking team, which participated in the European Cup, comprise of Osazee Ulamen, Aaron Omere and Elias Omere, had vowed to make their home country, Nigeria, proud in the Olympics in […]

Postponed Olympics ‘to kickstart’ Japan economy: IOC
Postponing the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will provide a welcome boost to the coronavirus-hit Japanese economy next year, a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official claimed on Thursday. With tens of thousands dying around the world from the coronavirus, the IOC and Japan last month took the historic decision to delay the Olympics by one year, […]

Age concern: Six stars for whom Olympics in 2021 may come too late
With the 2020 Olympics postponed until 2021, there are fears the delay will shatter the gold medal hopes of many ageing athletes. AFP Sport looks at six evergreen stars for whom a delayed Tokyo Games might be a step too far. ROGER FEDERER – The 20-time Grand Slam champion, who will be 40 in August […]

What could an Olympics postponement cost Japan?
The historic decision to postpone this year’s Olympic Games over the coronavirus pandemic is likely to pile on the pain for Japan’s economy, already expected to be roiled by the global virus outbreak, economists say. What has the Games cost Japan? At the end of 2019, organisers estimated the total cost of the Games at […]

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