Nigeria: Shameful Tokyo 2020 Olympics performance
By Tony Eluemunor When a country is failing, falling and is tethering on the edge of the precipice, everything crashes. The result of this all-embracing spoliation and ruination is seen all around, yes, in every facet of the life of that country. This all-encompassing rot in everything Nigeriana is actively on display right now in […]
Oduduru: I won’t be at Tokyo 2020 as ‘passenger’
Top Nigerian sprinter, Divine Odudru said he was putting up the best of preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games, despite the shift to next year following the Covid 19 pandemic.
Nigerian athletes get Tokyo 2021 lifeline
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has cleared the cloud of uncertainty that had gathered over the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games qualifiers involving Nigerian athletes. The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics by a year as a result of the spread of COVID-19 scourge had cast a shadow of doubt over most of the qualifiers that were […]
Cancellation of Olympic Games ‘not on agenda’, postponement possible ―IOC
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach on Sunday said the 2020 Tokyo Olympics would not be cancelled but that a postponement was an option as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. “The IOC executive board emphasised that a cancellation of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 would not solve any of the problems or […]
Tokyo 2020: Japan under pressure to postpone Olympics Games
Pressure is being mounted on Japanese Olympic Commitee chiefs to consider a postponement of the 2020 Olympics following escalating cases of the coronavirus. The flu-like virus, which originated in China last year, has infected over 274,000 people globally and caused more than 11,000 deaths. It has also brought the sporting world to a standstill. The […]
USA Swimming calls for Tokyo 2020 postponement
USA Swimming has urged the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee to back the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games amid the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief executive Sarah Hirshland, posted on USA Swimming’s Twitter feed on Friday, swimming federation chief executive Tim Hinchey […]
