Olympics: Team Nigeria Falls To Japan In Badminton Event
The Nigerian duo of Godwin Olofua and Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori competed in the Group play stage of the Men’s Doubles badminton event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, losing 2-0 (21-2, 21-7) to Japan’s Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe.
Team Nigeria’s Olofua and Opeyori will have the opportunity to stage a comeback when they meet Denmark in their next match tomorrow.
Denmark won their first game against the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and will be hoping to continue their winning run against the Nigerian side.
The hosts currently occupy the first position with the Danes in the second position, while the ROC and Team Nigeria are in third and fourth positions respectively.
The first and second-placed teams that will gain qualification into the quarterfinal stage of the badminton event.
Chidi Nwoke/The Guardian.
