Olympics

Paris 2024 CEO Etienne Thobois praised Tokyo on Friday for its "remarkable" ability to pull off the Olympics amid the COVID-19 pandemic and said Paris was ready to take the baton as it prepares to stage the Games in three years' time.…

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has constituted a committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding 10 athletes of Team Nigeria becoming ineligible to contest at the just-concluded Tokyo 2020 Olympics in…

British sprinter CJ Ujah said he is "not a cheat" after a positive drugs test that could see his country stripped of their Olympic silver medal won in the 4x100m relay event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The 27-year-old ran the first…

Nigerian Olympian Odunayo Adekuoroye is grateful to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, for the role he played as a father figure before, during and after the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Adekuoroye stated she is…

Former Minister of Sports Saidu Samaila Sambawa has commended Sunday Dare's capacity as Minister for his role during the Tokyo Olympics, saying the Federal Government has found the most capable individual with the capacity to curb youth…

Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who was removed from the Tokyo Olympics by the Belarusian team after she criticised her coaches, is auctioning a medal from the 2019 European Games to support athletes who say they have been targeted by…

Tokyo Olympics organisers reported on Monday 28 new Games-related COVID-19 cases, bringing the total since July 1 to 458 cases. Japan concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Sunday, while the Paralympics are slated to start on August 24.…

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have come and gone and 339 medals were handed out across 33 sports with Team Nigeria placed in 74th on the medals table, while Team USA were the big winners as they finished with the most medals in Japan. The…

About 30 kilometres into the men's marathon event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan on Sunday, Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge pulled away from the pack, winning the race in time of 2:08:38. He now holds two of the top five fastest times ever…

Nigeria's contingent to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games returned to a rousing reception at the Nnamdi Azikwe international Airport Abuja with the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, assuring of early preparations for the…