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On Wednesday, USA Gymnastics announced that Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles will return to competition in early August at the US Classic in Chicago, in what will be her first event since the Tokyo Games in 2021. Biles, 26,…

Britain's men's 4x100m relay team have been told to hand back their Tokyo 2020 Silver medals after Chijindu Ujah's doping violation, the British Olympic Association (BOA) said. Ujah and team mates Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and…

British athlete Chijindu Ujah has been stripped of his Olympic silver medal in the men's 4x100m relay in Tokyo last August after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld his anti-doping violation on Friday. Ujah has been…

Nigerian athletes, who won medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games, were rewarded as Mamador doled out the sum of N6.5million to them at a reception held in Lagos. Nigeria got two medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games, a…

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Caretaker Committee Chairman, Ahmadu Musa Kida, has expressed  appreciation to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare for the supportive role he played during the Tokyo Olympics …

Team Nigeria have finished in the 33rd position on the medals table at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and 4th in Africa with a total number of ten medals won which include four gold, a silver and five bronze. Team Nigeria were the 4th…

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, and the Special Assistant on Sports to President Buhari, Daniel Amokachi led a rousing welcome for the first batch of Team Nigeria's Paralympians who returned home from Tokyo,…

The Minster of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has applauded Nigeria's contingent to the ongoing Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. The Minister described them as heroes and heroines of sports in Nigeria, referring to them as…

Nigeria increased her medal haul at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Japan, as Folashade Oluwafemiayo won Gold in the Women's -86kg event, breaking the World and Paralympics Record on Monday. Oluwafemiayo won Team Nigeria's…