Tokyo Olympics

Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare, may have lost her battle to upturn the 4-year ban placed on her by World Athletics (WA) after failing an out-of-competition test as the result of her B Sample test came out with the same positive outcome…

Ese Brume won Nigeria’s first medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. The world championship bronze medalist became the first athlete to claim an Olympic medal for Nigeria in 13 years. Brume with her best leap of 6.97m settled…

Athletes will be tested every day during the Tokyo Olympic Games, organisers announced in Tokyo on Wednesday. READ ALSO: Tokyo Olympics: WHO ‘Urges Caution’ against COVID-19 Spread The announcement came after a “five-party…

Enoch Adegoke stormed to a new Personal Best (PB) of 10.00s (+1.2) to win the men’s 100m at the 2021 Nigerian Olympic Trials and Invitational Relays at the Sports Complex of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), thereby qualifying for the…

Blessing Okagbare says she is ready to roll in Tokyo at the Olympics. And Nigerians believe her on the strength of her historic race at the Athletics Federation of Nigeria Olympic Trials at the Sports Complex of Yaba College of Technology…

The African Athletics Championships have been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) said in a major blow to those hoping to use the event to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. The event was…

South African athletes due to participate in this year's Tokyo Olympics will receive COVID-19 shots during a vaccination rollout that has so far prioritised the elderly and frontline workers, the country's medicine authority said. Tokyo is…

Over 300 athletes from different African countries are expected to participate in the inaugural one-day AFN/MoC Invitational, which holds on Saturday, May 22, at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos. The event is organised by the…

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) reassured Japan on Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics would be safe for athletes as well as the host community, amid mounting opposition to the Games and fears it will fuel a spike in COVID-19 cases.…

After the conclusion of the PVAMU Invitational in Texas, Team Nigeria athletes will take its Relays tour in the US to the city of Dallas ahead of its second event tomorrow. After missing the World Relays in Poland three weeks ago due to…