World’s fastest man, Jamaican Usain Bolt won his third straight Gold medal in 200m Thursday. He finished the individual race in 19.78 seconds, .59 short of his own world record, which he said he really wanted to break. After the race, he screamed and yanked of the No. 6 sign on his thigh In a…
Germany has qualified for the finals of the football event at Rio 2016 after demolishing Nigeria 2-0 in the semi-final tonight August 17th. The Germans scored in the 9th minute through Lukas Klostermann and pressured from then on as the Nigerian defensive line looked shaky and lacked some solidity, if not for the hard work…
John Mikel Obi, captain of Nigeria’s under-23 football team at Rio 2016 has promised coach Samson Siasia that the team will win Olympics Gold at the tournament as the perfect birthday present to the Bayelsa born tactician. Siaisa, who turned 49 on Sunday, was praised by Chelsea player Mikel, who scored one of Nigeria’s goals…
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare crashed out of the women’s 200m final on Tuesday as she finished fifth in the heat of the semifinals in 22.69 secs at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She is ranked number 13 in the 200 m women’s category.
President Buhari on Saturday praised the indomitable spirit of the Nigerian soccer team to the 2016 Olympics Game. Nigeria beats Denmark 2.0 to secure a place in the semi-finals A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesin, said a cheering President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday night praised the indomitable spirit of the…
Couple of Hours ago, Nigeria finally joined the Rio Olympics medal table, with self-sponsored Chierika ‘Coco’ Ukogu clinching the women’s single silver medal in rowing. Chierika, who was born on October 2, 1992 in the United States, is a professional rower. After initial postponement of the semi-finals due to bad weather, Ukogu participated in in…
John Obi Mikel and Aminu Umar strikes sent Nigeria into the semi-finals of the Olympics at the expense of Denmark, as Samson Siasia’s side ran out 2-0 winners in Salvador.
Nigeria’s Basketball team at the Rio Olympics, D’Tigers despite putting up a brave and hard fought tactical battle lost 87-96 to World number 2, Spain. In the match which started in the late hours of Thursday night and ended on Friday morning, Spain started brightly and ended the first quarter 25-11 ahead of Nigeria, Nigeria…
John Mikel Obi paid $4000 to free the Olympic football squad after the team was held to ransom by hotel officials in Sao Paulo over bills incurred by additional NFF officials according to reports. According to the report by African Football, the team is comprised of 25 players-18 players and 7 officials, but extra five…
20-year-old Armenian weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan crashed out of the Olympics in agony after he suffered a terrible elbow dislocation during the 77kg weightlifting event. Described as one of the favorites at the event, his left elbow gave way during a second attempt to lift 195kg (429lbs). Andranik had strode onto the stage with confidence and…