Former President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Chief Solomon Ogba, has assured Nigerians that Team Nigeria would surely win medals at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics Games. Following spate of failures by Nigerian athletes and the basketball team, most Nigerians have become worried if Tokyo 2020 will not become another London 2012 when the […]
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As the track and field events of the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo are scheduled to begin tomorrow, Nigeria’s dream of podium finish in some of the sports has run into troubled waters following the disqualification of the country’s 10 athletes by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). Early hours of yesterday, Team Nigeria’s Camp […]
A total of 18 athletes were declared ineligible. The chances of Nigeria winning medals at the Tokyo Olympics has been dealt a big blow with the declaration of 10 of the country’s athletes as ineligible to compete. A statement on Wednesday from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body created by World Athletics that […]
Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has congratulated Tatjana Schoenmaker and Bianca Buitendag for winning the country’s first silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics. “Congratulations to our first two silver medalists, who have done an exceptional job at elevating women’s sport on the globe. “With the calibre of athletes representing South Africa at the […]
Tokyo — Wearing the national jersey in any sport bears huge responsibility. Putting on the captain’s armband is an even heavier load. That’s why when Shujaa skipper Andrew Amonde broke down at the media mixed zone after the Kenya sevens rugby team’s 7-12 loss to Ireland in a decisive Pool ‘C’ match at the Tokyo […]
Eliud Kipchoge, who will be defending his title at the Olympics, is no doubt the greatest marathoner of all time. In spite of his great achievements, the world marathon record holder is not done yet. He hopes to cement his legacy at the 2020 Tokyo Games, where he will be participating in his fourth Olympic […]
Tokyo — Shujaa exacted some measure of revenge on Ireland after securing a 22-0 win in their classification final match at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium Wednesday. The result saw Innocent Simiyu’s charges finish ninth in the rugby sevens competition on their second appearance at the Olympics. At the 2016 Games in Rio, Kenya finished in […]
Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has congratulated Tatjana Schoenmaker for winning a silver medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke final at the Tokyo Olympics. “Congratulations Tatjana Schoenmaker on your momentous achievement in becoming the first female South African swimmer to win an Olympic medal in over 20 years and for elevating women […]
Cape Town — The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo is finally here – a year after the Covid-19 pandemic delayed the games. The best athletes from every corner of the world have gathered to compete against each other to take home the gold, but first the opening ceremony where all the new uniforms were on […]
Catherine Nanziri looked painfully out of sorts en route to clattering out of Tokyo 2020 at the round of 32 yesterday. The 21-year-old flyweight, who became the first female boxer from Uganda to compete at the Olympics, was bereft of ideas against an astute Japanese adversary. Nanziri went into her bout against Tsukimi Namiki confident […]
Egyptian national table tennis champion Dina Meshref qualified Sunday to the 3rd Women’s Single Round in Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Meshref secured a place in the 3rd round after having defeated her Polish rival Natalia Partyka 4/2.
Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur ( World 23rd) was defeated Sunday by Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro (206th) 4-6, 1-6, in the first round of the women’s singles draw of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic tennis tournament. Ons Jabeur misses for the third time in a row its passage to the second round of an […]
Tokyo, Japan — National women volleyball team Malkia Strikers started their Olympics campaign on the wrong footing after losing to hosts Japan on straight sets on Sunday at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo. The African volleyball queens started the match well and matched toe to toe with the host country ranked fifth in the world, […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisian swimmer Ayoub Hafnaoui offered Tunisia its first gold medal at the Olympic Games Tokyo-2020, after winning the final of 400 m freestyle in 3.43.36, Sunday at the aquatic centre of Tokyo. The silver medal went to the Australian Jack McLoughlin (3:43.52) and the bronze to the US Kieran Smith (3:43.94).
The ban on intersex athletes who refuse to alter their natural hormones is one of many controversies regarding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics When the world’s fastest women race for gold over 800m in Tokyo, all three medallists from the 2016 Olympics will be absent – barred as intersex athletes who refuse to alter their natural […]
In Tokyo, Japan Willy Ambaka and Jeffrey Oluoch highlight the rich mix injected by coach Innocent Simiyu into Kenya’s sevens rugby national team. “Shujaa” are a blend of experience and promise, with Ambaka among the mature lot and Oluoch holding promise for the future. The team on Wednesday trained at the Tsatsumi grounds, adjacent to […]
LEADING hospitality group Africa Albida Tourism’s flagship property Victoria Falls Safari Lodge has handed Zimbabwe’s leading professional golfer Scott Vincent a major sponsorship boost ahead of his participation in the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Vincent will represent the country in the men’s Olympic Golf Tournament at the Kasumigaseki Country Club on the outskirts of Tokyo […]
Tokyo — Kenya Sevens Center player Willy Ambaka has a burning desire to win a career maiden medal at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He knows very well what it takes to achieve such a gigantic feat surrounded with the COVID-19 pandemic and weather issues. The Kenya team star nevertheless avows that the essence, as […]