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Okagbare Banned for 10 years by AIU for Doping at Tokyo Olympics
Feb 18 (Reuters) – Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping in the lead-up to…
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Just In: Oborududu Makes History By Becoming First Nigeria To Win a Silver Medal
Team Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu on Tuesday won a silver medal in the women’s freestyle 68kg wrestling category. She had guaranteed…
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Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria Guaranteed a Medal As Oborududu Advances to Final
Nigeria on Monday was guaranteed its first medal at the Tokyo Olympics after Blessing Oborodudu won her women’s freestyle 68kg…
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Tokyo Olympics: Okagbare Suspended After Failing Drug Test
One of Nigeria’s brightest chances of a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Blessing Okagbare, has been provisionally suspended from the…
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Tokyo Olympics: 17-year-old Nigerian, Ogunbanwon Makes History in Women’s 100m Freestyle
Nigerian Swimming representative, Abiola Ogunbanwon made history at the Tokyo Olympics by winning the heat 1 of Women’s 100m Freestyle.…
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Tokyo Olympics: 10 Nigerian Athletes Disqualified for Failure to Take Dope Test
Ten Nigerian athletes have been declared ineligible to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU)…
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Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria Table Tennis Team Crashes Out
Captain of Team Nigeria Table Tennis, Aruna Quadri, was the latest member of the African contingents to be eliminated from…
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Japan’s Nishiya, 13, Makes History in Tokyo Olympics
Japan’s Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest individual Olympic champions in history when she won the inaugural women’s skateboarding gold at…
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Olympics: Pope Hopes Games Become a Sign of ‘Hope’ Amid Pandemic
Pope Francis said Sunday he hopes the Tokyo Olympics, which opened Friday, will be a sign of hope and “universal…
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Tokyo Olympics: Four Athletes Pull Out Due To Coronavirus
Four competitors including a shooting world number one saw their Tokyo Olympic dreams dashed on Wednesday after testing positive for…
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