The highlighted athletes won, gold, silver, and bronze medals with their ‘adopted’ countries. There is hardly any top sporting competition in the world that Nigerian names don’t pop up even if the Green and White flag of the country is conspicuously absent. From the American Super Bowl to the NBA and even the recent Euro […]
Twenty unnamed athletes are ineligible to compete in the Tokyo Olympics after failing to meet anti-doping guidelines, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced Wednesday. The test’s results listed Nigeria the most, with 10 competitors unable to represent the country out of the 23 it entered for the Games. Athletes from “Category A” countries — or those considered to […]
Initial reports from Tuesday had American star gymnast Simone Biles withdrawing from the gymnastics team finals in Tokyo because of a ‘medical issue’, but on Wednesday Biles revealed there were other concerns in the way of her performance. Following a poor outing in her opening event, Biles first said she would “see what happens” regarding […]