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Nigeria’s Kingsley Advances To Next Stage In Rowing Competition
Team Nigeria’s Ijomah Kingsley has qualified for the second round of the Rowing men single sculls held at the Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo. Kingsley returned in a time of 11.50.87seconds, which will see him through to the next stage of the Paralympics rowing event. Speaking with newsmen after his qualification, an elated Kingsley said participating…
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Team Nigeria: Ibadan Residents Call For Improved Funding
With just two medals hanging on the neck of Team Nigeria at the ongoing 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, some sports loving Nigerians have again called for more provision of funds for the sports sector. Speaking with Olaolu Fawole in Ibadan, the respondents noted that Nigeria would have won more medals if adequate preparations had been put…
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Olympics Opening Ceremony: Director Sacked For Holocaust Joke
The show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held. Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi from the 1990s recently emerged in which he appears to be making jokes about the Holocaust. Japan’s Olympic chief Seiko Hashimoto said the video ridiculed “painful facts of history”. The…
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Doping: Russia hasn’t changed – Rodchenkov
Former doping mastermind-turned-whistleblower, Grigory Rodchenkov has said that no Russian athletes should be allowed to take part in the postponed Tokyo Olympics next year. Rodchenkov told newmen that Russia had not changed despite being banned from all major sporting events for four years last December for manipulating laboratory data. The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has…
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Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic on Sports
As the spread of Covid-19, also known as Coronavirus pandemic escalates across the world, a number of sports organisations have altered their schedules in response to the pandemic. Indeed, in the past few weeks, the inevitable impact of the coronavirus on the sports industry has landed with a stunning blow. While most sports associations have…
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Tokyo 2020: Canada, Australia Pull Out Over Athletes’ Safety Concerns
Canada and Australia have pulled out of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games over concerns for athletes’ safety with the outbreak of Coronavirus across the globe. The International Olympic Committee, IOC, has been in consultation with Japan about possibly postponing the Games, which is scheduled to start in July. However, host nation Japan is adamant the…
