Nigeria’s track queen Blessing Okagbare has condemned her federation after 10 of the country’s track and field athletes were not allowed to compete in Tokyo.The 10 Nigerian athletes were disqualified from competing in the track and field events because of non-compliance of Out of Competition testing by Athletics Integrity Unit.The 12 athletes cleared by the…
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick says he has no regrets over saying that locally-based players should not seek moves to “obscure leagues” in Europe or Asia.Ahead of a recent friendly against Mexico – in which Nigeria selected a squad made up almost entirely of home-based players and suffered a heavy 4-0 loss –…
Enyimba have said they stand by captain Augustine Oladapo, who has been banned for a year by CAF after he tested positive for a prohibited steroid.This week, CAF announced Oladapo has been suspended after his recent dope test revealed the use of a prohibited steroid Prenisolone/Prednisolone.In a statement, Enyimba have now declared their support for…
Dr Mohammed Sanusi, General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, has responded to claims made by Super Eagles star Leon Balogun that the football body has been subjecting players and coaches to inhumane treatment.In a no-holds-barred interview on the beautiful game podcast earlier reported by Soccernet.ng, Balogun expressed his dissatisfaction with how the NFF owes…
A total of 12 Nigerian athletes have been cleared by the Integrity unit of the World Athletics Council and eligible to compete at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. This is according to Adeniyi Beyioku, Secretary General of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Thursday. Newsmen report that 18 athletes from the final entries…
The USA easily beat Iran 120-66 in the Olympic men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday to bounce back from their shock opening defeat — and players and coaches from the geopolitical rivals chatted afterwards. The Americans had their 25-game Olympic winning streak snapped by France in their first game but Damian Lillard scored 21 points and…
Richarlison continued his fine form at the Olympics with a double as Brazil eased into the quarter-finals after a 3-1 win over Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, as Germany exited the men’s tournament and hosts Japan progressed with a thrashing of France. Reigning champions Brazil, who won gold for the first time on home soil in…
Team Nigeria face a race to register athletes for the track and field events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics which starts on Friday, our correspondent has learnt. Several Nigerian athletes in Japan have not been granted access to the Olympics Games Village due to their inability to meet the mandatory out-of-competition tests required by the…
Massimiliano Allegri brushed aside speculation about Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus future insisting on Tuesday the Portugal captain was fired up for the new season. Allegri, 53, returns as Juve coach two years after being replaced despite winning a fifth consecutive league title, paying for the club’s failure in the Champions League they last won in 1996….
