Tag: Olympics

No restrictions on hijab...

Athletes can wear a hijab in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games athletes’ village without any restriction, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday, days after France’s...

UN body questions French...

A United Nations body has criticized France’s ban on its athletes wearing the hijab at next year’s summer Olympics. Asked about the decision to ban French...

Olympic medallist sues team...

Aja Evans, a 2014 Olympic bobsled bronze medalist, has filed a lawsuit alleging that a doctor who worked on Team USA’s medical staff subjected her to...

Sydney Olympic stadium grandstand...

The eastern grandstand of Sydney’s Olympic stadium will be named after Cathy Freeman in tribute to the Indigenous runner who won the 400m gold medal at...

VIDEO: After 27 years,...

BY KUNLE SOLAJA It is another 2 August. It is 27 years since Chioma Ajunwa lept over 7.12 metres to win Nigeria’s first gold medal in...

IOC invites Ukraine’s Kharlan...

Ukraine’s Olga Kharlan was invited to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris next year by the IOC on Friday after the fencer was disqualified for...

Salah may feature for...

Egypt who lost to Morocco in Saturday’s final match of the U23 Africa Cup of Nations are set to include Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah in their Paris...

Ghana, Cameroon loom on...

The road to next year’s Women’s Olympic Football Tournament for nine-time African champions Nigeria is haunted by Ghana and Cameroon, following the draw conducted in Cairo...

South Africa’s Pistorius seeks...

Former South Africa paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will ask a parole board on Friday to release him...

We shall scale over...

BY KUNLE SOLAJA. If existing statistics are anything to go by, the Nigerian Olympic Eagles should qualify for the football event of Paris 2024 Olympic Games....

Europa League’s fastest hat-trick...

Head Coach Salisu Yusuf has invited 16 overseas-based players to the team’s camp in preparation for this month’s U23 AFCON final qualifying fixture against Guinea. Among...

Guinea to field almost...

BY KUNLE SOLAJA. When the Nigeria’s Olympic Eagles host their Guinean counterparts in the first leg of the last lap to Morocco 2023 CAF U23 Nations...

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