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Saturday, July 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian sports administrators have a knack for doing things that would make “last minute.com” to envy them. Sometimes, they may not even respond to a basic thing, as an email letter. While the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) are currently promoting the safeguarding of athletes, their […]
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Saturday, July 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, are out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after losing 71-80 in their last Group B game on Saturday. African Examiner reports that D’Tigers had rounded off their pre-Olympic preparations with impressive wins over the U.S. and Argentina in Las Vegas. But in Tokyo they […]
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Saturday, July 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionally suspended Team Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare with immediate effect after a sample collected from the sprinter tested positive for human growth hormone. The AIU, which is an independent integrity body created by the World Athletics, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. The growth hormone is […]
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Friday, July 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following is the current medals table at the Tokyo Olympic Games after the competitions on Thursday (tabulated under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals): China 15 7 9 31 Japan […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has ruled ten Nigerian athletes ineligible to partake in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan and reduce the country’s hope of clinching more medals at the event. According to available information, the athletes failed to meet the minimum testing requirements under Rule 15 of the Anti-Doping […]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s senior male basketball team, the D’Tigers, on Wednesday lost their second Group B match in the men’s basketball event of the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The D’Tigers fell apart in the fourth quarter of their second game at the Tokyo Olympics to lose 92–99 to Germany. Coming from a disappointing loss […]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
…Accuse Sports Commissioner Of Sabotage (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angered by the alleged deliberate refusal of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to host and reward them, Athletes and Coaches that represented Enugu State in the last National Sports festival, (NSF), held in Benin City, Edo State, South-south Nigeria, have vowed not to represent the state in any future […]
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Monday, July 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Argentine fencer Maria Perez Maurice suffered defeat at the Tokyo Games on Monday but she had an Olympics to remember regardless, as she received a marriage proposal from her coach. The 36-year-old Perez Maurice was doing a television interview when coach Lucas Guillermo Saucedo appeared behind her with a written note saying […]
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Sunday, July 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rio 2016 champions Brazil were held 0-0 by Cote d’Ivoire in Olympic football on Sunday while Egypt and South Africa lost to Argentina and France respectively. Germany, France and Spain also claimed first victories, and hosts Japan are the only side with the maximum points. Coming off an opening 4-2 win over […]
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Sunday, July 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following are the medal winners at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday: Shooting: Women’s 10m air rifle Gold: Yang Qian, China Silver: Anastasiia Galashina, Russia Olympic Committee (ROC) Bronze: Nina Christen, Switzerland Men’s 10m air pistol: Gold: Javad Foroughi, Iran Silver: Damir Mikec, Serbia Bronze: Pang Wei, China Road cycling: Men’s road […]
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Saturday, July 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Referees Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation NFF, has slammed indefinite suspension on 12 of its members over alleged misconducts while officiating different Matches in the ongoing 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League. The affected Referees have been summoned to appear before the Nigeria Football Federation Referees Committee to answer questions […]
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Friday, July 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tokyo Olympics were opened on Friday a year behind schedule by Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and tennis star Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron in the culmination of a low-key ceremony. The event was in an all-but-empty stadium against the backdrop of the coronavirus. The emperor and other dignitaries wore face masks just […]
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Friday, July 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly elected National Executive Committee (Exco) officials of Rangers International FC of Enugu, South- East Nigeria Supporters Club was on Thursday officially inaugurated, with the entire Management of the Club, conspicuously absent without any reason. African Examiner Sports reports that the Enugu based Nigeria professional football League (NPFL), team established in […]
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Friday, July 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Guinea’s five athletes will participate in the Tokyo Olympics after all, a statement from the West African nation’s sports ministry said on Thursday. This reverses the previous day’s decision to suspend its participation in the Games citing the pandemic. On Wednesday, Sports Minister Sanoussy Bantama Sow said in a letter to the […]
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has promised to unmask the unidentified Nigerian man who harassed the Super Falcons in Vienna, Austria, while they were on train Tuesday. The man had accused the senior team players of failing Nigerian Youths as they represented a terrorist government. In a viral […]
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Ugandan athlete who went missing in Japan last week after failing to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics has been found in the Mie prefecture, local police said on Tuesday. Weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko was found in the town of Yokkaichi after being registered as missing from a team training camp in Izumisano […]
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Monday, July 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Forty-nine people were arrested and 19 police officers were injured in London on Sunday under a policing operation for England’s Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley. The Metropolitan Police said early on Monday that a total of 49 people were arrested during a policing operation for the football match “for a […]
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Monday, July 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gareth Southgate took full responsibility for England’s failure from the penalty kicks spot as Italy secured Euro 2020 glory at Wembley on Sunday. Following a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes, after Leonardo Bonucci had cancelled out Luke Shaw’s second-minute opener, it was a familiar spot-kick outcome for the Three Lions. Marcus Rashford, […]
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Sunday, July 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Football went to Rome from Wembley in London on Sunday, thanks to an astonishing penalty kicks shootout which ended 3-2 in Italy’s favour against England in the Euro 2020 final. After a 1-1 draw following 120 minutes, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho, brought on at the death just to take penalty kicks, […]
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Sunday, July 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Argentina ended their 28-year wait to lift the Copa America after Angel Di Maria’s first-half goal clinched a 1-0 victory over Brazil in Saturday’s final at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana. Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) midfielder Di Maria, who was promoted to the starting line-up for the final match, coolly lobbed over Brazil goalkeeper […]
