Tag: OLYMPICS
US Olympic gold medallist Lee Evans for burial at Segun Odegbami’s...
American sprinter who won two gold medals at the 1968 Olympics Lee Evans will be buried on Thursday at the Segun Odegbami International College...
Chioma Ajunwa gets three-bedroom flat 25 years after winning Olympic gold...
Atlanta '96 Olympics gold medalist Chioma Ajunwa-Oparah has been presented a house by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu 25 years after her success.
The presentation...
Nigerian ladies finish last in bobsleigh event at Winter Olympics
Team Nigeria’s Seun Adigun and Akuoma Omeoga on Wednesday at PyeongChang in South Korea ended the country’s historic first-time participation in the 2018 Winter...
U-23 Team: Coach promises to make Nigeria proud at Tokyo 2020...
Salisu Yusuf, Coach of U-23 national football team also known as Olympic Team on Thursday promised to make Nigeria proud at the Tokyo 2020...
Pyeongchang Winter Olympics sets condom distribution record
Organisers of this year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, have said the Games would set a record for the largest number of free...
Former US Olympic coach sentenced to 175 years in prison
Ex-US Olympic gymnastics team doctor, Larry Nassar, has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years after testimony from nearly 160 of his victims.
The judge...
Meet Simidele Adeagbo, Nigeria’s first skeleton athlete
Simidele Adeagbo will become the first Nigerian and African woman to participate in the game of skeleton at the Winter Olympics.
Adeagbo, 36, achieved this milestone after...
Letter to Uncle Sege
First Gentleman with Wilson Orhiunu
Email: babawill2000@gmail.com Twitter: @Babawilly
(Originally written in July, 2000)
Dear Uncle Sege,
I am very happy to write you this letter. I have...
Olympics: I won’t represent Nigeria again – Female weightlifter
Nigeria weightlifter, Mariam Usman, has hinted that the Rio Olympics might be her last for Nigeria if nothing changes about the country's sports.
The country,...
Tales from Rio, by Reuben Abati
In some other countries of the world, a bronze medal at the Olympics is not something to be talked about or celebrated. Not even...