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#Tokyo2020: Alexander Zverev Wins Gold in Tennis
Alexander Zverev has won Gold in the Tennis Men’s event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The German achieved this feat beating Russia’s Karen Khachanov in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday, August 1st, 2021. The 24-year-old becomes the first German to win an Olympic Gold medal in singles since Steffi Graf in 1988. This…
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#Tokyo2020: Divine Oduduru Suspended From 100 Meters Heat
The Men’s 100 meters Heat was headlined by the disqualification of Nigeria’s medal hopeful, Divine Oduduru, who got disqualified from the race for reportedly having a false start on the 31st of July 2021. There was a bit of controversy at the stadium as British Reece Prescod was not suspended for the same offense he…
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#Tokyo2020: Alexander Zverev Ends Novak Djokovic Golden Slam Quest
Germany’s Alexander Zverev beats World Number 1, Novak Djokovic 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday, July 30th, 2021. Djokovic was on a quest for the Golden Slam but the Serbian will have to wait another four years to achieve that feat following this defeat. The game didn’t start well for Zverev…
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#Tokyo2020: D’Tigress Faces Crushing Defeat In Their Game Against France
The Nigerian Women’s Basketball team, D’Tigress, and the French team were looking to get their first victory at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Both teams lost their opening group B games. D’Tigress lost 81-72 to the USA team, while the Japanese team beat France 74-70. D’Tigress started the game with Adaora Elonu, Promise Amukamara,…
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#Tokyo2020: Okagbare & Nwokocha Book Semi Final Spots in Women’s 100 Meters
The Track and Field events officially kicked off at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday, July 30, 2021. Grace Nwokocha and Blessing Okagbare both started the quest for Nigeria at the Women’s 100 meters in Heat 5 and 6, respectively. Nwokocha qualifies for the semi-final with a personal best time of 11 seconds while…
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#Tokyo2020: Blessing Okagbare Blasts The Athletics Federation of Nigeria
Nigerian Track and Field Athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has blasted the Athletics Federation of Nigeria over the negligence of passing vital information to the ten Nigerian Athletes banned from participating at the Games by the Athletics Integrity Unit on Wednesday, July 27, 2021. She believes the affected Athletes who were based in Nigeria did not get…
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#Tokyo2020: 10 Nigerian Athletes Banned from Olympic Games!
The Athletics Integrity Unit has banned twenty athletes from participating in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, of which ten of them were Nigerians. The news was confirmed by the Integrity Unit via their official Twitter account on Wednesday, July 28th, 2021. They banned the athletes from the Games because of non-compliance with the Out of Competition…