Tag: Tokyo2020

  • #Tokyo2020: Simone Biles Pulls Out of Olympic Games!

    #Tokyo2020: Simone Biles Pulls Out of Olympic Games!

    Simone Biles has pulled out of the finals of the gymnastic competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. She left the competition after she failed to land a vault in her performance. The stadium commentator announced this withdrawal on the 27th of July 2021 during the game. The commentator announced that the USA Gymnastics spokeswoman, Carol…

  • #Tokyo2020: D’Tigress Of Nigeria Lose To USA In Basketball

    #Tokyo2020: D’Tigress Of Nigeria Lose To USA In Basketball

    The Nigerian female basketball team, D’Tigress, were impressive in their opening Group B game against the United States of America women’s basketball team on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. The Nigerian team started the game with so much firepower, giving the best women’s basketball team in the world a run for their money. At the end…

  • #Tokyo2020: Aruna Quadri Gets Dumped Out By Gustavo Tsuboi

    #Tokyo2020: Aruna Quadri Gets Dumped Out By Gustavo Tsuboi

    Nigeria‘s hope of winning a medal at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games suffered another setback after Aruna Quadri got beaten 4-2 (15-13, 9-11, 6-11, 11-7,7-11,5-11) by Brazil’s Gustavo Tsuboi in the third round of the Table Tennis competition on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. This was Quadri’s first game at the Games after earning byes…

  • #Tokyo2020: France Ends USA 25 Olympic Games Unbeaten Streak

    #Tokyo2020: France Ends USA 25 Olympic Games Unbeaten Streak

    The French basketball team ended the 25 games unbeaten run by the United States of America at the Olympic Games beating them 83-76 on Sunday the 25th of July. This defeat was the first suffered by the Americans at any Olympic competition for the first time since Athens 2004 where they settled for a bronze…

  • #Tokyo2020: ”We Still Have A Long Way To Go” – D’Tigers’ Coach Drops Statement

    #Tokyo2020: ”We Still Have A Long Way To Go” – D’Tigers’ Coach Drops Statement

    The Coach of the D’Tigers, Mike Brown has dropped a statement after his team suffered a defeat to the Boomers of Australia on Sunday, July 25, 2021, at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. READ ALSO: AUSTRALIA BEATS D’TIGERS IN GROUP B GAME The statement was revealed by the official Twitter account of the Nigerian basketball…

  • #Tokyo2020: Australia Beats D’Tigers in Opening Group B Game

    #Tokyo2020: Australia Beats D’Tigers in Opening Group B Game

    Nigerian basketball team, D’Tigers did not get their type of victorious opening basketball game against the Boomers of Australia as they would have desired.   The game started on a wonderful note for the African team after it leveled both teams at the end of the first quarter, 23-23. Obi Emegano was the star of…

  • #Tokyo2020: Tunisian Teenager Ahmed Hafnaoui Gets Africa Her First Gold

    #Tokyo2020: Tunisian Teenager Ahmed Hafnaoui Gets Africa Her First Gold

    A new star was born at the 400-meter freestyle swimming event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 18-year-old Tunisian, Ahmed Hafnaoui wrote his name in history by earning Africa her first gold medal at the games and putting smiles on the faces of countrymen and women back home in Tunisia. The 18-year-old was the least…

  • #Tokyo2020: Zambia’s Barbra Banda Makes History With Olympic Hat-Trick

    #Tokyo2020: Zambia’s Barbra Banda Makes History With Olympic Hat-Trick

    Captain of the Zambian women’s football team, Barbra Banda has been making the headlines since the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Despite that, her team had an awful opening game against the Netherlands where they lost 10-3 to their European companions on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. She, however, left her name in the…

  • Here’s What to Expect From The Olympic Opening Ceremony

    Here’s What to Expect From The Olympic Opening Ceremony

    Tokyo2020 Olympic starts tomorrow and people are still wondering if there will be an opening ceremony due to the serious threats posed by the coronavirus. Concerns were even heightened as cases in the host city, Tokyo, climbed to an all-time high.  READ ALSO: OLYMPICS 2020: Richarlison Shines as Brazil Sinks Germany  There will be a…