Nigeria’s Chukwuebuka Enekwechi has qualified for the men’s shot put final after his launch hit a mark of 21.16m. Enekwechi will be competing alongside Mesud Pezer of Bosnia and Hercegovina, Zane Weir of Italy, Kyle Blingnaut of South Africa, Jacko Gill and Tomas Walsh of New Zealand, Darlan Romani of Brazil, Mostafa Hassan of Egypt, […]Read More
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Tokyo, venue of the 2020 Olympics, Team Nigeria’s camp has resorted to daily testing of the members of their contingent, Lagostelevision has learnt. There have been daily reports of athletes and officials contracting COVID-19 at the Olympics Games Village in Tokyo. the news also reported that a Nigerian […]Read More
Olympics chief Thomas Bach agreed that 2021 was the “last option” for holding the delayed Tokyo Games on Thursday, stressing that postponement cannot go on forever. Bach said he backed Japan’s stance that the Games will have to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn’t under control by next year. In March, the Tokyo 2020 […]Read More
Nigeria’s female top sprinter, Blessing Okagbare-Ighotegunor is now the first Nigerian athlete to qualify for two events (100m and 200m) at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan and the World Athletics Championship billed for Doha in September. NationSport reports that the 30-year-old raced to a Season’s Best of 22.58s to finish 3rd in the […]Read More
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