ShareBy Aluta News July 26, 2021 Team Nigeria’s Dorcas Adesokan on Monday lost to Clara Azurmendi of Spain in her opening game in the women’s singles event of the badminton competition at the 2020 Olympic Games. In the group play stage game of Group C fixtures at the Musashino ForestContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 26, 2021 Offiong Edem on Monday bowed out of the women’s singles event of the table tennis competition at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Edem lost 4-1 to Lily Zhang of the U.S at the TokyoContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 25, 2021 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 maximumContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 24, 2021 The pair of Godwin Olofua and Anuoluwapo Opeyori on Saturday lost their opening Group B fixture in the men’s doubles event of badminton competition at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games. In their first group play stage fixture at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza CentreContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 24, 2021 Olajide Omotayo on Saturday in Tokyo crashed out of the men’s table tennis singles event of the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omotayo was humiliated with 0-4 defeat by Tiago Apolonia of Portugal. Apolonia made light workContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 23, 2021 The 2021 edition of the Children Golf Development Clinic, being organised by the Ladies Section of IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja, begins on Monday at the club. The event’s Organising Committee Chairman, Joy Ikwue who is also the club’s Vice LadyContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 23, 2021 Some countries stood out at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games on Friday for having only either a man or a woman flagbearer. This was in spite of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) plea to have both. Ethiopian male swimmer Abdelmalik Muktar andContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 23, 2021 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 SanoussyContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 22, 2021 The creative director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, a day ahead of the event. Olympics organisers announced the decision at a press conference on Thursday, and cited an incident years ago in which Kentaro Kobayashi is said to have madeContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 20, 2021 Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has rewarded winners of gold medals for the state at the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin with one million Naira each. The governor announced the reward on Monday at the Government House in Jos, during a dinnerContinue Reading
