61 athletes to fly Team Nigeria's flag in Tokyo

By Our Reporter

TEAM Nigeria will depart for the Tokyo  2020 Olympics in two batches with 61 athletes flying the country's flag, says Minister of Youth and sports Development, Sunday Dare.

Olympics Camp: Wrestlers working on techniques, tactics in Yenagoa

By Akeem Lawal

NIGERIA wrestlers have intensified training in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State during the ongoing second phase of camping in preparations for next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

RIO GAMES: Union Bank boosts Team Nigeria with ₦25m

.NOC too with ₦5m
By Akeem Lawal

NIGERIA'S leading innovative financial institution, Union Bank has made a pledge of ₦25 million to the 100 Team Nigeria Olympics and Paralympics athletes ahead of both the Rio Olympic Games and the Paralympics holding in Rio, Brazil.

OLYMPICS: Dalung assures foreign tours for athletes

THE Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung says the second phase of camping of athletes to the Rio Olympic Games will start soon.

Barrister Dalung made the statement while answering questions from journalists at a conference to mark the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking held at the City hall in Lagos.

2016 OLYMPICS: Dream Team VI draw Japan, Colombia, Sweden

AFRICAN champions Nigeria have been drawn in Group B in the 2016 Rio Olympic Men’s Football Tournament along with 1948 winners Sweden and Japan and Colombia.

The draw for the Men’s and Women’s Olympic Football event at Rio 2016 held on Thursday at the Estadio Maracana’s auditorium, was witnessed by many top football personalities including Dream Team VI coach, Samson Siasia, Sportsbiz247 reports.