...says team started silent basketball revolution in Nigeria

Ahead of their next encounter in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare Tuesday met the male national basketball team, D’Tigers to encourage and thank them for doing Nigeria proud and starting a silent revolution in Nigeria's basketball development.

Nigeria's chances of winning a medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games keep diminishing by the day. Joining the likes of Uche Eke, Funke Oshonaike, Elizabeth Anyanacho, Olajide Omotayo, and others who have all crashed out is Offiong Edem who on Monday also bowed out of the women’s singles event of the table tennis competition.

Mountain of Fire Ministries Football Club of Lagos has claimed that some of their officials were attacked on Sunday in Aba at the Stadium by Felix Anyasi, the Chairman of Enyimba, during the Matchday 35 fixture of the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

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.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has inaugurated the GEJ Sports Club, in Yenagoa, with a call for partnership with stakeholders in the sector towards nurturing young talents in Nigeria.

A second judo player has withdrawn from the Olympic Games ahead of a scheduled match with an Israeli opponent, officials in Tokyo said on Monday.

Nasarawa United Football Club of Lafia, playing at home on Sunday, kept hopes of playing continental football next season alive with a 4-0 crushing of visiting Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure.

Nigeria's Elizabeth Anyanacho has lost out on the chance for a podium finish at the Tokyo Olympics.

Former Chelsea captain and Aston Villa assistant coach, John Terry, has announced his departure from the club.

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.

Sports administrator and a member of the Bayelsa state house of assembly, Honourable Daniel Igali has urged Nigerians to give supports to athletes representing the nation at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.

Nigeria’s D’Tigers suffered a 67-84 defeat to the Boomers of Australia in their first Group B preliminary game of the Tokyo Olympics at the Saitama Arena on Sunday.