Dutch long-distance star Sifan Hassan announced Wednesday she would run the marathon in addition to defending her 5,000m and 10,000m Olympic titles from Tokyo, as she seeks a historic treble. The 31-year-old is seeking to become the first woman to win gold in the three events, emulating the great Czech athlete Emil Zapotek, who achieved…

Canada's women's team have lost their appeal against a six-point deduction at the Paris Olympics after a drone was used to spy on a rival team's training session. The Canadians were deducted six points while coach Bev Priestman and officials Joseph Lombardi and Jasmine Mander were suspended from any football-related activity for one year after…

Nigeria's Sports Minister John Enoh has said Favour Ofili's exclusion from the women's 100 metres at the Paris Olympic games is inexcusable which must attract sanctions. In a post on her X handle on Tuesday, Ofili expressed disappointment over the omission of her name from the 100m event. She blamed the Athletics Federation of Nigeria…

Reigning Nigeria 100m queen, Favour Ofili says she is shocked by the decision of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, not to register her for the 100m event of the Paris 2024 Olympics. But in a swift reaction, the AFN said this morning that it is also shocked on why Ofili' s name was omitted in…

Two boxers, Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan who were banned from the 2023 world championships for being deemed biologically male have been cleared to compete at Paris 2024 as women by the International Olympic Commission (IOC). The duo were disqualified from the Women's World Boxing Championships in March 2023 in New…

Nigeria's D'Tigress pulled off a shocking 75-62 win against world number three, Australia, in Group B of the Paris 2024 Olympics in Lille, France, on Monday. The last time D'Tigress won a game at the Olympics was at the Athens 2004 games which came in the classifications. Ezinne Kalu, with 19 points and five rebounds,…

Fibre-optic cables in several parts of France have been "sabotaged," police said on Monday, three days after the rail system was hit by attacks that halted trains across the country. Friday's disruption on the rail network came as Paris celebrated the opening of the Olympic Games, and wrecked the travel plans of hundreds of thousands…

Team Nigeria’s run of losses at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris continued on Sunday morning with boxer Olaitan Olaore crashing out of the men’s 92kg heavyweight event. Reports gathered revealed that Olaore lost 0-5 to Kazakhstan’s Oralbay Aibek to add to his team’s misery which had begun on Wednesday in Bordeaux. Aibek was really…

Paris Olympics organisers said Sunday they were "really sorry" if any offence was caused by their daring and quirky opening ceremony while denying any intention to "disrespect" religion after complaints from French bishops. Some Catholic groups and French bishops have condemned what they saw as "scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity" in the parade…

Nigeria’s players in the men’s table tennis event of the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday lost their matches in the first round of the competition. Guardian reports that Quadri Aruna lost 3-4 in his round of 64 match at the South Paris Arena to Eduard Ionescu of Romania. Aruna’s hopes of repeating his…

FIFA has deducted Canada six points from the Olympic women's football tournament and ban head coach Bev Priestman for one year following the drone spying scandal. Assistant coach Jasmine Mander and Joseph Lombardi, an unaccredited analyst with Canada Soccer, were also sent home on Wednesday after a drone was believed to have recorded New Zealand…

Nigerian boxer Cynthia Temitayo Ogunsemilore has been suspended from the Paris Olympics for violating an anti-doping rule, the International Testing Agency said Saturday. A sample collected from the boxer "has returned an adverse analytical finding for the specified prohibited substance furosemide," the ITA said in a statement. Furosemide is classified under "diuretics and masking agents"…