Former Nigerian triple and long jumper, United States (U.S.)-based Dr. Benedict Olusola has advised Nigerian athletes to stop habit depending solely on government funding for major competitions like the Olympic Games.

The history of the Olympic Games goes far back to the Greek days and has become a global sporting event. We have had some incidences of disturbances during the Olympic Games like the Munich terrorism situation we had in Germany many years ago.

The rector of Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro in Isoko North local government area of Delta State, Dr. Jacob S. Oboreh, has said that the newly constructed stadium by the institution would drive education through sports.

As the 2016 Rio Olympic Games commence today in Brazil, organizers of the Nigerian Sports Award (NSA), have urged all athletes representing Nigeria to give their best and go for gold.

“Why will the sports minister refuse to obey the instruction of the president, who warned him two weeks ago to hand over everything concerning Team Nigeria for the Rio Olympics to the NOC?” the NFF official queried.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has reacted to the disqualification of Nigeria’s 4x400m women’s relay team from the Rio Olympic Games, describing it as very unfortunate.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has said it did not direct the nation’s foreign-based athletes going to the Rio Olympic Games to buy their own flight tickets.

Brazilian police have broken up an alleged terrorist group sympathetic to the Islamic State organization that was planning to target the upcoming Olympic Games, officials said Thursday.

The opportunity came yesterday, when Okagbare and other sons-of-the-soil, including Divine Oduduru, began their fight to be part of Team Nigeria’s contingent to the Rio Olympic Games.

Claims by the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, that Team Nigeria had completed its first phrase of camping for the Rio Olympic Games has continued to generate mixed reactions from Nigerians.

With just a few weeks to the commencement of the Rio Olympic Games, there are signs that things are fast falling apart in Team Nigeria’s camp. The nation’s contingent to the 2016 African Senior Athletics ...

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has formally confirmed Team Nigeria as one of the 16 countries that will compete in the men’s team event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.