Browsing: 2016 Rio Olympic Games

In 2005, he was in the U20 squad coached by Samson Siasia and which won the Africa U-20 Championship in Benin Republic, before reaching the final of the FIFA U20 World Cup in The Netherlands few months later

Ohaa charged them to shun all acts capable of bringing the nation to disrepute, including the use of performance enhancing drugs and flouting of camp rules

Expectations for medals from the wrestling team is buoyed by the fact that they are handled by one of the very good and experienced coaches and a gold medalist in the sport, Daniel Igali

Each team from the 206 countries is welcomed to the Village in a special ceremony led by the village chieftains as well as athletes and officials of the countries

The Nigeria Football Federation however decided against that movement and is now thinking of either getting them to Brazil as a team or chartering a private plane to take the team directly to Manaus, venue of the first team’s first match

The panel, decided upon by the IOC executive board, is made up of its members Ugur Erdener of Turkey, head of the IOC medical commission; athletics commission chair Claudia Bokel of Germany; and Juan Antonio Samaranch of Spain

Brazil has been hardest hit by the disease outbreak and many physicians, competitors and potential visitors have expressed fears the Olympics could serve as a catalyst to spread the virus globally

Rio’s city government, responsible for the vast majority of infrastructure projects for the Games, has used public-private partnerships to get private firms to cover the cost of building venues in return for permission to build real estate on the sites

Represented by the Consul (Consular and Immigration), Dele Momoh, Falomo said: “Presently, we are going through a lot as a nation, and we are counting on all of you guys to make great effort to give us something to cheer about and make us happy

A statement by Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of Sport, Solomon Dalung, added: “Mikel is a young, patriotic footballer of international status and we believe he will be a role model to the upcoming athletes while Funke Oshonaike is experienced and is one of the oldest athletes in the team. We believe that their combined efforts will bring goodwill to TEAM NIGERIA and project the county’s image positively to the world

It will be recalled that a mail purportedly written by the AFN secretary had asked athletes to send an estimate of what their ticket to Rio may cost.
The said mail also assured them that refunds would be given if approved by the ministry for purchase by the athletes

Income from ticket sales so far totals 978 million reales ($300 million), 93 per cent of what the Rio 2016 organising committee hoped to net.
Opinion polls show Brazilians’ interest in the Games has taken a nosedive recently

With 306 medal sets available, SuperSport will broadcast live every gold-medal event, ensuring unprecedented coverage of the sport spectacle.
There will be more than 2,500 hours of the Olympics broadcast over 15 days.

Aruna told the News Agency of Nigeria after training at the Knock-up Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos: “Well, just like every other participant going to the Games, I am aiming at making a positive impact

The Justice Minister, Alexandre Moraes, revealed that the group were in the planning stage of carrying out an attack, but described those involved as “absolute amateurs” and “ill-prepared” to have successfully gone through with it

Buhari said: “Let me equally assure you that the Federal Government is fully committed to our delegation’s successful participation in the Rio Olympic Games and will ensure that funds budgeted for the Games are released without further delay

The resolution followed an unanimous adoption of a motion under Matters-of-Urgent Public Importance raised by Rep. Danburam Nuhu (APC-Kano).
Presenting the motion, Nuhu decried the non-provision of funds to Team Nigeria to begin preparations ahead of the games scheduled to kick-off in August 5

Stressing that the N2 billion would augment the N500 million earlier set aside by the Federal Government for the Games, he said: “We have applied for additional funding for Rio because the N500 million voted for it will be insufficient; we have applied based on the needs we have

But the six-time Olympic gold medalist looks set to defend his titles in the 100 meter, 200 meter and 4×100 meter relay at the games next month, after his application for medical exemption was approved by the Jamaican Olympic Association on Monday

Siasia says Iwobi, who secured a first team spot for Arsenal towards the end of the season, may have had his Olympics dreams shattered but must look on the brighter side