Japan has not seen an explosive coronavirus outbreak as suffered in some other places but a recent increase in cases in Tokyo, which accounts for more than a third of its more than 20,000 total, has fanned worries about a second wave of infections.
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The Games, scheduled to start in July, were postponed for a year in March because of fears over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senior international Olympics official John Coates said on Saturday the delayed Tokyo Olympics could end up being the greatest Games ever, coming next year as the world emerges from COVID-19 crisis.
As one of the senior members of the current D’Tigers set up, Spain-based Stanley Okoye has set his target at a possible podium finish at next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics may not take place next year unless the coronavirus pandemic is contained.
Khanou told newsmen on Thursday in Abuja that only Zambia arrived for the competition
The camp of the senior national women basketball team, D’Tigress, has continued to bubble as preparation hots up for the final phase of the 2020 Olympic Games qualifiers in Belgrade, Serbia.
The appointment was announced via a statement on Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu
The Chinese football team have been quarantined due to the coronavirus after arriving in Australia for the Olympic qualifiers.
The minister, while inaugurating the committee in his office in Abuja, urged members to ensure a hitchfree participation at the games.
Nigeria enjoyed better possession in the early minutes of the first half, but they failed to take their chances
Nigeria has called for an urgent review of officiating standards in Olympic Sports ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to sustain the credibility of the global sports fiesta.
NWF President, Daniel Igali, disclosed this in a statement signed by the Media Officer of the federation, Emeka Dennar, in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
Fashikun made the pledge on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, on the sidelines of the funds launch in Abuja.
Oborududu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that she would intensify her training to ensure that she achieved her objective of winning an Olympic gold medal.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the athletes arrived to a tumultuous welcome at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on Tuesday night.
The Bahamian, a former sailor who won an Olympic gold medal in the star class at Tokyo 1964, died in a hospital in Nassau on February 24 due to kidney failure.
Earlier on Saturday, Kim invited Moon for talks in Pyongyang, setting the stage for the first meeting of Korean leaders in more than 10 years
Jonathan Nnaji, the Vice President of the LOC for the Modern Pentathlon Youth Olympics qualifier, Africa and Senior African Championship, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
In pursuance of this objective, he said programmes for athletes’ discovery and nurturing, which had been abandoned would be revamped to enable the selection process and preparations for the Tokyo Games