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New dates announced for Tokyo Olympic Games
The announcement of a new date for the Olympic Games was initially expected in April after the three-week timeline set.
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Ighalo wins first Manchester United award
Ighalo pulled 32% of fans’ vote to emerge as the winner.
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Postponed Olympic Games To Get New Date In April
Organisers have agreed the Tokyo Games will not be postponed later than the summer of 2021.
Chinese club offers Ighalo bumper deal; star may become Africa’s best paid
Ighalo’s current contract expires in December 2022 and Shanghai want to keep him until December 2024.
Two abducted Nigerian footballers freed
The players have since reunited with their families.
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Why we support postponement of Olympic Games – NBBF
The senior basketball men and women’s teams had earlier qualified for the 2020 Olympics.
Coronavirus: IOC set to announce postponement of 2020 Olympic Games
Officials of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are set for a meeting with the Japanese government
Coronavirus: Japan, IOC agree to postpone 2020 Olympics
The latest date the Olympic Games will be held is summer 2021.
Football stars join campaign to tackle coronavirus
The campaign promotes five key steps for people to follow to protect their health in line with WHO guidance.
Kidnappers demand N20 million to release Nigerian footballers
Sources close the families said the kidnappers had earlier demanded N100 million.
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#Coronavrius: UEFA postpones club competitions indefinitely
The UEFA Women’s Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League Final are affected.
Coronavirus: Ex-Manchester United midfielder Fellaini tests positive
The 32-year old hopes “to return to the game as soon as possible”.
Super Eagles stars battle for Pitch Award
In the Goalkeeper of the Year category, Chiamaka Nnadozie will be battling out against the duo of Uzoho and Akpeyi
Nigerian footballer dies In road accident
The player died Sunday morning on his way to Lagos while driving from Enugu.
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Former Real Madrid president, Lorenzo Sanz, dies of coronavirus
Sanz presided over Madrid from 1995 until 2000, leading the club to two European titles, a Spanish league title and a Spanish Super Cup title.
Another Juventus striker tests positive to coronavirus
Dybala is the third Juventus player to test positive for the coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Nigerian Football League suspended
The LMC said the decision was to conform with the guidelines for containment of the spread of the global pandemic.
Coronavirus: Japan not considering postponing 2020 Olympics – Official
Japan is billed to host the Olympic holding between July 24 to August 9, 2020.
Mikel quits Turkish club amid coronavirus outbreak
The 32-year old will forfeit the rest of his wages after leaving the club in a somewhat controversial manner.
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Coronavirus forces postponement of Euro 2020
Talks are also ongoing on how to complete the suspended UCL and Europa League.
Why Buhari authorised postponement of National Sports Festival – Ministers
About 11,000 athletes and their officials had declared readiness to participate in this year’s sports festival.
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Nigeria postpones National Sports Festival over coronavirus
Before this official announcement, there had been calls in different quarters to postpone the National Sports Festival.
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Sports festival: Schools in Edo to go on 10-day break
The National Sports Festival holds from March 22 to April 1 in Edo State.
Coronavirus: Nigerian football fans, viewing centres lament suspension of European leagues
Owners of the usually busy viewing centres in Kaduna said the suspension of major European football leagues due to the outbreak of coronavirus is affecting them adversely.
U17 World Cup Qualifiers: Nigeria’s Flamingoes beat Guinea to reach next round
Nigeria has qualified for the next round where they would be up against their Ghanaian counterparts.