Despite Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat at the hands of Colombia, Nigeria’s dream team VI still finished Group B winners, while Brazil put in a great performance to top Group A in the final match of the group stage. This development means that the Olympic Eagles will not play the hosts in Saturday’s last eight game in […]
Continue ReadingAruna Quadri’s sensational run of form and his hopes of winning Nigeria’s and Africa’s first men’s singles table tennis Olympic medal were dashed at Rio 2016. The Nigerian star had succeeded in stopping some big names on his way to the quarter-finals, but reaching the semi-finals he came up against world No.1 Ma Long on […]
Continue ReadingThree out of the many Nigerian athletes in the ongoing Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games have set records that will be cherished in a longtime to come. The trio with records are two table tennis stars, Segun Toriola and Aruna Quadri as well as Rower, Chierika Ukogu .The 41 year-old Toriola had his 7th appearance […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Aruna Quadri Monday entered the history books, when he emerged the first African ever to make it to the quarter finals of the men’s single table tennis event at the Olympics. Quadri, in a throbbing encounter, defeated his German opponent, Boll Timo, 4-2 to seal a historic berth in the quarter finals of men’s […]
Continue ReadingCoach of Nigeria’s dream team VI, Samson Siasia has assured that his team will continue to take it one game at a time in the ongoing Men’s Olympic Football Tournament in Rio 2016. Answering questions at the post match news conference after the 1-0 victory over Sweden, Coach Siasia said for now his attention was […]
Continue Reading“ I hear we are no longer Nigeria, but the United States of Nigeria” “You didn’t hear anything. Stop being hypocritical, my friend.” “But the incumbent Minister of Sports is on record as having said something like that” “I know. That dumb Minister who wears the red cap that looks like something taken and approved […]
Continue ReadingHopes of Nigeria winning medals at the Rio Olympic games are gradually fading away, with Africa’s Olympic appearance record holder and one of Nigeria’s medal hopefuls in the table tennis event of the Rio Olympic, Segun Toriola, crashing out of the table tennis men’s singles event of the Rio Olympic Games after losing to Japan’s […]
Continue ReadingSamson Siasia has released a provisional 35-man squad for the Rio Olympics which has names like Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel, Alex Iwobi, Odion Ighalo and others. Aside Mikel, the list officially released by the Dream Team VI Coach on Friday has tested legs like South Africa –based goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi, defenders William Troost Ekong, […]
Continue ReadingSegun Toriola, who has been involved in six build ups to the Olympics Games, has lamented that the preparation for Rio 2016 is the worst ever he has experienced. Toriola, who at 42 is Africa’s most decorated table tennis player, will make history in Brazil as the first African athlete to feature in seven Olympic […]
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