Category: Olympics

Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji Canadian women’s national team goalkeeper, Stephanie Lynn Marie Labbé has announced her retirement from international football on Wednesday. More Details… The Olympic gold medalist has 85 international caps for Canada to h...

Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji After consecutive bronze medals at London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics, the Canadian women’s football team won its first football gold medal at the Olympics after edging Sweden 2-3 on penalties. Stina Blackstenius scored the fi...

Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji The Mexican men’s football team defeated host, Japan 3-1 to emerge as bronze medalist at Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Sebastian Cordova opened the scoring for Mexico from the penalty spot in the 13th minute at Saitama Stadium....

Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji The United States of America (USA) Women’s National Team (USWNT) had to survive Australia’s late resurgence to secure a 4-3 win in the bronze medal game at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Megan Rapinoe scored the...

Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji The French women’s basketball team has qualified for the semi-final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after recording a slim win against second-ranked Spain. France defeated Spain 64-67 (16-21, 14-15, 18-19, 16-12) to book a place i...

Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji The United States of America (USA) senior women’s basketball team qualified for the semi-final at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a victory over Australia. The Americans secured a 55-79 (12-26, 15-22, 12-20, 16-11) win o...

Written by Patrick Echatah Real Madrid and Spanish forward Marco Asensio’s extra-time goal sent Spain to the Tokyo Olympics final which ultimately ended Japan’s quest for an Olympic gold medal in men’s football with a narrow 1-0 win, Spain...

Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji The United States of America (USA) senior men’s basketball team had to come back from going behind in the first quarter to record an 81-95 victory over Spain at Tokyo 2020 Olympics basketball quarter-final. The top-ranked...

Written by Dare Solomon After 13 years’ wait, Ese Brume wins Nigeria’s first athletics medal. Brume grabs bronze in the women’s Long Jump with 6.97m in the early hours of Tuesday morning while United States of America (USA)’s Brittney Reese...