33-year-old Olympic gold medalist, Usain Bolt, is about to be a father as he and his girlfriend, Kasi Bennett, are expecting their first child together. To...
Multinational financial services company Visa has announced the signing of Nigerian Athlete Divine Oduduru to its global Team Visa program for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020....
Amid the on-going international pressure and anti-governmental protests in cities across Iran after the country admitted it had accidentally shot down a Ukrainian flight, killing all...
Iran’s only female Olympic medalist has said on social media she had left her homeland because she had had enough of being used by its authorities...
Former Olympic boxing gold medallist and four-weight world champion Pernell Whitaker has died after a traffic accident in Virginia, police confirmed on Monday. The 55-year-old was...
Bahrain’s Olympic women’s marathon silver medalist Eunice Kirwa has been provisionally suspended after failing a doping test, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said in a statement....
World weightlifting championship hosts, Thailand have voluntarily withdrawn from international competitions, including qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, over a series of doping violations. Thailand...
Breakdancing will become an Olympic sport in 2024 if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approves the inclusion of four sports proposed by the Paris Olympics organizers....
Olympic gold medalist in short track speed skating, Shim Suk-hee, has accused a former South Korean national team coach, Cho Jae-bum, of repeatedly raping her since...
A Nigerian athlete, Simidele Adeagbo, is just one race away from qualifying for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, in the sport of skeleton. If she is successful,...
The photo of President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was taken on Tuesday, at the the official handover of Team Nigeria to the...
Have you ever wondered what happens to soccer balls, tennis balls, rugby balls and other sports equipment used at the Olympics?
It was double honour for Chinese diver He Zi on Sunday as she walked away with a golden ring in addition to her silver medal.
It was a big day at Rio for Simone Manuel on Saturday as she won gold in the swimming event of the Olympic.
American teenager Virginia Thrasher stunned favoured rivals to win the first gold medal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, showing nerves of steel to claim the...