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Tokyo Olympics: AFN admits ‘lapses’ after disqualification of 10 athletes

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Tokyo Olympics: AFN admits ‘lapses’ after disqualification of 10 athletes

TNT Newsline July 30, 2021 2

  The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Thursday admitted “lapses” on its part over the disqualification...

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10 Nigerian athletes banned from Tokyo Olympics

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10 Nigerian athletes banned from Tokyo Olympics

TNT Newsline July 29, 2021 2

  The chance of Nigeria winning any medal at the Tokyo Olympics has been dealt a big...

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Tokyo’s virus cases surge to record high just days into Olympics

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Tokyo’s virus cases surge to record high just days into Olympics

TNT Newsline July 28, 2021 0

    Coronavirus cases in Tokyo have shot up to a record high just four days after...

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Tokyo Olympics ouster: I’ve disappointed Sports Minister, Quadri cries out

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Tokyo Olympics ouster: I’ve disappointed Sports Minister, Quadri cries out

TNT Newsline July 28, 2021 0

  Team Nigeria’s captain to the Tokyo Olympic Games, Aruna Quadri has lamented his ouster from the...

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Team Nigeria shines as Oshonaike, Toriola enter record books 

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Team Nigeria shines as Oshonaike, Toriola enter record books 

TNT Newsline July 26, 2021 93

By TONY UBANI, Tokyo Japan Team Nigeria shot into reckoning when two of her athletes, Segun Toriola...

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Ex-President Jonathan floats ‘GEJ Sports Club’ to groom young talents 

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Ex-President Jonathan floats ‘GEJ Sports Club’ to groom young talents 

TNT Newsline July 26, 2021 39

By BASSEY WILLIE Former President Goodluck Jonathan has inaugurated a sports club, called, “GEJ Sports Club” in...

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Tokyo 2020: CAS rejects Nigeria’s appeal for Ogwumike, Williams

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Tokyo 2020: CAS rejects Nigeria’s appeal for Ogwumike, Williams

TNT Newsline July 20, 2021 37

By JOE APU The Court of Arbitration for Sports today ruled against Nigeria’s appeal to field Nneka...

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East Africans sweep laurels at Ijebu-Ode Heritage Half Marathon 

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East Africans sweep laurels at Ijebu-Ode Heritage Half Marathon 

TNT Newsline July 18, 2021 2

By CHIBUIKE CHUKWU, Lagos It was a clean sweep for Kenya and Ethiopia as their representatives took...

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FIFA sanctions Italian club Spezia for illegal signing of Nigerian minors 

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FIFA sanctions Italian club Spezia for illegal signing of Nigerian minors 

TNT Newsline July 17, 2021 0

  The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned Italian club Spezia Calcio for breaches relating to international transfer...

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Olympics: Nigerian official hospitalised in Tokyo after positive COVID-19 test

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Olympics: Nigerian official hospitalised in Tokyo after positive COVID-19 test

TNT Newsline July 17, 2021 2

  A Nigerian Olympic official has been hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Japan....

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