Tokyo Olympics

October 07, (THEWILL) - Following a closed-door meeting, the House of Representatives Committee on Sports and Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, put a planned investigative hearing on hold on Tuesday. The hearing was to focus on doping...

August 08, (THEWILL) - The closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics pulled the curtain on the global sports showpiece that endured a year of costly postponement, protests, criticism and worry about a pandemic that was still spreading to end...

July 27, (THEWILL) - Tuesday's events at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, brought an end to Nigeria's participation in the male and female single categories of the tennis events in the ongoing global sports showpiece with the elimination of...

July 10, (THEWILL) - In the face of an unyielding rise of coronavirus infections by the week, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency in Tokyo that will take effect on Monday, which is 11 days...

July 08, (THEWILL) - In a widely expected move, organisers of the Summer Olympics have decided to ban spectators from the Games in Tokyo after Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s Prime Minister declared a state of emergency in the host city...

July 02, (THEWILL) - The chance for Nigeria's relay team to represent the country at next month's Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, has finally been crushed with the decision of the World Athletics (WA) to disqualify the team that...

July 02, (THEWILL) - America’s fastest sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, a medal hopeful in the 100-meter dash at the upcoming Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan may have jeopardised her dreams of Olympic glory after failing a drug test on Thursday. The...

June 30, (THEWILL) - The July 23 commencement date for the summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is under increasing threats from a steady rise in daily cases of the coronavirus in the city. The recent spike has also triggered...

June 19, (THEWILL)- The race to the Olympics in Tokyo Japan is over for one renowned Olympian, Ryan Lochte. The American swimming sensation, who throughout the 21st century has been equal parts controversial and successful, came up short in his...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 02, (THEWILL) – The disturbing coronavirus infection rates in Japan ahead of the imminent commencement of the Tokyo Olympics has been the centre of calls to outrightly cancel or postpone the Games of the XXXLL Olympiad...