Athletes can wear a hijab in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games athletes’ village without any restriction, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday, days after France’s...
A United Nations body has criticized France’s ban on its athletes wearing the hijab at next year’s summer Olympics. Asked about the decision to ban French...
Aja Evans, a 2014 Olympic bobsled bronze medalist, has filed a lawsuit alleging that a doctor who worked on Team USA’s medical staff subjected her to...
The eastern grandstand of Sydney’s Olympic stadium will be named after Cathy Freeman in tribute to the Indigenous runner who won the 400m gold medal at...
Former France striker Thierry Henry has been named head coach of the country’s Under-21s until 2025, the French Football Federation said in a statement on Monday....
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. On this date, 3 August 1996, the Nigeria men’s football team beat Argentina 2-1 to win the Olympic Games gold medal and became...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA It is another 2 August. It is 27 years since Chioma Ajunwa lept over 7.12 metres to win Nigeria’s first gold medal in...
Ukraine’s Olga Kharlan was invited to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris next year by the IOC on Friday after the fencer was disqualified for...
Russia, sidelined from many international sports events over the war in Ukraine, said on Thursday it would organise a competition next year for members of the...
There will be a departure from the past in the football events of the Olympic Games next year in Paris, France. For the first time since women’s...