2016 Rio Olympics Archives - SayNaija

Japanese doctor hands Mikel, Siasia $390,000 cheque

saynigeria — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 06:28:06 +0000

Japanese doctor hands Mikel, Siasia $390,000 cheque The dust raised by the donation from a Japanese doctor, Katsuya Takasu, to the Nigeria U-23 team for [...]

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BREAKING: Dream Team VI beat Honduras to win bronze

saynigeria — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 19:41:58 +0000

BREAKING: Dream Team VI beat Honduras to win bronze Nigeria claimed men’s football bronze at the Rio Olympics with an entertaining 3-2 win over Honduras [...]

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BREAKING: Usain Bolt wins third Olympic 200m title

saynigeria — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:57:07 +0000

BREAKING: Usain Bolt wins third Olympic 200m title Usain Bolt won a third successive Olympic 200m gold on Thursday to keep his hopes of an [...]

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2016 Rio Olympics: Nigeria’s U-23 beats Denmark, cruises into semi-final

saynigeria — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 05:21:06 +0000

2016 Rio Olympics: Nigeria’s U-23 beats Denmark, cruises into semi-final Team Nigeria Captain, John Obi Mikel, scored a goal and also provided an assist on [...]

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Simone Manuel Becomes First Black Woman to Win Individual Swimming Medal

saynigeria — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 05:43:00 +0000

Simone Manuel Becomes First Black Woman to Win Individual Swimming Medal American swimmer Simone Manuel won the gold medal in the 100m individual freestyle event [...]

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Colombia Win Nigeria to To Qualify For Quarterfinals

saynigeria — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:39:08 +0000

Colombia Win Nigeria to To Qualify For Quarterfinals Colombia beat Nigeria 2-0 at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo on Wednesday to make the last [...]

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Three Nigerians create records at Rio Olympics

saynigeria — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 06:06:20 +0000

Three Nigerians create records at Rio Olympics At least three of the many Nigerian athletes in the ongoing Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games created records [...]

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Sports Minister, Dalung apologises to Nigeria’s Dream Team

saynigeria — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 20:33:38 +0000

Sports Minister, Dalung apologises to Nigeria’s Dream Team The Minister of Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has apologised to players and officials of Nigeria’s [...]

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Nigeria U23 Team Stranded in Atlanta

saynigeria — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 06:07:30 +0000

Nigeria U23 Team Stranded in Atlanta Four days to their opening game at the Rio 2016 Olympics, the Nigeria U23 National Team returned to training [...]

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Ighalo Slams Rumours of Unavailability for Olympics

saynigeria — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 06:13:46 +0000

Ighalo Slams Rumours of Unavailability for Olympics Nigerian striking jewel Odion Ighalo has declared himself ready to don the nation’s colours at the 2016 Rio [...]

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