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There’s no impossibility, says Usain Bolt after winning 3 gold at Rio Games
The word "impossible" does not exist in the Word of world’s fastest man, Jamaican Usain Bolt."I have a saying: `Nothing is impossible’. I never set limits for myself. I’ve always wanted to push the barriers and that’s what I did,’’ Bolt…
Usain Bolt signs off from Rio Olympics after ninth gold medal
Usain St Leo Bolt ended his Olympic career with another gold in the 4x100 metre relay race, anchoring his Jamaican team mates to victory in 37.27 seconds, five metres ahead of Japan, that claimed silver.Usain Bolt via his Twitter handle…
Dream Team’s Atlanta tour saga: NFF fires back at Dalung
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has described the insinuations by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung in a television interview that the issue of the Dream Team being stranded in Atlanta, USA, prior to Rio 2016…
Rio 2016: Dream Team’s US tour full of dirty deals —Dalung
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has hinted at shady deals behind the country’s football team being stranded for several days at their training base in Atlanta, USA, before they finally made their way to the 2016…
Onazi backs Dream Team to win bronze
...Don’t give up —SarakiNigeria international, Ogenyi Onazi has said he believes the country will clinch Olympics bronze today by beating Honduras in Belo Horizonte.Dream Team VI failed to reach the final of the Rio Olympics…
Igali loses N1m bet on women wrestlers
With Nigeria’s five women wrestlers out of contention at the ongoing Rio Olympics, Daniel Igali, President, Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), says he has lost N1 million bet on their winning medals.Igali, also Technical Director of…
Rio 2016: We expect hostile crowd in gold battle —Germany scorer
Germany’s left-back, Lukas Klostermann, believes the fall of hosts, Brazil is possible today, as both sides clash in the final of the men’s football Olympic gold at the Maracana Stadium.Klostermann, who scored his country’s first goal…
Dream Team won’t miss ‘golden’ bronze —Siasia
Nigeria’s U-23 coach, Samson Siasia has said the Dream Team is determined to placate Nigerians by winning the bronze of the Rio Olympics today at the expense of Honduras.Siasia told FIFA.com that his men has gained some positives from…
I’m in the same class as Ali, Pele —Bolt
History-maker Usain Bolt said he deserves to be among sport’s all-time greats after romping to a third straight Olympic 200m gold in Rio.The world’s fastest man argued that he should be in the pantheon of sporting heroes with Pele,…
Historical facts of Bolt so far at Rio Games
Events are showing that Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt can be considered as the greatest and fastest athlete of all time.The top athlete, who is waiting to cap his two gold with a third from the 4x100 relays has become the first athlete…