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Tobi Amusan Wins Stockholm Diamond League Women's 100m Hurdles

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Nigerian Athlete, Tobi Amusan has won the Stockholm Diamond League women's 100m Hurdles at 12.52 seconds as the current world record holder.

Atlanta 96 gold medal was better than Rio 2016 bronze medal - Sunday Oliseh says

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Former Super Eagles coach and member of the victorious Gold winning U-23 dream team at Atlanta 96, Sunday Oliseh has dismissed all comparison between the 1996 Dream team and Samson Siasia's men who won Bronze at the just concluded Rio 2016 Olympics.

Rio Olympics: Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare crashes out

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Top Nigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare has crashed out of Rio 2016 Olympics. She came 3rd in her semi-final heat with a time of 11.09seconds and as a result couldn't make it to the finals as only athletes that ran under 11seconds made it to the final.

Minister of sports denies report that Mikel Obi paid $4000 as ransom over bills

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John Mikel Obi reportedly paid $4000 to free the Olympic football squad after the team was held to ransom by hotel officials in Sao Paulo over bills incurred by additional NFF officials. 

Olympic: Simone Manuel wins historic gold medal

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The tears trickled down her cheek immediately after she sang two words: “Gave proof.” Whether it just a neat bit of timing or her recognizing the history she made, it was perfect that Simone Manuel, standing atop an Olympic podium, a gold medal hanging from her neck, the first black American female swimmer to have won one, happened to melt at the precise moment in “The Star-Spangled Banner” that encapsulated her night.