Super Eagles rising star, Ikechukwu Uche yesterday made the list of 26 players penciled down by team handler, Samson Siasia for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games next onth.

ABRAHAM Chepkirwok continued with his Beijing Olympic Games build up by finishing second in the Athens Grand Prix race on Sunday evening.

CARA Black's preparations for next month's Olympic Games in Beijing, China, suffered a severe body blow when she failed to qualify for the first round proper of the women's singles at the Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament in

After several days in suspense, Nigeria's Olympic soccer team, 'Dream Team' will finally depart the country today for South Korea where they will wrap up their preparations before hitting Beijing for the games.

Mpumalanga is preparing to host this year's Special Olympics for intellectually impaired athletes in September.

THISDAYSports can exclusively reveal that the Federal Government has finally backed up President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's demand for eight gold medals at next month's Beijing Olympic Games with the release of N1.7 billion to the National Sports Commission (NSC).

For the first time since Barcelona 1992, Nigeria women 4x100m quartet will not compete at the Olympics. The team with only a few days to the July 16 deadline was knocked from the list of top 16 nations that have

Ethiopia Monday named a strong track team for the Beijing Olympics with world champions Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba doubling up in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres races.