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The much-anticipated Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games officially begin today despite some sports like football and softball already recording some mind-blowing results. For Team Nigeria, the journey will start with medal hopefuls, Odunayo Adekuoroye and Quadri Aruna leading out the contingent at the ceremonial match past, bearing the country’s green-white-green flag.
After attending several editions of the Olympiad without any commensurate silverware achievements like Atlanta in 1996, Nigerians have become nonplused. They are no longer sure of what to expect from Team Nigeria but disappointment. After Atlanta ‘96, Nigerian athletes tried to match that feat four years later at Sydney 2000 by winning two silver medals and a couple of bronze medals. Although one of the silver medals got elevated to gold following the disqualification of Team USA over dope use several years later, none of our outings in the subsequent Games produced anything near the two gold medals in the
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Published 17 July 2021
Eyebrows have been raised following different attire worn by members of Team Nigeria contingent in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games despite AFA Sports announced as the country’s official kits supplier,
Saturday PUNCH reports.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had on Monday in Abuja unveiled AFA Sports as the official apparel of Team Nigeria to the Games, a day before their departure to their training camp in Kizarasu, Japan.
However, several videos and pictures showed many officials were wearing different attire and sportswear brands.
Contingents from other countries – including South Africa – who arrived in Japan at the same time with Nigeria were however uniformly kitted.
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erman kits manufacturers, PUMA may sue the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) for breach of the 2019 partnership deal signed in Doha to kit Nigeria’s track and field teams till 2023.
PUMA had in a letter on February 13, 2020 confirmed it signed an agreement on July 24, 2019 with Messrs Ibrahim Gusau and Sunday Adeleye to sponsor the team and that it has met all its financial obligations to the federation which amounted to $2.76m (N1.1bn).
However, with few days to the 2020 Olympics, Daily Trust has gathered reliably that Team Nigeria Athletics will not don the already supplied PUMA kits and this may cause the company to trigger a clause in the contract for refund of N1.1b.
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