Olympic – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Tue, 12 Jul 2022 21:02:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Olympic – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 A Flight Attendant Mistook Me For A Kid – Simone Biles https://www.theinfostride.com/a-flight-attendant-mistook-me-for-a-kid-simone-biles/ https://www.theinfostride.com/a-flight-attendant-mistook-me-for-a-kid-simone-biles/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2022 21:02:04 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=328387 Seven-time Olympic medalist, Simone Biles has come out to say that she was once mistaken for a child by a flight attendant. She recently had her say via her social media page, and fans have been reacting. According to her, she was actually aboard a plane on her way home from accepting the Presidential Medal [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/a-flight-attendant-mistook-me-for-a-kid-simone-biles/feed/ 0 I Couldn’t Stop Blocking Out My Reality – Mo Farah https://www.theinfostride.com/i-couldnt-stop-blocking-out-my-reality-mo-farah/ https://www.theinfostride.com/i-couldnt-stop-blocking-out-my-reality-mo-farah/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2022 20:35:35 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=328371 Popular Olympic star, Sir Mo Farah has come out to say that he was brought to the UK illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting. According to him, his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/i-couldnt-stop-blocking-out-my-reality-mo-farah/feed/ 0 A Message from Tokyo – Dennis Onakinor https://www.theinfostride.com/a-message-from-tokyo-dennis-onakinor/ https://www.theinfostride.com/a-message-from-tokyo-dennis-onakinor/#respond Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:03:56 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=304138 Dennis Onakinor urges the world, especially Africa’s most populous country – Nigeria, to learn from the rare sportsmanship example set by Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy and Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar, both of whom mutually agreed to jointly share the high jump event gold medal at the just-concluded 2020 Tokyo Olympics. While noting that competition [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/a-message-from-tokyo-dennis-onakinor/feed/ 0 LeBron James Wants More Olympic Glory https://www.theinfostride.com/lebron-james-wants-more-olympic-glory/ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:28:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=141035 Three-time NBA finals MVP LeBron James says he is keeping his options open for a return to Team USA for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. “I did not retire from Team USA,” he told US sports broadcaster ESPN. “I just did not play this summer. So I still left the door open.” The Americans advanced to [...]

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]]> Nigeria Clinch First Olympic Medal https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-clinch-first-olympic-medal/ Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:06:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=140910 Nigeria won the bronze medal in men’s football on Saturday with a 3-2 victory over Honduras. A sparse crowd in the Belo Horizonte stadium saw the Central Americans launch a late comeback but it was not enough to cut the deficit after Nigeria went 3-0 went up in 56 minutes. Sadiq Umar got the first [...]

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]]> Germany Women Win Olympic Gold https://www.theinfostride.com/germany-women-win-olympic-gold/ Sat, 20 Aug 2016 15:16:22 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=140784 Germany handed departing coach Silvia Neid the perfect send off by claiming women’s football Olympic gold for the first time thanks to a 2-1 win over Sweden in front of a huge crowd at Rio’s Maracana. Dzsenifer Marozsan’s sweet strike and Lisa Sembrant’s comical own goal put Germany 2-0 up early in the second-half before [...]

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]]> Ibrahimovic Included In Sweden’s Olympic Squad https://www.theinfostride.com/ibrahimovic-included-in-swedens-olympic-squad/ Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:44:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=132290 Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been included in Sweden’s provisional 35-man squad to play at the Rio Olympics this summer. Ibrahimovic, 34, is currently captaining his country at Euro 2016 and could potentially delay his much anticipated arrival at Manchester United if he does go on to play in the August competition. Sweden qualified for the Olympic [...]

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]]> Samson Siasia Has His Eye On Olympic Gold https://www.theinfostride.com/samson-siasia-has-his-eye-on-olympic-gold/ Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:37:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=113194 Head coach of Nigeria’s Under-23 football team, Samson Siasia insists success at the just-concluded 2015 Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) is not “an end” as regards his project with the Dream Team VI. Nigeria beat Algeria 2-1 on Saturday in the Under-23 Afcon final to emerge champions in Senegal, booking a ticket to the [...]

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]]> Anderlecht Striker Ezekiel Imoh Under Consideration For Next Year’s Olympic https://www.theinfostride.com/anderlecht-striker-ezekiel-imoh-under-consideration-for-next-years-olympic/ Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:38:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100477 Nigeria’s U-23 coach Samson Siasia may be considering Anderlecht striker Ezekiel Imoh for next year’s Olympic. Siasia has made clear his intention to beef up the Nigeria U-23 side’s forward line with prolific scorers from the European Leagues. The coach was furious about his strikers’ performance at the recently concluded All-Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville, where they won bronze, [...]

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]]> Beijing 2015: Kenya’s Olympic Champion David Rudisha Clinches 800m Gold as Team Nigeria Woes Continue | #Sports https://www.theinfostride.com/beijing-2015-kenyas-rudisha-clinches-800m-gold-as-team-nigeria-woes-continue-sports/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:40:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/beijing-2015-kenyas-rudisha-clinches-800m-gold-as-team-nigeria-woes-continue-sports/ Kenya’s Olympic champion David Rudisha was in absolute control on his track to winning his 2nd world title in the men’s 800m final in Beijing on Tuesday. The 26-year-old, whose first World Championships medal in the same event came four years ago in Daegu, commanded much of the race and cranked up his speed in the [...]

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]]> British Former Olympic Champion Coe Becomes IAAF President | #Sports https://www.theinfostride.com/british-former-olympic-champion-coe-becomes-iaaf-president-sports/ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:14:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/british-former-olympic-champion-coe-becomes-iaaf-president-sports/ Former Olympic 1500m champions Sebastian Coe has been voted new president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Englishman, Lord Coe, 58, succeeds Senegalese Lamine Diack, 82, who has been head of athletics’ governing body since 1999. The elections was held in Beijing just three days before the 2015 World Championships. Votes came from [...]

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]]> FIFA Appoints Swiss Lawyer Francois Carrard As The Head of Reform Taskforce | #Sports https://www.theinfostride.com/swiss-lawyer-francois-carrard-named-head-of-fifas-reform-taskforce-sports/ Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:43:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/swiss-lawyer-francois-carrard-named-head-of-fifas-reform-taskforce-sports/ FIFA has appointed Director General of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Dr. Francois Carrard, as head of its 11-man Reform Committee. Dr. Carrard – an internationally renowned Swiss lawyer – has been named the independent chairman of the 2016 Fifa Reform Committeefollowing consultation with the six football confederations, each of which have appointed two representatives to [...]

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]]> Warm-Up Ties Key To WC Glory https://www.theinfostride.com/warm-up-ties-key-to-wc-glory/ Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:54:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=73377 Super Falcons head coach, Edwin Okon has said top grade warm-up matches are quite key to the side successful campaign at upcoming Fifa Women’s World Cup in Canada. . The African champions are expected to open camp on Sunday, February 22 in Abuja to commence preparations for the All Africa Games (AAG), Olympic Games qualifiers [...]

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]]> Falcons Not Aware Of AAG Resumption Date https://www.theinfostride.com/falcons-not-aware-of-aag-resumption-date/ Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:38:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=72441 Super Falcons have claimed 100% ignorance to the Thursday, February 12 resumption date for the upcoming All Africa Games (AAG) and Olympics qualifiers. . The National Sports Commission (NSC) Director General, Gbenga Elegbeleye had directed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to open camp on the said date for the African champions to commence preparations for [...]

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]]> #Athletic: Kenya’s Rudisha, Kemboi get Commonwealth Games wildcards https://www.theinfostride.com/athletic-kenyas-rudisha-kemboi-get-commonwealth-games-wildcards/ Sat, 07 Jun 2014 18:35:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=47119 World 800m record holder David Rudisha and two-time Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion Ezekiel Kemboi were notable inclusions in the Kenyan national team named on Saturday for next month's Commonwealth Games. The selectors decided to give both athletes…

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]]> #Sports: Japanese sports fans bids farewell to Olympic stadium before demolition https://www.theinfostride.com/sports-japanese-sports-fans-bids-farewell-to-olympic-stadium-before-demolition/ Sun, 01 Jun 2014 06:01:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=45882 Japanese sports fans bid an emotional farewell to Tokyo's National Stadium at the weekend with a lavish ceremony to close the venue before demolition begins in July. The stadium, built to host the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, will be dismantled over 15 months…

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]]> #Olympic: Amos wins, Rudisha seventh at Prefontaine https://www.theinfostride.com/olympic-amos-wins-rudisha-seventh-at-prefontaine/ Sun, 01 Jun 2014 05:51:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=45864 London Olympic runner-up Nijel Amos of Botswana won the 800 meters Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic in a 2014 world-best time while long-injured reigning Olympic champion David Rudisha finished seventh. The Diamond League showdown at the University…

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]]> North Korea to send delegation to Asian Games in South Korea https://www.theinfostride.com/north-korea-to-send-delegation-to-asian-games-in-south-korea/ Fri, 23 May 2014 08:50:23 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=44405 North Korea said Friday it will send athletes to this year's Asian Games in South Korea, the first time it has participated in a major sporting event there for more than a decade and despite simmering tensions between the neighbours. "The Olympic Committee…

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]]> Double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah to run in Commonwealth Games https://www.theinfostride.com/double-olympic-and-world-champion-mo-farah-to-run-in-commonwealth-games/ Mon, 12 May 2014 18:36:02 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=42169 Double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah announced Monday he would compete at this year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. "Hi guys! I will be running in the Commonwealth Games this year..!! See you in Glasgow..!! Shabba....!!" Farah told his Twitter…

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]]> Former Olympic 100-metres champion Justin Gatlin prepared to battle Gay after comeback https://www.theinfostride.com/former-olympic-100-metres-champion-justin-gatlin-prepared-to-battle-gay-after-comeback/ Sat, 10 May 2014 11:06:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=41657 Former Olympic 100-metres champion Justin Gatlin on Saturday said he would give Tyson Gay a run for his money when the fellow US sprinter re-enters competition after a one-year doping ban. Last week Gay, the triple 2007 world champion, said he would…

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]]> Undisputed world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s Olympic hopes in doubt https://www.theinfostride.com/undisputed-world-heavyweight-champion-wladimir-klitschkos-olympic-hopes-in-doubt/ Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:26:07 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=38971 Ukraine's undisputed world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko's hopes of competing in the 2016 Olympics have been dealt a blow after he failed to get permission to take part in his country's qualifying competition. The executive board of the Ukrainian…

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]]> Reigning world champ LaShawn Merritt beats James to capture 400m https://www.theinfostride.com/reigning-world-champ-lashawn-merritt-beats-james-to-capture-400m/ Sat, 26 Apr 2014 07:40:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=38470 Reigning world champ LaShawn Merritt beat 2012 Olympic Games gold medal winner Kirani James to win a star-studded 400 metre race at the Drake Relays on Friday. American Merritt posted a winning time of 44.44 seconds to beat James of Grenada in front…

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]]> Comeback has Olympic legend Michael Phelps ‘feeling like a kid’ https://www.theinfostride.com/comeback-has-olympic-legend-michael-phelps-feeling-like-a-kid/ Fri, 25 Apr 2014 22:26:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=38410 Olympic legend Michael Phelps was "feeling like a kid" again after his first competition in 20 months, and eager to see where his comeback will take him. "As a whole, I felt pretty good just being able to get back in the water and race again," Phelps…

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]]> Records as London Marathon holds https://www.theinfostride.com/records-as-london-marathon-holds/ Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:38:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35422 Near-ideal sunny and clear conditions greeted the first runners to start the London Marathon with fans hoping for a fast pace by British favourite Mo Farah in his debut over the distance. Farah, the reigning Olympic and world 5,000 metres and 10,000m…

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]]> IOC ramp up speed of Rio preparations for the 2016 Olympics https://www.theinfostride.com/ioc-ramp-up-speed-of-rio-preparations-for-the-2016-olympics/ Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:18:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=34741 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday drew up a list of urgent recommendations aimed at breathing life into the flagging preparations for the 2016 Olympics. Rio's Olympics have come under fire recently over construction delays which…

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]]> Multi Olympic medallist Sherone Simpson banned for doping https://www.theinfostride.com/multi-olympic-medallist-sherone-simpson-banned-for-doping/ Tue, 08 Apr 2014 17:00:59 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=34186 Jamaica's 2008 Olympic women's 100 metres silver medallist Sherone Simpson received an 18-month suspension for doping from the Jamaica Anti-Doping (JADCO) Disciplinary Panel on Tuesday. The 29-year-old, who won 4x100m relay gold in the 2004 Olympics…

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]]> Olympic champion Pearson beats Breen for 100m title in Australian trials https://www.theinfostride.com/olympic-champion-pearson-beats-breen-for-100m-title-in-australian-trials/ Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:59:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=33426 Olympic champion Sally Pearson battled strong headwinds to win a 12th Australian athletics title at the national Commonwealth Games trials in Melbourne on Saturday. Pearson continued to reassert her supremacy over national 100m record holder Melissa…

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]]> Two killed in avalanche at Sochi Olympic ski resort https://www.theinfostride.com/two-killed-in-avalanche-at-sochi-olympic-ski-resort/ Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:19:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30443 Russian authorities on Monday declared an avalanche warning for the mountain resort used to host the Sochi Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games events, after an avalanche killed two women in the area at the weekend. The avalanche hit the Rosa Khutor…

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]]> South Korea to file judging complaint over skating star https://www.theinfostride.com/south-korea-to-file-judging-complaint-over-skating-star/ Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:07:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=29891 South Korea's Olympic body said Friday it would file a complaint with the international governing body for figure skating over controversial judging which saw Olympic defending champion Kim Yu-Na relegated to silver at the Winter Games. The Korean Olympic…

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]]> Bolt ‘let down’ by Jamaica, says US anti-doping chief https://www.theinfostride.com/bolt-let-down-by-jamaica-says-us-anti-doping-chief/ Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:06:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=29720 Usain Bolt is suffering from Jamaica's much-criticised drugs policy, according to United States Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart. Bolt's fellow Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown, the two-time Olympic 200 metres champion tested positive…

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]]> Olympic champion Hoefl-Riesch announces retirement https://www.theinfostride.com/olympic-champion-hoefl-riesch-announces-retirement/ Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:18:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=29693 Germany's triple Olympic champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch has announced her retirement following an injury-hit season that deprived her of the World Cup overall title but did win her the downhill crown in her final campaign. The alpine skiing legend, 29,…

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]]> China Network Television (CNTV) and Sport TV Choose NeuLion to Power Live Streaming of the 2014 Olympics https://www.theinfostride.com/china-network-television-cntv-and-sport-tv-choose-neulion-to-power-live-streaming-of-the-2014-olympics/ Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:50:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/02/china-network-television-cntv-and-sport-tv-choose-neulion-to-power-live-streaming-of-the-2014-olympics/ PLAINVIEW, NY–(Marketwired – Feb 14, 2014) –  NeuLion, Inc. (TSX: NLN), the leading Internet video technology provider for delivering live and on-demand content to any Internet-enabled device, today announced its TV Everywhere Platform is being used to power live Olympic streaming experiences in China and Portugal to a vast fan base.  China’s consumer market, forecasted [...]

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]]> Bruce Jenner Gradually Turning Into A Woman https://www.theinfostride.com/bruce-jenner-gradually-turning-into-a-woman/ Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:07:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=19070 Former Olympic athlete and Keeping Up with the Kardashians reality star Bruce Jenner is reportedly gradually transforming himself into a feminine version his old self. The 64-year-old father of six is rumoured to have recently undergone a procedure to shave down his Adam’s apple, a procedure typically done on patients who are in the first [...]

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]]> Shiffrin gives US Olympic boost with Bormio slalom win https://www.theinfostride.com/shiffrin-gives-us-olympic-boost-with-bormio-slalom-win/ Sun, 05 Jan 2014 17:01:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8277 American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin handed the US ski team a welcome pre-Olympics boost with an impressive victory in the World Cup women's slalom in Bormio on Sunday. The 18-year-old reigning world slalom champion clocked a combined time of 2min 00.…

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]]> Putin scraps blanket ban on protests at Sochi Games https://www.theinfostride.com/putin-scraps-blanket-ban-on-protests-at-sochi-games/ Sat, 04 Jan 2014 13:33:17 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7923 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday reversed a blanket ban on protests at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, bowing to pressure from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Russia had initially banned any political protests in the Russian Black…

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]]> Pole vault star Isinbayeva shocked by attacks in Russian hometown https://www.theinfostride.com/pole-vault-star-isinbayeva-shocked-by-attacks-in-russian-hometown/ Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:17:07 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6990 Double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva on Monday said she was devastated and shocked by two deadly attacks that have rocked her hometown of Volgograd in southern Russia. "It is hard for me to talk now," Isinbayeva told the ITAR-TASS news…

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