Archives Tag: Olympics 2012
NBA Teams Court D’Tiger’s Chamberlain Oguchi
April 19, 2022
26 year old Nigerian basketball star, Chamberlain Oguchi has piqued the interest of the US National Basketball Association teams following a tremendous display with the D’Tigers at the just concluded Olympic Games.
Olympics 2012: Nigeria’s Empty Medal Basket.
April 19, 2022
During the last moments of the games, while some countries were having a nice time scooping up and celebrating gold medals, Nigeria was still trying to get a bronze medal.
Olympics 2012: Day Thirteen For Team Nigeria.
April 19, 2022
24 year-old Doreen Amata cleared her season best height of 1.90m in the Women’s High Jump event but it wasn’t enough to thrust her into the final round of the competition as she finished in 17th position.
Olympics 2012: Day Eleven For Team Nigeria.
April 19, 2022
Day 11 seems to be a success as some athletes scale towards the chance to be on the podium. Tosin Oke cleared 16.83m in Men’s Triple Jump semi-final to book a place in the final.
Olympics 2012: Support The Medal Hunt!
April 19, 2022
Within the last couple of weeks, Nigerians have witnessed setbacks in the ongoing Olympic competition, before then, sports stakeholders, administrators and Journalists have raised hopes of Nigerians, assuring the sports enthusiasts of our ability to win a couple of medals.
Olympics 2012: Day Ten For Team Nigeria Filled With Hope!
April 19, 2022
In Basketball, San Antonio spurs star, Tony Parker had a quiet game as the French beat Nigeria’s D’Tigers 79-73 to book a place in the Quarter-finals as second seed. Nicolas Batum scored 23 points and Mickael Gelabale added 11points while Chamberlain Oguchi had 35 points and 3 rebounds for Nigeria.
Olympics 2012: Days Eight And Nine For Team Nigeria
April 19, 2022
For Day Eight; In Athletics, Nigeria’s hopes of an Olympic medal were dashed yesterday as the athletes failed to build on their previous performance. Obinna Metu, Egwero Ogho-Oghene and Emelieze Peter all failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Men’s 100M. They finished 5th, 4th and 5th with time of 10.35, 10.38 and 10.22 in their respective Heats.
Olympics 2012: Day Six For Team Nigeria.
April 19, 2022
The Nigerian Men’s Basketball team, D’Tigers squared off against their United States counterparts captained by NBA star, Kobe Bryant of Los Angeles Lakers yesterday.
Olympics 2012: Day Four For Team Nigeria.
April 19, 2022
Team Nigeria is yet to have a competitor in the final round of any competition so far and our awful showing continued yesterday as the D’ Tigers lost to Lithuania 72-53.
Olympics 2012: Day Three for Team Nigeria.
April 19, 2022
There wasn’t too much activity for Team Nigeria on this day. With some of our hopefuls losing out in other sports we are anxiously waiting for the athletics events to start and also for Chika Chukwumerije to show us again what winning a medal feels like.
Olympics 2012: Days One and Two For Team Nigeria.
April 19, 2022
First day at the Olympics, Nigeria participated only in Tennis with veteran Segun Toriola going head to head with Sweden’s Jorgen Persson, who has played tennis at the Olympics since Seoul 1988 and Quadri Haruna squaring off against Spain’s Carlos Machado.
Olympics 2012: D’ Tigers Victorious against African champion, Tunisia!
April 19, 2022
In the early hours of the Sunday morning, D’ Tigers took to the court to face the Tunisian Basketball team. The game which ended with Nigeria on the winning end saw Alade Aminu scoring 15 points and nine rebounds while Ike Diogu added 13 points and 10 rebounds as Nigeria just beat Tunisia 60-56 in the opening game of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament.
Factory78TV Meets Nigeria’s Basketball Team, D’Tigers!
April 19, 2022
Factory78tv had the privilege of joining the historic Nigerian Basketball team D’Tigers for a training session in London right before the competition started. The players were in full competition mode after a dramatic and inspiring win against The Dominican Republic giving the team the final Basketball competition spot at the London 2012 games. Watch the history makers train and chat to F78tv about their journey to London and their expectations for the championship.
Olympics 2012: Full List for Team Nigeria!
April 19, 2022
The opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games kicks off today. Out of the 26 sports which will be taking place in 28 venues, Nigeria will participate in 13 of the 26 sport events at the London 2012 Olympic Games. This was announced by the Ministry of Sports.
Olympics 2012: British Born Canoeist, Johny Akinyemi, Set To Make History!
April 19, 2022
With the world watching, British-born Nigerian, Johny Akinyemi will make history as the first canoeist to represent the West African nation at The Olympics.
