Team Nigeria officials are questioning whether the country will obtain any medals at the 2012 Olympic Games as female boxer Edith Ogoke is knocked out of the medal zone. Read more »
World record holder and champion David Rudisha booked his place in the 800m semi-final at the London games after winning his heat, and is expecting to rake in more medals for the ... Read more »
As Mariam Usman fails to obtain a medal in the over-75kg weightlifting, a sports analyst blames the poor performance of Team Nigeria at the Olympics on bad planning. Read more »
Not only did Benjamin Kiplagat limp to the finish line of the 3000m steeplechase but he was also disqualified for stepping in the inside lane when he was reportedly pushed and ... Read more »
Ethiopia's Tiki Gelana dashed Kenya's dreams of winning gold in the women's marathon after she finished strong at the London games. Read more »
South Africa's Oscar Pistorius has made history by becoming the first amputee to compete in an Olympics track event. Read more »
Ezekiel Kemboi won the 3 000m steeplechase race and retained the country's water and barriers Olympics title in an event aptly known as "Kenya's Race". Read more »
The country's only female boxer at the London games failed to qualify for the middleweight quarter finals after losing to her Kazakhstan opponent. Read more »
Mo Farah, a Somali-born athlete who is now British, and Ethiopia's Tariku Bekele, won the gold and bronze medals respectively at the Olympics 10,000m race. Kenya's long-held hopes ... Read more »
The country's swimming superpower finished sixth in the Olympic Games women's 200m back-stroke final. Read more »
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