The parents of U.S.A Olympic gold medalist Tianna Madison have sued her, saying she spread stories they had been selfish and bullying and cheated her financially.

Nigeria’s Yakubu Adesokan broke his own record twice on Thursday afternoon at the ExCel in London.

The Olympic cauldron is extinguished and the Olympic flag has passed from London to Rio de Janeiro.

The talk will be about Ryan Lochte inexplicably failing to medal, finishing well behind sudden superstar Yannick Agnel of France. But that's not fair to Missy Franklin and Matt Grevers, who have turned in simply awesome performances to take gold for the USA.

China stayed clear on top of the Olympic medals table on Sunday as two more world records tumbled in the swimming pool.
Following an impressive opening day, the Chinese captured two gold from shooting and diving on Day 2, leading the medals race with six gold, four silver and two bronze. The United States followed with 11 medals, including three gold.

Team Nigeria’s basketball team D’Tigers didn’t just win their first match at 2012 London Game Olympics but also made history as the first Nigerian basketball team to win a match at the on-going games.

China lead the Olympic medal standings after winning four gold and two bronze on day two of the London Games on Saturday.

The Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. There were magical moments that will linger in the minds of those that attended. Nigeriatop brings you these moments.

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Samyr Laine, a triple jumper who competes internationally for Haiti. He competed for Harvard University, where he set the school’s indoor triple jump record of 51 feet, 11.25 inches as well as Harvard’s outdoor triple jump record of 53 feet, 7.5 inches.

Wonders shall never cease. Where there is life, there is hope. This is the case of a double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius who will be going to the London Olympics after he was selected for South Africa's 1,600-meter relay team.

Yohan Blake has officially thrown down the gauntlet at none other than the current Olympic 100m, 200m sprint Olympic champion, Usain Bolt. And he did this by beating him in a time of 9.75 seconds at the

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced its plans for the build-up to the African Olympic qualifying event in Egypt.

The 'Dream Team V' will hold a training camp in Portugal from 12 November as they get ready for the tournament that kicks off on 26 November.

NFF spokesman Ademola Olajire told BBC Sport that the weather was a key factor in choosing Portugal.

"The weather in Portugal appears more appropriate for us," he said.

"It is also conducive and we reckon that it's better to have the final part of our camping there.