President Muhammadu Buhari has praised the Nigerian soccer team to the Rio Olympics Games, popularly called Dream Team VI, for their 2-0 victory over Denmark to qualify for the semi-finals of the men’s football event.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health said it will fund a study to monitor U.S. athletes, coaches and members of the Olympic Committee staff for exposure to Zika virus while in Brazil, with the hope of gaining better understanding of how it persists in the body and the potential risks it poses.