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26 Sep 2023
One of Nigeria’s most travelled sports journalists, Gowon Akpodonor of The Guardian Newspaper, has been crowned the Best Sports Journalist of The Year (2023) by the National Association For Physical, Health Education, Recreation-Sports And Dance (NAPHER-SD).
26 Sep 2023
A 12-year-old gymnast from Delta State, Oguecukwu Stephanie Onusiruika, became the cynosure of all eyes, yesterday, at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, where she cleared four gold medals on day-two of the ongoing Seventh National Youth Games.
26 Sep 2023
Bayelsa State Commissioner for Sports, Daniel Igali, has urged the Federal Government to budget huge amount of money for the upliftment of sports from the grassroots to a higher level for excellence.
25 Sep 2023
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, is at risk of being jailed for three months after pleading guilty to drunk-driving charges in New Zealand.
25 Sep 2023
A former Federal House of Representatives aspirant in the 2023 election, Hon. Segun Olobatoke, has been reappointed as the Chairman Kogi State Sports TrustFund. The Secretary to the Government of Kogi State, Mrs Folashade Arike Ayoade, in a letter dated September 18, 2023, confirmed the appointment of the sports buff. The letter read in part;…
25 Sep 2023
History is set to be made at the 2023 IBB Golf Club Independence Golf tournament, where the grand winner will drive away with a brand-new car from Peugeot Automobile Nigeria for the first time. Over 500 players from Nigeria and four other countries will jostle for glory in the prestigious event holding at the IBB Golf Club from September…
25 Sep 2023
Delta State young athletes have appealed to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to extend the tenure of the Chairman of the Sports Commission, Chief Tonobok Okowa, for at least two years, to enable him to “fine-tune” their sporting career. Okowa’s second tenure as chairman of Delta Sports Commission will end in February, 2024, but the young athletes…
25 Sep 2023
The Delta State Sports Commission Chairman, Tonobok Okowa, has charged all participants to say no to drugs if they must be counted among future champions. Okowa made this remark while delivering his address at the opening ceremony of the 7th National Youth Games in Asaba Delta State. He noted that as future champions, saying no…
24 Sep 2023
Defending champions of the National Youth Games, Team Delta, and Abia State began the 7th National Youth Games on a good note, yesterday, winning the first gold medals of the competition holding at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba.
24 Sep 2023
Supa Komando, an energy drink from the stable of Seven-Up Bottling Company (SBC), has declared their support for the second Cycling Lagos Championship slated to hold from October 21 to 28.
23 Sep 2023
The Nigeria Curling Federation (NCF) has announced former First Lady, Dame Patience Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as its grand matron. NCF President, Daniel Damola, said the choice of Mrs. Jonathan was well-thought-out and also well-deserving of a woman..
23 Sep 2023
The City of Jos, Plateau State, will now host the 2023 Nigeria National League’s (NNL) Yearly Assembly, the body has disclosed. The NNL meeting was earlier fixed for September 7, 2023, in Abuja, but had to be postponed for logistics reasons.
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The Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) has provided an opportunity for Heartland of Owerri to fight to save their season by lifting the ban, albeit provisionally, on Dan Anyiam Stadium.
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Arsenal Manager, Mikel Arteta, says he must show his Arsenal side “support and love” after Bayern Munich knocked them out of the Champions League, reports BBC.
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Apart from showing boxing fans why he is the best pound-for-pound fighter on the scene currently, lightweight star, Emmanuel ‘Ability’ Abimbola, also wants to pocket the Mojisola Memorial Ogunsanya trophy and the N1 million cash prize for the best boxer at GOtv Boxing Night 31.
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The National Institute for Sports (NIS), Lagos and the Adamawa State government have started a five-day capacity training workshop for coaches, sports administrators and games masters, as well as Physical and Health Education teachers in the North East state .
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Bayer Leverkusen's Nigerian striker, Victor Boniface, has been nominated for the 2023/24 Bundesliga Team of the Season. Bundesliga announced the nominees on their X handles on Thursday, 18 April l, 2024. Boniface is one of eight Leverkusen players, which includes former Arsenal midfielder, Granit Xhaka, that were shortlised. He, alongside Harry Kane of Bayern Munich…
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Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to use the "pain" of the Champions League quarter-final exit against Bayern Munich to fuel their Premier League title bid.
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At 58, Brazilian football legend Romario has quite a resume: World Cup winner, senator, president of his favourite club, America of Rio de Janeiro. Now, 15 years after hanging up his boots, the iconic striker has decided to add another entry to his CV, coming out of retirement to rejoin America as a player. The…
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The 23rd Senior African Athletics Championship scheduled for Douala, Cameroon in June, may offer Nigerian relay teams and some individual athletes the opportunity to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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Nigerian budding footballers, who want to combine their sport career with education, now have the opportunity as English Championship side, Coventry City Football Club, has provided that chance for the skilful lads.