Friday, 29th March 2024
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2 Mar
The Enhanced Games, a proposed Olympics-style event where doping is allowed, is nonsense, says World Athletics President Lord Coe.
29 Feb
Nigeria’s Female Yellow Greens rose from their 49 runs defeat to Tanzania on Match Day 2 of the ongoing NCF Women’s T20i Invitational Tournament to hand Rwanda a five-wicket defeat yesterday at the Tafawa Balewa Cricket Oval, Lagos.
29 Feb
ExxonMobil rallied to a vital 1-0 victory over ARADEL in the ongoing preliminaries of the football event of the 19th Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games at the Shell Residential Area pitch, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
29 Feb
ND Western, an indigenous oil and gas company, reaffirmed its support in enabling communities through its sponsorship of the 20th edition of Egbert Imomoh's Annual Classic Golf Tournament. This year's tournament, a hallmark event in the region's sporting calendar, unfolded from February 23rd to 25th, 2024, at the prestigious Ogunu Golf Resort in Warri, Delta…
28 Feb
Jonah Kajido (79kg) is leading a four-man team named by the Sambo Association of Nigeria (SAN) for the 13th African Games scheduled for Accra, Ghana from March 8 to 23.
27 Feb
Nigeria would have done better at the just-ended first window of the 2025 AfroBasket qualifiers in Monastir, Tunisia, if the team had enough support and time to prepare for the championship, the players and their officials have said.
27 Feb
Over 100 archers are expected at the Lagos Open Archery Championship being put together by Zen Archery, in collaboration with the Lagos State Archery Association, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on March 9 and 10, 2024, the association has said.
26 Feb
For his contributions to the growth of the Golf Section of Ikoyi Club 1938, the outgoing Golf Captain, Wahab Aminu-Sarumi has gotten high praises from appreciative members of the section, as he rounds up his tenure on Saturday with the usual Captain’s Day Golf tournament tagged WS 2024. Former Chairman of the Club, Demola Mumuney…
26 Feb
Gen. Adedayo Adesokan, on Saturday, won the 2024 Ikeja Golf Club’s Veterans Cup, held at the club’s course in Lagos. 120 golfers, including 90 veterans aged 65 and above, and 30 guest players, participated in the competition sponsored by ADL Solutions.
25 Feb
Less than 24 hours after suffering 82-89 defeat to unranked Libya in their opening game of the 2025 AfroBasket qualifiers, Nigeria’s men team, D’Tigers, again went down 62-72 to Uganda in their second match, yesterday
25 Feb
One of the nominees for the Sportsville Awards, scheduled to hold on March 1, Otunba Segun Runsewe, has commended the organisers of the event for providing an avenue for recognition of those who contribute to the country’s sports development.
25 Feb
Lagos State Judo Association (LSJA) Chairman, Sheriff Hammed, believes that Sambo will soon become the fastest growing sport in the country given how dedicated its practitioners are in driving its development.

Sport

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Nigeria’s sole surviving club in CAF’s inter-club competitions, Rivers United, are billed to host the first leg of the Confederation Cup final if they qualify for the title game.
4 hours ago
The Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) has shifted week 28 matches billed for this weekend to Wednesday.
5 hours ago
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alex Krassyuk, is still not convinced that the Ukrainian’s highly anticipated fight with Tyson Fury will hold on May 18, reports dazn.com.
5 hours ago
Starfield College’s Principal, Sarah Oyinloye, has urged school proprietors to use sports to elevate teamworkand also build their students’ character and strength. 
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Technical director of the Nigeria Mixed Martial Arts Federation (NMMAF), Shihan Victor Akhimien, is thrilled by the strides the country’s fighters recorded at the just-concluded African Games in Ghana, saying it has shown that the sport is developing in the right direction. Akhimiena seventh-degree Karate blackbelt holder and chairman of Lagos State Mixed Martial Arts…
1 day ago
Defender Kenneth Omeruo has assured that the Super Eagles’ players are determined to give their all for maximum points when the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers resume in June.
1 day ago
Despite Super Eagles’ 0-2 loss to the Eagles of Mali on Tuesday night, Coach Finidi George said that the Nigerians were the better team.
1 day ago
The Vice President, Visa West Africa, Andrew Uaboi, has explained why his firm chose Nigerian track and field athletes, Tobi Amusan and Goodness Nwachukwu, as part of its diverse roster of Team Visa athletes ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
1 day ago
After a thrilling 3-3 draw with Algeria in Algiers on Tuesday night, South Africa’s Coach, Hugo Broos, thumbed his chest and said the Bafana Bafana are ready for any team in Africa, including Nigeria, whom they meet in a crucial World Cup qualifier in June, reports iol.co.za.
1 day ago
Record-seeking Rivers United of Port Harcourt will move to Uyo today to begin the final preparations for their CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinal clash against champions, USM Alger of Algeria, on Sunday.