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It was in July 2002 that Lucio and Juan were first aligned together as Bayer Leverkusen’s first-choice centre-back pairing, a partnership which has since become an integral part of a Brazil side

Former Rangers International of Enugu chairman, Davidson Owumi has been elected chairman of the Nigerian Premier League (NPL). The election which, took place in Abuja, however, went ahead yesterday despite a Federal

AS a mark of respect for the late President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua, players and officials of Warri Wolves, who are in Harare, Zimbabwe for their CAF Confederations Cup match, will wear

OZIM Tobena’s dream of ruling the world in the Olympics may sound over-ambitious, but his sterling performance at the recent Estaport Schools inter-house athletics competition, where he won nine gold medals to

FEMI Okunnu (SAN) was a versatile athlete who did athletics, played hockey and was good in cricket. His exploits at King’s College made him a household name among schoolboys in Nigeria, though

WITH everything already in place coupled with the solid shape-up the team had before departing on Wednesday, Asegun Comprehensive High School, Ibadan, has vowed to lift the trophy at the maiden Nestle

THE proprietress of Caley College, Ikeja, Mary Iyayi, has identified the constraint of space being suffered by private secondary schools within Lagos State as a major obstacle hampering the efforts of school

FOR the second time since its renovation, jackpot the Teslim Balogun Stadium will be agog as the curtains are drawn on this year’s Lagos Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Principal’s Cup. The stadium

A FINAL year student of Demonstration Secondary School, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Micah Katuka, led two other players to win Sprite Triple Slam (STS) basketball competition at the basketball court of

NIGERIANS with interest in sports will soon be rewarded with huge prizes as Ideas Quotient International gets set to stage the first Nigerian all-sports television reality show, where participants’ sports knowledge will