Tuesday, 19th March 2024
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1 hour ago
West Africa’s best golfers have been lined up to battle for the Custodian Classic’s N20 million purse on March 28 at Lakowe Lakes Golf Club, Lagos.   
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Team Nigeria’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athletes, comprising nine fighters, are relishing their experience at the ongoing 13th African Games in Ghana, where they featured in nine weight categories.
1 day ago
The Acropolis Golf Resort will play a prominent role in ensuring that golf becomes one of the biggest sports in the Southeast region, the Resort’s Acting Manager, Obioma Ogakwu, has said.
2 days ago
A few days to the commencement of AthIetics events at the 13th African Games in Ghana, United States based Nigeria’s thrower, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, has set a new African record in men’s shot put with a heave of 21.80m Personal Best at Hvezdy vs. Nehvizdech International Athletics Meeting in the Czech Republic.
3 days ago
The grand finale of season five of the yearly Dolphin Swimming League holds today at Grange School, Ikeja.
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Team Nigeria’s men’s handball side, which defeated Togo on Wednesday in their opening game of the event at the ongoing African Games in Ghana, will meet their Malian counterparts in their second game of the competition.
14 Mar
Some of the country’s top stars, including number one professional golfer, Francis Epe, have registered to play in the Acropolis Golf Club’s maiden tournament slated for April 5 in Ihiala, Anambra State.
13 Mar
Team Nigeria’s weightlifters have been at their imperial best at the ongoing African Games in Ghana. Nigeria was fourth on the medals table at the weekend before the lifters took centre stage on Monday and yesterday, weighing in with 15 gold medals to raise the country’s haul to 22 gold medals. The weightlifting events are…
12 Mar
Team Nigeria has moved to second position in the medals table at the African Games 2023 in Accra, Ghana. Nigeria's leap is not unconnected to its gold medal rush in wrestling and weightlifting. Currently, Team Nigeria has 16 gold, 10 silver and 15 bronze medals. Team Egypt tops the medals table with 48 gold, 19…
11 Mar
Nigeria's Edidiong Umofia put up a memorable performance, winning three gold medals in Monday's weightlifting event at the African Games 2023. Competing in the 67kg, Umofia lifted 135kg in snatch and 165kg in clean & jerk for a total of 300kg. His feat has now taken Team Nigeria's gold medal haul to 10. On Sunday,…
11 Mar
The national women’s cricket team at the weekend defied all odds to berth into the semifinal of the event at the ongoing Ghana 2023 African Games.
11 Mar
The boisterous Ihiala City in Anambra State will on April 5 welcome its first world-class golf facility, which will be known as Acropolis Golf Course, the sponsors of the project have said.
11 Mar
Team Nigeria waited till yesterday evening to begin its gold rush at the ongoing Ghana 2023 African Games, where the country’s wrestlers and badminton stars have dominated the scene.

Sport

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Boxing icons, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, are being lined up for a two-fight deal. The two British rivals have not yet met in the ring despite being two of the most dominant boxers in the heavyweight division over the past decade.
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Ghana’s new coach, Otto Addo, has said that he omitted Arsenal midfielder, Thomas Partey, from the Black Stars’ team that will meet the Super Eagles in a friendly match on March 24 because “he asked to be excused from the game to gain full fitness following recent injuries.”
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Nigeria's Super Eagles defender Tyronne Ebuehi will miss the friendly games against Ghana and Mali due to injury. Ebuehi picked up the injury in Empoli's Serie A game against Bologna on Friday. He was introduced into the game in the 66th minute as Empoli went on to lose the game 1-0 courtesy of a 94th…
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Nottingham Forest have been given a four-point penalty for breaching the Premier League's financial regulations, according to reports on Monday.
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Rodri has warned Manchester City's rivals that the best is yet to come after they brushed Newcastle aside to stay in the hunt for a second consecutive treble.
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Ghana has revealed that the trio of Thomas Partey, Joseph Painstil and Inaki Williams will miss the Black Stars' international friendly match against Nigeria scheduled for Friday, March 22. Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo, named his 26-man squad for this month's international friendlies against Nigeria and Uganda but Partey, Williams, and Painstil were missing.…
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Nigerian defender Bright Osayi-Samuel displayed guts and bravery as he defended his teammates from a pitch invader after Sunday's Turkish Super Lig clash between his team Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor. Fenerbahce defeated Trabzonspor 3-2 but were confronted by angry Trabzonspor fans who flocked onto the pitch. Tensions started to rise in the 87th minute when objects…
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Defending champions, Enyimba, shook off the effects of their 1-0 defeat midweek by Remo Stars to beat Niger Tornadoes 3-1 at the Aba Township Stadium yesterday.
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Nigerian athletes and officials at the boxing event of the ongoing African Games in Ghana were, yesterday, forced to protest the reversal of Yakubu Ibrahim’s victory over Morocco’s Barbari Hamza.
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The member representingOron/Mbo/Okobo/Udung Uko/UrueoffongOruko Federal Constituency and Chairman of the House Committee on Youth Development, Martins Esin, has announced plans for a Unity Football Tournament in the constituency.