Athletes
30 Apr 2022
To assemble a formidable athletics squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Team Nigeria has concluded plans to stage two more athletics trials for home-based stars
30 Apr 2022
The news hit me like a tornado, numbing my senses. I don’t know what I then did with my phone, but from the moment Sule Alli broke the news to me, the elements joined in a conspiracy
14 Apr 2022
The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has captured eight Nigerian athletes in its scholarship scheme ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
24 Mar 2022
Chairman of Edo State Sports Commission, former jumper, Yusuf Alli, has assured ‘hard working’ members of staff of the commission that their jobs are safe.
7 Feb 2022
Sportsville Awards will bring together the best of the country’s sports administrators and also those that have contributed immensely to the development of the sector, CEO, Sportsville
13 Jan 2022
U.S. prosecutors, yesterday, charged a Texas man with providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, including Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare
1 Jan 2022
As we wake up to the miracle of dawn on a new day in a new year along the endless passage of time, Nigerians must deliberately choose, for the sake of their sanity, to hope for a new direction for Nigerian sports.
1 Jan 2022
Over 150 special athletes participated in Lagos ‘Ability Games,’ which took place at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, during the week.
23 Dec 2021
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has said the 21st National Sports Festival, which the state is hosting next year, will re-write the history of the biannual sports fiesta.
3 Dec 2021
As fears for the safety of Chinese players, Peng Shuai continues, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has suspended all tournaments in China with immediate effect.
3 Dec 2021
After two days of action, para events will, today, take centre stage at the 53rd Asoju Oba Molade Okoya-Thomas Cup held at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium.
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