Newly elected board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), led by Delta Sports Commission boss, Tonobok Okowa, has started the search for a new sponsor to kit the nation’s athletes at the Tokyo Olympics Games.

Mr Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports Development says the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme is the most strategic platform to accelerate national development. Dare said this in Kubwa NYSC orientation camp on Thursday in Abuja at the pilot launch of the scheme’s Digital Onboarder and DEEL ambassador Community Development Service (CDS) group.…

Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare, has urged athletes slated to represent Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to be patriotic with a view to ensuring podium appearances at the Games

Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has joined President Muhammadu Buhari in congratulating Youth and Sports Minister, Mr. Sunday Dare, who celebrated his 55th birthday on Saturday.

The Nigerian government said it has commenced moves to reform the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Nigeria's youth and sports minister Sunday Dare Wednesday said the NYSC remains one of the country's greatest tools for youth development. "The NYSC scheme remains one of the greatest tools for National development for our youth," Dare tweeted on…

Sports and Youth Development Minister, Sunday Dare and Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, have pledged to upgrade sports facilities at Baptist High School, Jos, to enable it to compete favourably with its contemporaries in the country.

Emmanuel Okala, who was once rated as the best goalkeeper in Africa, was the centre of attention yesterday when the Nigerian football family marked his 70th birthday.

The Minister of Sports and Youths Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has lauded Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau for his initiatives on sports development in the state.

Youth and Sports Development Ministry will soon constitute committees to conduct elections for the 31 federations, whose boards were recently dissolved on the expiration of their tenures.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development obviously tugged at the tail of a tiger last week when the minister announced the dissolution of 31 National Sports Federation boards.

A contingent of Team Nigeria athletes and officials left Lagos for the United States of America yesterday ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Relays qualifying events billed to start on May 9.

Rugby players in Nigeria, under the aegis of Nigeria Rugby Players Union based in the country and abroad, yesterday gathered at the Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) building, National Stadium, Lagos, to protest the country’s ban from competing in the forthcoming France 2023 World Cup qualifying series.