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LASUED wins campus 2025 beach soccer championship

By Our Correspondent Lagos, July 30, ’25 (TNZ) It was a thrilling and fun-filled weekend, as football enthusiasts trooped to Atican Beach, Lekki, to enjoy the beautiful game of Lagos Campus Beach Soccer 2025. TheNewsZenith reports that after hours of intense competition on the scorching sandy beach, the Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) secured […]

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Anambra to host biggest boxing: title fight in Nigeria

From Our Correspondent Awka, July 29, ’25 (TNZ) The Zeus Sports Ltd has announced plans to stage Nigeria’s biggest boxing event with the World Boxing Federation (WBF) in Anambra. TheNewsZenith reports that Emmanuel Emenogu, a renowned sports promoter announced this while speaking with sports journalists in Awka. Emenogu said the featherweight boxing match would feature […]

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NOC begins construction of its secretariat in Abuja

From Our Correspondent Abuja, June 16, ’25 (TNZ) The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has officially begun an ambitious project to establish its permanent secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. TheNewsZenith reports that this initiative aims to enhance the infrastructure and operational capabilities of the NOC. It is situated on five hectares of land, which […]

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Kenya strengthens green measures for 2025 Safari Rally

Nairobi, March 22, ’25 (Xinhua) Kenya has implemented robust measures to uphold green and sustainability principles during the 2025 World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally. The rally is currently underway in the resort town of Naivasha, an official said Saturday. Patrick Omondi, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Wildlife Research and Training Institute, […]

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Nigeria’s Commonwealth Games holds drug-abuse seminar

By Our Correspondent Lagos, Feb. 25, ’25 (TNZ) The Commonwealth Games, Nigeria (CGN), under the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), will organise a programme on the negative effects of drug abuse on Secondary students. TheNewsZenith reports that the event will take place on Monday, March 10, at the Olympafrica Centre in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos State. Tony Nezianya, […]

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Atula vows to revive wrestling in Nigeria

From Our Correspondent Awka, Feb. 1, ’25 (TNZ) Mr Morris Atula, a former World Wrestling Champion Golden Warrior, has pledged to revive the sport and return Nigeria to the wrestling map of the world. TheNewsZenith reports that Atula made the pledge as he declared his intention to run for the post of President of the […]

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Portugal FC signs on 19-year-old Nigerian-born Yaqub

From Our Correspondent Brito Sporting Club of Portugal, a football club founded in 1956, has signed an official contract with a United Kingdom-based highly-talented, young Nigeria-born footballer, Yaqub Usman-Malah. TheNewsZenith reports that the Club officially unveiled the young footballer on Jan. 4, 2025. Yaqub, born in Nigeria in 2006, is a budding Nigerian talent with […]

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Adedipe, Bamimore win 2024 NLNG Golf Classic

From Our Correspondent Oluwaseun Adedipe and Lady Kafayat Bamimore have clinched the top prizes in the men’s and ladies’ categories of the 2024 NLNG Golf Classic. TheNewsZenith reports that the Golf Classic Invitational took place in Bonny, Rivers State over the weekend. It tee-off on Friday at the prestigious Bonny Island Golf Club (BIGC) and […]

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BUK to host inter-departmental sports competition

From Our Correspondent Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has concluded arrangements for the maiden edition of it’s inter-departmental sports competitions. TheNewsZenith reports that the sports event is scheduled to hold at FIFA Standard Pitch at the institution’s old site on Saturday, Nov. 16. The university’s Director of sports, Prof. Rabiu Muhammad, announced this to  sports writers […]

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Dakar 2026: NOC invites U16 for youth Olympics 

From Abdulfatah Babatunde The Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) has invited the nations Under-16 female basketball team to participate in a preparatory tournament in Dakar. TheNewsZenith reports that the invitation is a significant step toward the upcoming Youth Olympic Games in Dakar 2026. ”NOC proudly announced that the invitation comes from the Local Organising Committee of […]

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