Gombe United Football Club secured their first win of the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season with a 2-1 win over Shooting Stars of Ibadan. In their Group A Match Day 5 fixture, on Wednesday at the Pantami Township Stadium in Gombe, Taye Yusuf grabbed a brace in the 52nd and 58th minutes. The […]
Dozens of Indian wrestlers staged a protest on Wednesday against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), the governing body of the sport in the country. The wrestlers sat on a protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar in India’s capital New Delhi. “The federation’s job is to support the players and take care of their sporting needs. […]
By Oluwashina Iyanda FIFA has announced it sold over half-a-million tickets to fans from more than 120 countries for the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. This is contained in a statement e-mailed to The NewsZenith on Monday The women soccer tournament is taking place this July and August in Australia and Aotearoa New […]
The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon have qualified for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled for Algeria in April. The lions obtained the qualification after beating Congo 2-0 on Sunday at the ongoing Central African Football Federations’ Union (UNIFFAC) tournament. The tournament, which kicked off in Cameroon on Friday, serves as zonal qualifiers for […]
Ahead of Thursday’s Nigeria Olympic Committee’s election scheduled to hold in Jalingo, Taraba, the incumbent President of Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Habu Ahmed Gumel, has exonerated himself from Nigeria’s lack of voting rights at the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Gumel debunked insinuations that he had been the one blocking the country from having a voting […]
Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro, has described the Moroccan team as Africa’s biggest surprise team at the ongoing 2022 World cup in Qatar. Peseiro, who is currently in Qatar, spoke with NFF TV on Friday, about his observation of the teams he has monitored so far. Speaking on the performance of the African teams […]
From Our Correspondent in Kano At least, 27 former Super Eagles players stormed Kano on Friday to join the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential campaign tour. The NewsZenith reports that the campaign will take place at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano on Saturday. Former Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly, Baffa Baba Danagundi received the ex-Nigerian footballers […]
The Delta State Government has proposed a budget of N15.7 billion for its Sports Commission for the 2023 fiscal year. Chief Tonobok Okowa, the Chairman of the Commission announced this during the 2023 budget defence meeting with the State House of Assembly Committee on Youths and Sports on Thursday in Asaba. The Director-General of the […]
By Our Correspondent Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, on Monday in Owerri, received the Torch of Unity for the 2022 edition of the National Sports Festival (NSF) which begins Nov. 28 in Delta. Uzodimma received the Torch at the Imo Government House from Chioma Ajunwa, Nigeria’s first Olympic gold medalist, who brought it into […]
Games village Club (GVC) of the Abuja male team has maintained a 100 per cent unbeaten record at the second phase of the Beach Volleyball Tour in Abuja on Sunday. GVS defeated Kaduna Kings ( KD Kings) of Kaduna 2-0 (21-12,21-12 ) in the male category. This defeat has made it the second time for […]