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 […]
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has approved N60 million for Kebbi United FC to secure promotion to the Nigerian Football League’s top shots. Abubakar Chika-Ladan, Chairman of the State’s Football Association (FA), disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi. “The fund is to enable the club to run its activities successfully […]
Eintracht Frankfurt supervisory board chairman Philip Holzer hopes that every effort was made that Wednesday’s Champions League match against Olympique Marseille remained peaceful. The “war-like’’ scenes from the first game in France don’t happen again. Holzer told Tuesday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily that “this is a matter for the executive powers. “I am convinced that […]
Football fans in Abuja hailed the victory of Nigeria’s Flamingos over their U.S. counterparts in the ongoing U-17 Women’s World Cup in India. The enthusiasts said that the National Women’s victory over the highly-rated U.S. team was indeed a new dawn for female football in Nigeria. Nigeria reached the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup semi-finals […]
Special sports athletes, consisting of para-athletes and deaf sports athletes, on Wednesday, staged a protest in front of the National Stadium, Surulere Lagos. They protested alleged exclusion from the 2022 National Sports Festival. According to their spokesperson, Joseph Babalola, who is a wheelchair basketball athlete, the protest would have been averted if the Federal Ministry […]