The Federal Government has set up a 12-man Committee to work towards the successful production and Second Launch of the Sports Book of Record, with a view to documenting athletes’ achievements for posterity. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, while inaugurating the Committee yesterday in his office in Abuja, called on […]
Kwara United, Dickalo sign partnership agreement ahead 2022/2023 season
Kwara United Football Club today signed partnership agreement with Dickalo Nigeria Limited, which includes Dickalo table water adopted as the official water for the club in the forthcoming 2022/2023 season, among other benefits. While signing the dotted lines to seal the deal at the office of Kwara United, the Managing Director of Dickalo Nigeria […]
Kwara NUJ/Attahiru Ibrahim Inter-Chapel Table Tennis tournament final holds tomorrow
Jide Allen of Radio Kwara and Bolakale Alabi of NTA are through to the final of the Kwara NUJ/ Attahiru Ibrahim table tennis tournament, in the male category. In the female category, Janet Bogunjoko of the Herald Newspaper will play the defending champion, Bamidele Yetunde of the State Information in the final. The Inter-Chapel competition […]
Kwara to host 1st LMK Sport Kit National U-15 badminton tourney
Under -15 badminton players from across the country will between Wednesday August 24th, to Sunday August 28th, 2022, converge in Ilorin, for the maiden LMK Sport Kit U-15 National Championship. The competition is being organized by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) in conjunction with Kwara State Badminton Association, and powered by LMK Sport Kit […]
U-21 African Volleyball: Nigeria brushes off Gambia, records second win
Nigeria defeated Gambia 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-15) to record their second consecutive win at the ongoing 2022 African U21 Men’s Nation Volleyball Championship in Tunisia. In the first set, Nigeria won 7 service points (29%), 18 receivers’ points (82%), 1 ace, had 4 maximum points in a row, 4 service errors and 0 timeouts […]
NUJ, SWAN honour Attahiru Ibrahim as Inter-Chapel table tennis tournament serves off Wednesday
The Inter-Chapel Table Tennis tournament in honour of the Special Adviser on Sports Matters to the Kwara State Governor, Mallam Attahiru Ibrahim is expected to serve-off Wednesday August 17th, 2022, at the NUJ Press Centre, Offa Road, GRA, Ilorin. The competition will serve off by 10.00am, with all the 18 contestants from the affiliated Chapels […]
Samuel Okwaraji: Sports Minister celebrates fallen hero, 33 years after
The Hon. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has tasked Nigerian sports men and women to emulate the fallen patriot, Samuel Okwaraji who slumped to his death, exactly thirty three years ago. Okwaraji was in action for the senior men’s national soccer team, the Green Eagles, as they were called then, in a […]
Prince Oladimeji praises Kwara United on continental feat
Immediate past Chairman of Kwara United FC, Prince Oladimeji Thompson has expressed his total support to continental attainment of Kwara United FC. He commanded the efforts of the management, coaches and players for their doggedness in attaining the fourth position on the log to bag the ticket. The Kwara state Pillar of Sports, […]
The problem with NFF is seeking immediate results, at the expense of development -Bolaji Abdullahi
The former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mallam AbdulGaniyu Bolaji Abdullahi has said that the problem of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in the development of the round leather game is the outright focus on getting immediate results, despite the consequences that has continued to tell on its growth. Mallam Abdullahi, who is the […]
FG gives Team Nigeria heroic welcome
The first batch of Team Nigeria athletes to the just concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has been given a heroic welcome by the Federal Government on their arrival after their successful outing. Receiving the athletes and their officials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport today in Abuja, the Hon. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, […]