Head Coach Randy Waldrum has invited a total of 35 players to the camp of the Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons ahead of next month’s final qualifying fixture for the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations, against Cote d’Ivoire. The Super Falcons and the Lady Elephants will tango over two legs for one slot […]
Kwara Gov mourns his ex-football coach, Busari Ishola
Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described as sad, the death of former state Director of Sports and a member of the Kwara coaching crew to the 1973 Sports Festival Alhaji Busari Ishola, describing his passing as the end of an era. Mallam Busari Ishola, who died on Saturday, was buried on Sunday according […]
NNL will not bend on registration rules for clubs -Adesanya
Registration portal for bonafide clubs wishing to compete in the 2021/2022 Nigeria National League (NNL) season scheduled to kick off Friday 11, February, 2022 has been opened. Clubs are expected as scheduled, to ensure they utilize the time frame allotted to formalize their registration online. The novel online registration was introduced to eliminate human traffics […]
Kwara SWAN opens 2022 Identity Card registration process
The Kwara State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has announced the opening of Identity Card registration process for this year, and the process will last for only one week, with effect from Tuesday January 25, 2022. All members with up-to-date Identity Cards are enjoined to get across to the Secretariat to […]
Red Cross re-appoints Bayour Issah as Communication Advocacy Adviser
In a situation that could be described as ‘confidence justified’ , the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Publisher of Sportspro News, Bayour Issah has been re-appointed as the Communication Advocacy Adviser for the Kwara State Branch of Red Cross Society. A paragon of humility and seasoned sports commentator, Issah was asked to take a bow […]
NVBF concludes Beach Volleyball technical workshop for Tertiary Institutions
Representatives of 15 tertiary institution have successfully completed the Beach Volleyball workshop sanctioned by the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF). The 2-day technical workshop came to an end on Saturday at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Package B in Abuja. One of the Resource Persons, Former National Beach Volleyball player, Kayode Ajilore said the workshop was […]
Qatar 2022: Super Eagles to aim for the Stars
The 71-year old rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana on the football field will hit a combustible point in March when the Super Eagles and the Black Stars battle for a single ticket to the FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar. According to the draw for the Qatar 2022 African series play-off draw held in Yaounde […]
ECWA Secondary School, Igbaja wins maiden NSSF Secondary School tourney
Kwara State government has pledged an improved and ellaborate edition of the Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF) organized Secondary Schools Football Championship, with the introduction of the female edition. The state Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq made the pledge at the final of the competition held at the Main-Bowl of the Kwara State Stadium Complex, yesterday. […]
Kwara United condole with 3SC over death of GM, Balogun
The entire management, coaching crew, staff and players of Kwara United FC condole with Shooting Stars Football Club (3SC) of Ibadan over the demise of their General Manager, Rasheed Balogun. Rasheed Balogun was said to have passed away on Thursday January 20, 2022 in Ibadan after spending weeks on the bed with serious battle against […]
Kabiru Balogun’s stunner gives Kwara United win over Kano Pillars
Kwara United today returned to winning ways, beating visiting Kano Pillars 1-0 in the NPFL Matchday Seven encounter played at the Main-Bowl of the Kwara State stadium Complex, Ilorin. Having lost their last away game at Rivers United, Kwara United players knew that they must get a win against Kano Pillars and they indeed did […]