National President of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Honour Sirawoo has pledged a two hundred thousand naira support on behalf of the National body to the Kwara state chapter of the association in support of the ongoing office Secretariat project in Ilorin. He made the pledge during a guided tour of the project […]
Kwara United dedicates Dapo Abiodun Cup victory to Gov AbdulRazaq
Kwara United Football Club has dedicated the Governor Dapo Abiodun Pre-Season Cup victory to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for his unalloyed support to sports development in the state. Kwara United Football Club yesterday defeated Shooting Stars Sports Club on penalties, to win the Governor Dapo Abiodun Pre-Season football tournament, at the Dipo Dina International Stadium, Ijebu-Ode. […]
NYG: Kwara ends in 6th position, as Gov AbdulRazaq approves state festival
Kwara state Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the staging of a State Festival for early next year, to discover more talented young athletes from the nooks and crannies of the state. Governor AbdulRazaq dropped the hint at the closing ceremony of the 6th National Youth Games yesterday, at the University of Ilorin. The sports-loving […]
Kwara United wins Gov Dapo Abiodun Pre-Season tourney
Kwara United Football Club this evening defeated Shooting Stars Sports Club on penalties, to win this year’s Governor Dapo Abiodun Pre-Season football tournament concluded at Dipo Dina International Stadium, Ijebu-Ode. The win also means that Kwara United FC has broken the Ibadan based team’s stronghold on the trophy, having won the last three editions. Kwara […]
Lagos wins female football gold, as Hajia Alaya motivates Kwara to win bronze
Kwara State female football team has emerged winners of the gold medal of the ongoing 6th National Youth Games, winning two of the three round-robin encounters, and losing one. The six points garnered was enough to win them the gold. Imo state team benefitted from their protest against Delta state to finish with four points, […]
Lagos wins female football gold, as Hajia Alaya motivates Kwara to win bronze
Kwara State female football team has emerged winners of the gold medal of the ongoing 6th National Youth Games, winning two of the three round-robin encounters, and losing one. The six points garnered was enough to win them the gold. Imo state team benefitted from their protest against Delta state to finish with four points, […]
NYG: Sokoto beats Lagos in highly tensed match to win gold in Handball
Team Sokoto today dislodged Team Lagos 25-20 in the final of the male Handball event at the ongoing National Youth Games in Ilorin. The highly tensed match had a close gap scoreline for most part of the proceedings, but the Sokoto players were more composed than their Lagos counterparts. Play was stopped at a particular […]
Shooting Federation to provide ranges in Kano, Rivers states
The President of Shooting Sports Federation of Nigeria, Commodore Olatunji Bamidele Ayoade has pledged that the newly inaugurated board will not leave any stone unturned, especially in spreading the gospel of the sport through provision of facilities, and encouragement on participation. While briefing members of the Sports Writers Association of NIgeria (SWAN) at the ongoing […]
NYG: Mogaji faults screening exercise, calls for dis-centralization of process
The Executive Chairman of the Kwara State Sports Commission, Mallam Bola Mogaji has joined the growing list of administrators that faulted the screening of athletes, ahead of the ongoing National Youth Games, at the University of Ilorin. It would be recalled that the bar for participating athletes was brought down to U-15 after the 4th […]
Kwara fields 300 athletes, officials in NYG, targets fine finish
Kwara State Sports Commission has confirmed that about 300 athletes and officials were registered to represent the state at the ongoing National Youth Games, with available data indicating that the state has the third largest contingent for the Games.The Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mallam Bola Mogaji, while confirming the development at the University of […]