Kwara contingents to the 8th National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State, comprising 144 athletes, 25 coaches and 61 officials are expected to depart Ilorin tomorrow, Monday September 9th, 2024, for the Games. The athletes will compete in 24 sports events, which are athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, chess, cricket, cycling, darts, deaf athletics, fives, golf, […]
Kwara United players receive lectures on laws of the game, NPFL frameworks
The players and officials of Kwara United Football Club have been urged to strictly adhere to the rules governing football and the framework of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). This call was made during a seminar organized by the Kwara State Football Association, focusing on league formats and rules today, Saturday September 7, 2024, […]
NYG: Kwara FA laments deliberate exclusion of football, as Sports Commission tenders apology
For the second term running, the next National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State will hold without Kwara State contesting in the football event, despite being the defending champions from the last two editions. The team wasn’t registered for the Zonal elimination, which would have been the route from which they are expected to pick […]
Multi-million naira artificial turf rots away at Kwara Stadium
The artificial turf that was removed from the Main-Bowl of the Kwara State Stadium Complex in 2022 is gradually rotting away at the premises of the Complex, with no plan whatsoever to reinstall it, as earlier planned. The artificial turf was installed in 2011, when the Mini-Bowl was converted to Main-Bowl, but was gradually wearing […]
Kwara United: FA will continue to protect integrity of state, football
Kwara State Football Association has reiterated that it will continue to protect the integrity of the state, football development as well as Kwara United Football Club, as the club secures final approval to play its home matches in the 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season at the Main-Bowl of the State Stadium Complex, Ilorin. […]
NPFL: KWFA to host seminar on league rules, format
As part of plans to prepare the football stakeholders in the state for the new league season, Kwara State Football Association, KWFA, is set to host a seminar where soccer administrators, players, referees and journalists would be briefed on the new arrangement that will guide the league. Speaking on this, Hon. Idris Musa Abdullahi, aka […]
Gov AbdulRazaq sponsors two Kwara-born U-17 athletes to World Youth Scrabble Championships
Two underage scrabble athletes sponsored by the Kwara State Government, under His Excellency, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq have been selected to represent Nigeria at the 2024 World Youth Scrabble Championships (WYSC). Named Aliu AbdulQudus Olawale and Olojoku Sufyan Boluwatife, the skilful U-17 scrabble athletes, whose creative wordplay often catches their opponents off-guard are students of the […]
Paris 2024 Paralympics: Mallam Kazeem hails Bolaji for winning bronze
The Technical Director of Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN), Mallam Tunde Kazeem has hailed Eniola Bolaji for winning a bronze medal at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympics. Bolaji won a bronze medal in the Women’s SL3 Para-badminton event, becoming the first African to achieve the feat. Kazeem, who is currently in Paris revealed that Bolaji’s […]
Four FCT teams in royal battle for RSFL Super 4 Champions gong
The stage is set for an epic showdown as the Rising Stars Football League (RSFL) Super 4 kicks off this week at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Goal Project, Abuja. Following an intense initial stage across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), four teams have emerged victorious, earning their spots in the highly anticipated Super 4 […]
NFF appoints Aliyu Zubairu as Head Coach, Flying Eagles
The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee for the appointment of Coach Aliyu Zubairu as Head Coach of the National U20 Boys, Flying Eagles. The appointment of Zubairu, who led El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri to win the President Federation Cup at the expense of […]