Golden Eaglets off to Togo for WAFU tourney
Five-time world champions Nigeria and three-time world champions Ghana headline the seven-team West African Football Union (WAFU B) U-17 Tournament taking place in Lome, Togo 5th – 20th January 2021. Nigeria’s U-17 Boys, Golden Eaglets will fly into Lome tomorrow from Lagos, with a squad of 25 players who are expected to pick the ticket […]
Kwara dominates ‘Mega Boxing Bout’, as association pledges to sustain event
The Chairman of the Kwara State Amateur Boxing Association, Barrister Ahmed Musa Rufai has pledged that his association will not only sustain the Mega Boxing Bout 2021, but will introduce more platforms for the total revival of the sport, especially at the grassroots level. While expressive delight with the success of the competition held Friday […]
Napoli fine Osimhen two weeks’ wages for recklessness
Victor Osimhen has reportedly been fined two weeks wages by Serie A club Napoli after he took part in a birthday party without a wearing a protective mask. Osimhen tested positive to coronavirus upon his return to Naples from Nigeria for the Christmas break. The former Lille striker held a party to celebrate his birthday […]
Pinnick says NPFLtv will make N18b income annually
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick says the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) Television is expected to make at least 18 billion naira annually. He said his administration is working on growing the league to make it an integral part of the Nigerian economy. According to him, thousands of fans in the […]
NPFL: Three Kwara United players selected in Team of Week One
Three Kwara United Football Club players have been named in the team of the Week, in the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) that commenced last weekend. The team, which had players selected from seven different clubs has Coach Abdullahi Biffo of Kwara United FC as it’s handler. The new season gets underway on Sunday […]
Club Owners urges football stakeholders to embrace new reforms in 2021
The Football Club Owners Association of Nigeria (Club Owners) have urged the football stakeholders in Nigeria to embrace new reforms in the league as they enter the year 2021. In a new year message to members of the football fraternity, the association said a lot of positive reforms would be made to boost the Nigeria […]
Kwara Beach Soccer lauds Oladimeji, set for Female Beach Soccer
The Patron of Kwara State Beach Soccer Association, Sir Prince Oladimeji Thompson has been described as the strong pillar of the game in the state. Speaking at an end of the year event organised by the association on Wednesday 30th of December, the Chairman of Beach Soccer in Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulateef Adebowale Adedeji, said […]
Ojulari remembered, as YSFON partners Kazolinks Consult
The late former President of the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON) Alhaji Jamiu Babatunde Ojulari was on Wednesday remembered, as the body enters into partnership with an Ilorin-based Sports Consulting outfit, Kazolinks. Late Ojulari, who was also honoured with a minute silence, was fondly remembered for the development of sports at the grassroots level […]
Mega boxing bouts holds today in Ilorin
Mega boxing bouts 2021, tagged ‘Another A for AA, Oti Sure Ju’, and being organized by the Kwara State Amateur Boxing Association will come up today, at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Kwara State Sports Council, Ilorin. Eight bouts have been scheduled to come up, in the competition that is being competed by boxers […]
We will leverage on eleven sports at Olympics -Minister
The days of jamboree at the Olympics may have been over as Nigeria would only compete in sports where she has comparative advantage. According to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, preparing and leveraging on sports where Nigeria has comparative advantage of excelling at the Olympics will be the focus. ‘The […]