The Nigeria’s Women Handball team began their Africa Women Handball Championship on a losing note, as they lost to DR Congo in the first match of the Championship. The match, which was played in front of few fans at the Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex saw Nigeria capitulate 16-35 to their Congolese counterparts in the first […]
Kwara Assembly passes Sports Commission Bill into law
Kwara State House of Assembly in today’s plenary passed “Kwara State Sports Commission Amendment Bill’ 2021 into law. The bill was passed after considering the report of the House Committee on Information, Youths, Sports, Culture and Tourism, chaired by a lawmaker representing Isin Constituency, Hon. Awolola Olumide Ayokunle. Hon. Awolola convinced the House on the […]
Awoniyi boosts Kwara United after victory over Jigawa Golden Stars
Liverpool FC of England forward, Taiwo Awoniyi has donated the sum of N400, 000 to Kwara United Football Club, for beating Jigawa Golden Stars in the Matcday 25 of the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) decided at the Kwara State Stadium Complex, yesterday. Kwara United FC defeated Jigawa Golden Stars 3-0, with a first […]
President meets Minister, demands Football Masterplan
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare and the leadership of the Nigerian football Federation (NFF), at the State House, Abuja where he congratulated Mr. Amaju Pinnick over his election into FIFA Executive council. According to President Buhari “Let me congratulate you on the […]
Top 16 Invitational Table Tennis tournament begins June 12 in Lagos
The 2021 Top 16 Invitational Table Tennis (Men and Women) Challenge has been scheduled to commence on Friday June 12, 2021, at the Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium Surulere, Lagos. The competition, which will hold among the strictly invited players only, is being sponsored by Renewed Hope, Lagos, and is being organized by […]
Super Eagles ready to extend unbeaten streak with Cameroon friendly
The Super Eagles say they are determined to extend an unbeaten streak of five matches when they confront the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the Stadion Wiener Neustadt in the Austrian capital in an international friendly on Friday evening. Three –time African champions Nigeria have not lost a match since they were edged by the […]
HFN picks team for Africa Women Handball Nation’s Cup
Coach Rafiu Salami has picked 16 players who will represent Nigeria in the Africa Women Handball Championship which is slated to hold from June 6. Leading the team is Benue Queen’s left back, Dorathy Nyagh, alongside Prudent Energy Handball Premier League 2020 best goalkeeper Toyin Yusuf of Plateau Peacocks. The duo of Prudent Energy Handball […]
NWFL Championship League holds June 22nd to 29th in Abuja
The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) in an excellent move to conclude the seasons of the three tiers of the women’s league in Nigeria, has announced that the the second tier of the league, the NWFL Championship, will hold at the Aguiyi Ironsi Sports Centre, Abuja from June 22nd to 29th, 2021. In a statement […]
Sports Minister pledges support to Olympics-bound gymnast
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has pledged to give all necessary support to the first Nigerian to qualify for gymnastics at the Olympics, Eke Uche by taking over his preparations for Tokyo 2020. The Minister made this pledge on Monday, when he recieved the 23-year-old US-based Eke Uche in his […]
Gov AbdulRazaq’s 2nd year in office: Re-awakening Kwara’s potentials in sports development
Achievements everywhere in the world are measured by some variables, but understandably, it must reflect on general development of humanity, to be adjudged to have leaved to its worth. Governance, in any given society, is all about service delivery, especially in line with the yearnings and aspirations of the governed. It’s about defining the feelings […]