Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Kwara State chapter has expressed dismay over the security laxity in the surrounding of the Kwara State Stadium Complex, Ilorin. Items worth millions of naira have been stolen and vandalized in the last four months at the state’s sports edifice. A statement jointly signed by the association’s Chairman, Ayodeji […]
FEATURE: 2023 Kwara Football elections: The Intrigues, facts, politics
Kwara State Football Association 2023 elections has come and gone, but what seems to be a smooth sail for the winners at all levels right from the Football Council elections to the state elections was full of intrigues, funny moves and moments, as well as politics, all of which underscores historic dealings of the major […]
Oyo, Delta emerge BetKing 3×3 WheelChair Basketball National champions
Oyo, Delta emerge BetKing 3×3 WheelChair Basketball National champions Oyo and Delta states’ Men and Women have emerged champions of the 2023 BetKing 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball National Championship which held at the Out-door Sports Hall of Alake Sports Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun state. Oyo state defeated Lagos state 10-1 to lift the trophy in the […]
Team Akande wins Kwara Badminton Veterans Relay tourney in honour of three members
Team Akande today, June 24th, 2023, defeated Team Pharmacist Lanre Alege 66-57 to win Kwara State Stadium Badminton Veterans Club Relay Competition, staged in honour of two of its members who retired from the civil service. The competition was also staged to celebrate one of their members, who was bestowed with an award. Team Tunde […]
Olopade announces N2.2m prize money for 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball National Championship
Former President of the Wheelchair Basketball Federation of Nigeria (WBFN), Chief Bukola Olopade revealed that winners of the BetKing 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball National Championship will pocket the sum of N2.2 million naira. The Former Commissioner for Youths and Sport made the pronouncement during the Wheelchair Basketball National Championship taking place at the Alake Sports Centre […]
Shodunnke joins Speakers at 2023 AfroSport Summit in Ghana as stakeholders chart new course for sports development
Shodunnke joins Speakers at 2023 AfroSport Summit in Ghana as stakeholders chart new course for sports development BrainBehind AMAPRO Football Championship, Shogo Shodunnke is among the panelists invited for the 2023 African Sports Summit taking place in Accra, Ghana in August, 2023. Shodunnke, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Phreestyle Sport will be […]
AFN ban: Kwara Sports Commission clears the air, seeks understanding
The Executive Chairman of the Kwara State Sports Commission, Mallam Bolakale Adisa Mogaji has cleared the air on the ban placed on Kwara Athletics Association, following the circumstances surrounding the suspension of coach Hammid Muritala by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). AFN, in a news release had said that Kwara State Athletics Association is […]
AMAPROBet9ja Championship: Dohz Sports, Le Pass SA, Royal Warriors qualify for 2023 Tourney
Dohz Sports Academy, Le Pass Sporting Academy, and Royal Warriors Football Academy have all booked their places in this year’s AMAPROBet9ja Football Championship. The three teams secured their qualifications from the playoffs organized for three Senatorial districts of Kwara State, lasted for a week and was concluded on Sunday. Thirty-Three (33) clubs participated in the […]
Kwara FA: Politics is over, governance has commenced -Thuraya
In the aftermath of the just concluded Kwara State Football Association elections in Kaiama, the Northern part of the State of Harmony, the victorious Chairman, Mallam Idris Abdullahi Musa has said that the bid to move the round leather game forward more than ever before in the state will be vigorously pursued. Speaking from the […]
For Ilorin Club and 1925 Ibadan Tennis Club, its friendship beyond sports
Sports have multi-dimensional benefits, and equally has effect on both the young and old in any class and age. Its benefits can be assessed in areas of health, education, business, unity, togetherness, and it’s a leveler of a sort. These were the underlying philosophies that were in display when Ilorin Club hosted 1925 Ibadan Tennis […]