The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare on Thursday defied the popular scriptural dictum which asserts that a prophet is without honour in his home place. Contrary to this widespread belief, Chief Dare was honoured in his home state of Oyo with an award of excellence by the Sports Writers Association of […]
Governor AbdulRazaq: Re-writing Kwara’s sports history
Infrastructural development is obviously and absolutely key to the growth of sports everywhere in the world, and this realization may have spurred the state government, under the leadership of Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to start re-write the history of the state in sports with the renovation of the existing facilities, and construction of new ones. Before […]
LMC okays Kwara Stadium for United’s 2021/2022 NPFL home games
The League Management Company (LMC) has granted the Kwara State Stadium Complex a provisional approval to host the home matches of Kwara United Football Club, within the framework of the NPFL 2021/2022 season. The body, in letter dated December 14th, 2021, and signed by the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Salihu Abubakar, the approval is conditional […]
Govt assures Kwara United FC of support, as club gets set for new NPFL season
Kwara state government has reiterated it’s support to the state’s darling team, Kwara United Football Club, as the club declares it’s readiness for the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season. Briefing the pressmen today at the Club’s Secretariat in Ilorin, the Executive Chairman of the Kwara State Sports Commission, Mallam Bola Mogaji, while delivering […]
Minister urges Senators to replicate Senator Dickson’s investment in sports development
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare yesterday commended Senator Seriake Dickson, the immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State for his contribution over the years, to the development of grassroots sports in the country. Speaking at the unveiling of the Nanaye Dickson Wrestling Competition as the Special Guest of Honour, Dare stated that […]
Las Vegas Sports Promotion holds year end closed tennis tourney
Las Vegas Sports Promotion, in conjunction with the Kwara State Tennis Association, under the auspices of the State Sports Commission will host end of the year tennis tournament for 2021, between December 16th so 19th. The competition will hold at the Las Vegas Estate Tennis Court, Asa Dam, Ilorin. The end of the year competition […]
Sports Commission, Kwara FA holds joint stakeholders meeting
With the 2021/2022 Nigeria domestic football campaign days away from taking off, the Kwara State Football Association, together with the State Sports Commission held a joint meeting involving football stakeholders. Malam Idris Abdullahi Musa in his remarks, explained the agenda was to review the 2021 football activities and chart a way forward for the 2022 […]
KWSG engages Reform Sports West Africa to maintain Kwara stadium, upgrade Offa Stadium
Kwara State government has commissioned Reform Sports West Africa, a sports Facility Construction Firm, to maintain the Kwara State Stadium Complex to the required standard, especially ahead of the forthcoming Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season. Equally, government has approved the upgrading of the Olofa Stadium in Offa, with the installation of synthetic grass at […]
NFF appoints Eguavoen Interim Eagles’ coach as relationship with Rohr ends
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Augustine Eguavoen, currently its Technical Director, as the Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles on an interim basis with immediate effect. This follows the termination of the relationship with Franco-German Gernot Rohr, who has been in charge of the three –time African champions for the past 64 months, and […]
SWAN Award: Sportspro News boss promises to do more for sports development
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Publisher of Sportspro News, Bayour Issah has promised not to relent in his efforts at advocating and promoting sports development in Kwara state and Nigeria at large. The veteran sportscaster made this remarks after receiving an Award of Excellence on Friday, at the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) […]