The North Central Zonal Elimination for team sports, ahead of the 2021 National Youth Games was concluded today in Ilorin, with Kwara state picking qualification tickets in cricket (male and female), football (male and female), volleyball (male) and rugby (male and female). In the results signed by the Zonal Coordinator, North Central Zone, Mrs. Pitmang […]
Aisha Buhari Cup: MTN becomes Platinum Sponsor
The all-yellow fluorescence of Nigeria’s football firmament shone even brighter today as the Local Organizing Committee announced that telecommunication giants, MTN has become the Platinum Sponsor of the much –anticipated Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament starting next week Monday. Scheduled for two venues (Mobolaji Johnson Arena and Agege Stadium) in the City of Lagos, the […]
Enugu State Governor, Sports Minister for NNL Super Eight Play-off
Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Akin Dare and the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick will be Special Guests at the opening games of the Nigeria National League (NNL) Super Eight play-off which gets underway tomorrow Tuesday September 7th, at the […]
Kwara FA boss charges Eagles to go for victory against Cape Verde
Chairman of the Kwara State Football Association, Malam Idris Abdullahi Musa (Thuraya) has described the Super Eagles of Nigeria clash with Cape Verde in their second group game of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Qualifier as a trickish encounter. Ahead of the clash against the Blue Sharks, he has called on the players and technical […]
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: Team Nigeria finishes in 33rd position, 4th in Africa
Team Nigeria have finished in the 33rd position on the medals table of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and 4th in Africa. With a total number of ten medals won which include four gold, a silver and five bronze, Team Nigeria were the 4th best African team behind Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Represented by only […]
Kwara to field 137 contingents in 7 events at NYG team sports elimination
A total of 137 athletes and officials will represent Kwara State in seven team sports, in the Zonal Elimination towards 2021 National Youth Games for North Central states.The Zonal Elimination will hold between September 3rd to 6th, in Ilorin.Altogether, a total of 648 delegates from states of the North Central geo-political zone, which includes host […]
Paralympics Games: NAWIS praise athletes for outstanding performance in Tokyo
The Association of Nigerian Women in Sports (NAWIS) has celebrated Nigeria Para Powerlifting Federation for their great performance at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games. In a press release by the President of NAWIS, Professor Florence Adeyanju, who was also a former President of Nigeria Paralympic Committee, they lauded the para powerlifting team for putting smiles […]
Sports Minister, Amokachi welcome heroic Paralympians
Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare and the Special Assistant on Sports to President Buhari, Daniel Amokachi led the rousing welcome for the first batch of Paralympians who returned home from Tokyo, Japan. The athletes, mainly the power lifters, arrived in Lagos this afternoon aboard an Ethiopian Airline flight to the warm welcome of […]
Super Eagles begin race to Qatar against Lone Star in Lagos
Three-time African champions Nigeria will commence the process to earn a seventh FIFA World Cup finals appearance when they trade tackles with the Lone Star of Liberia at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos on Friday evening, in one of the Day 1 games of the African qualifying campaign. Since making their debut at the FIFA […]
NFF hooks MTN as Official Communications Partner of the Super Eagles and other National Teams
Nigeria’s football firmament was emblazoned in all-yellow on Thursday as the Nigeria Football Federation and MTN Communications signed a partnership agreement that made the telecommunications company the “Official Communications Partner of the Super Eagles and other National Teams.” At an event attended by, among other eminent dignitaries the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, […]