La Planet Sport Academia maintained their unbeaten run to emerge the champions of the 2020 Amapro football championship on Sunday, as they defeated Non-leaguers 2-1. Afolabi Abdulkareem had put the Non-Leaguers in the lead in the 26th minutes before Ahmed Bashir equalised in the 77th of the game.Malik Lawal separated the two sides in the 81st […]
Skill FC wins 2nd Gaa-Akanbi football competition
Skill Football Club of Ilorin has won the second edition of Gaa-Akanbi football competition decided on Sunday, at Shaaba LGEA Primary School pitch, Ga’a Akanbi, Ilorin, Kwara state. The winners scored two second half goals to cancel the early goal scored by their opponent, JP Football Club, to win the top prize at stake. Twenty […]
SWAN partners LIS International to train ladies in sports
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), and LIS International have concluded arrangements to organize a One-Day training programme for ladies in sports.The training, otherwise known as; LIS SKILLS LAB is a programme aimed at training and providing equal employment opportunities for women in sports.The target is to have 30 female journalists from across Nigeria […]
La Planet to play Non-Leaguers in Amapro Football Championship final.
La Planet Sports Academia were the biggest winners of the day as they thrashed Jazzy Stars FA 3-0 in one of the semi-finals matches at the on-going Amapro Football Championship. In a game wholly dominated by La Planet, Jazzy Stars struggled to pick up their usual strength as they fell to Abdulgafar Opeyemi’s brace and […]
Sokoto state donate 32-seater Coastal Bus to HFN
The Sokoto State Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, true to his promise, has donated a 32 bus coastal bus to the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN). In a short ceremony held at MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, the Governor, represented by the state’s Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Comrade Bashiru Gorau, handed over the brand new […]
Stakeholders adopts abridged system for NNL again
Nigeria National League (NNL) stakeholders have unanimously adopted the abridged format for the 2020/2021 season with 42 clubs divided in groups A1, A2, B1, B2 Northern and Southern Conferences respectively, subject to its congress ratification. The decision was part of the resolutions reached at the Meeting of the Nigeria National League (NNL) Stakeholders with the […]
Amapro2020: Final tickets for grab as semi-finals hold today
NPFL All Stars had come from behind to defeat Pro-leaguers 2-1 in one of the keenly contested quarter-final matches at the on-going Amapro football championship. The two sides, packed with players of note with years of experience made an encounter of stars against stars as they both shared the regulation half of the game in domination […]
Council of Sports recommends Dec 3rd- 18 for Edo 2020 Festival
The Technical session of National Council on Sports has recommended December 3rd 2020 for the opening ceremony of the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival, with the closing ceremony holding on Friday December 18th. According to the communique issued at the end of the meeting, it was agreed that the games would open on Thursday December […]
Minister unveils plans for other sports, optimistic on NSF
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has commended the Delta state Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for hosting the Council of Sports meeting at short notice, even as he promised a new dawn for sports development. Speaking on Friday while declaring open the Council on Sports meeting, Mr. Dare said “what is the […]
Be good ambassadors, Nigeria’s FIFA Referees told
International football referees from Nigeria have been told to continue to keep the dignity of the country sacrosanct in all their outings. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), gave the charge through the Referees Committee during the 2020/2021 FIFA Fitness Test organized at the National Stadium, Abuja. According to the NFF Referees Committee Chairman, Alhaji Rabiu […]