Port Harcourt based sports journalist, Fisayo Dairo was the guest of Journalists Hub, Sports Journalists Forum (SJF) on Thursday night in the Personality Interview segment. Dairo has been a professional in the media industry for the better part of the last fifteen years and currently works for a Nigerian sports website aclsports.com. ‘Pasito’, as he […]
Ministry of Sports approves Tsaragi Governor’s Table Tennis Championship
The Kwara State Ministry of Sports and Youth Development has approved the Governor’s Table Tennis Championship in Tsaragi. This was disclosed today when the organizers of the Championship visited Tsaragi, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State ahead of the competition. The Committee, who were in Tsaragi to assess the state of preparedness and equally […]
Kolo approves Tsaragi Governor’s Table Tennis Championship
The Kwara State Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Mrs. Joana Nnazua Kolo has approved the Governor’s Table Tennis Championship in Tsaragi. This was disclosed today when the organizers of the championship visited Tsaragi, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State ahead of the competition. The Committee, who were in Tsaragi to assess the state […]
ABS FC gets Acting Technical Adviser
Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, has appointed Coach Shuaib Abdulkadir (No Fear), as Acting Technical Adviser. The club’s Director of Football (DOF), Alloy Chukwuemeka made the announcement on Friday in Ilorin after a management meeting. He said the appointment became imperative after the team’s Technical Adviser, Yomi Elijah, informed him of leaving for an […]
Minister of Sports receives Olympic-bound Anyanacho
Few months after securing her place in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Minister of Youth and sports, Hon. Sunday Dare today received Elizabeth Anyanacho . Elizabeth Anyanacho defeated former African champion, Urgence Mouega of Gabon 12-5 points in the -67kg women’s bout at the 2020 Africa Taekwondo Olympic Qualifiers that took place at Complexe Sportif […]
Kwara Gov invests in youth, seeks partnership with Youth Ministry
With an on-going N1.3 billion investment in youth hubs, the Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has expressed the readiness of his state to partner with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development for the training of its youth’ and to facilitate their benefitting from the National Youth Investment Fund, NYIF. Governor AbdulRazaq gave the assurance […]
NNL CEO: New season may commence in October
The 2020/21 season of the Nigeria National League (NNL) may commence in October, if words by the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the league, Sajo Mohammed are anything to go by. Featuring on Channels Sports programme today, Mohammed hinted that subject to the approval of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the second-tier league […]
Pogba’s lack of commitment distracts from his talent -Neville
Paul Pogba is capable of being one of the best players in the world, but his “lack of commitment” distracts from his talent, says Gary Neville. United spent £89 million ($116m) to bring Pogba back to Old Trafford from Juventus in 2016, having overseen his departure while he was still a teenager four years earlier. […]
Joshua could face legal action if he attempts to skip Pulev fight
Kubrat Pulev is ready to sue Anthony Joshua and promoter Eddie Hearn if they attempt to skip their world title fight in favour of a clash with Tyson Fury. Hearn said last week that Joshua could take on his fellow British world champion in December rather than next summer as planned. But that would involve […]
EPL clubs forget corona crisis in transfer splurge
Just five months after Premier League clubs consulted their players about taking a 30 percent wage cut, the English top-flight is again blowing Europe’s other top leagues out the water when it comes to splashing the cash. A return to the routine spending of tens of millions of pounds on players jars with the bleak […]