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By Victor Okoye The Association of Former Female Athletes of Nigeria (AFFAN), says mentorship of young female athletes in the country is its top priority. Esther Aluko, the association’s President, gave this indication in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of an Awards night,Continue Reading

By Segun Giwa Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti on Sunday in Owo emerged overall winners of the 21st edition of Nigeria Polytechnic Games Association (NIPOGA) after garnering 23 gold, 14 silver and nine bronze medals. Lagos State Polytechnic came second with 13 gold, 22 silver and 17 bronze medals, while The PolytechnicContinue Reading

By Peter Uwumarogie Akinade Onigbinde, the Technical Adviser of Doma United Football Club of Gombe, says the absence of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) was not good. Onigbinde particularly said it was very bad VAR was non-existent during his team’s match against Dakkada FCContinue Reading

By Georgina Adegbie Nigeria’s national under-18 male handball have qualified for the International Handball Federation (IHF) Trophy Intercontinental Championship. They qualified after beating their Guinean counterparts 37-36 in their final match on Friday to end the competition in Brazzaville, Congo unbeaten The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that theContinue Reading

A Spanish judge has ordered that Brazil football player Dani Alves be jailed on remand without bail following an alleged sexual assault of a woman in a Barcelona nightclub. According to the regional court system on Friday, the 39-year-old who has denied any wrongdoing was taken to the Brians 1Continue Reading

Defending champion Rafa Nadal bowed out of the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday after suffering an injury during his 6-4 6-4 7-5 defeat by American Mackenzie McDonald. Nadal’s elimination shakes up the men’s draw and puts a twist in the Grand Slam titles race, with nine-times championContinue Reading

Play was suspended at the Australian Open on Tuesday afternoon because of extreme heat. With the temperature into the mid-30s, the tournament’s heat stress scale, which also took into account humidity and wind speed, hit five just after 2 p.m. (0300 GMT). This caused the play to be stopped onContinue Reading

By Ijeoma Okigbo The Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development (FMSYD) has set up a five-man “independent committee” to review the final medals table of the 21st National Sports Festival (NSF). Ismaila Abubakar, the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, disclosed on Sunday in a statement that the committeeContinue Reading