By Emmanuel Afonne The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), has started talks with the Heritage Times (HT), a notable global media platform, to advance the course of grassroots sports development in the country. A statement signed by Ikenna Okonkwo, Secretary-General of SWAN, said that the partnership would also ensureContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojo The following are the results of Match Day 5 fixtures played on Sunday in the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL): Kastina united FC 3 -2 Sunshine Stars FC Abia Warriors FC 1 -0 Heartland FC Bayelsa United FC 2 – 1 Kwara United FC Rivers UnitedContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye Mouktar Mohammed, the Chairman, FCT Football Association, says Nigerian clubs can become a success story in terms of growth and development, using the FC Bayern Munich model. Mohammed spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday from Munich, Germany where he is currently on aContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh has called for renewed private sector partnership to fast track the development of sports in Nigeria. The minister made the call on Thursday in Abuja when the board members of Sports Performance Reward Fund (SPRF) led byContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye The Sports Performance Reward Fund (SPRF) says it intends to raise N10 billion as reward for generations of Nigeria’s sporting youth. President of SPRF, Musa Kida, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a world news conference to unveil plans of the Fund. Kida explained that theContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh The board of the Nigeria National League (NNL) has postponed the kick off date of the 2023-2024 league season to a yet to be announced date. Chairman of the NNL board, George Aluo said the postponement was necessitated by the inability of teams to complete their registrationContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye Mouktar Mohammed, the Chairman, FCT Football Association has been honoured with an award in Paris, France for excellence in football development. This is contained in a statement signed by Mohammed on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the award was for his immense contribution to growth and developmentContinue Reading
By Tolu Aiyegbusi Today’s Google doodle celebrates the late Nigerian footballer Rashidi Yekini, who was remembered for being the top goal scorer of the nation. Yekini, born on 23 October 1963 led Nigeria’s national team, the Super Eagles, to qualify for the 1994 World Cup. Google said, “Not only didContinue Reading
By Babatunde Ogunrinde Musa Kida, the President of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), on Saturday commended the Mountain Of Fire Miracles (MFN) Basketball Team for winning the Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball Championship. MFM, who are new to the basketball scene, achieved double success inContinue Reading
By Peter Amine A former member of the House of Representatives, Suleiman Kwande on Thursday in Jos emerged the Chairman of Plateau Football Association (PFA) Kwande was the sole candidate for the position after two other candidates were disqualified for failing to meet up the election guidelines. Other officers electedContinue Reading
