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
By Muhyideen Jimoh The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh has charged heads of departments in the Ministry to come up with strategic plan to harness and nurture talents discovered at the National Youth Games. Enoh stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at an interactive meeting with seniorContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojediran Stakeholders have applauded the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to officially include squash in the Los Angeles LA28 Olympic Games. The World Squash Federation (WSF), U.S. Squash and the Professional Squash Association (PSA) on Tuesday extended their gratitude to the Organising Committee of the LA28Continue Reading
By Aderonke Ojediran 1xBET Sports Betting Company on Sunday carried out a sensitisation campaign at Odion Ighalo Sports Arena, Epe, Lagos State, on the maiden edition of 1XBET Community Football Cup. Wahidi Akanni, the Chairman of Match International, partners of 1XBET, said this in a statement in Lagos. He saidContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh Paul Edeh , President of Ratels Sports Development Foundation (RSDF) and Chairman, Benue State Football Association (BSFA) has called for equal pay for Nigeria’s men and women national football teams. Edeh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on that this was expedient to ensureContinue Reading
