By Babatunde Ogunrinde D’Tigress, Nigeria’s senior women national basketball team, on Sunday in Kigali, Rwanda advanced into the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2023 AfroBasket Championship after defeating their Egyptian foes 83-65. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian team were in their usual devastating form in theContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojediran Zion FC of Agege have emerged winners of the inaugural Nigeria Health Champions Cup football tournament, organised by Green Sports Africa. The team defeated Dia Light FC of Alagbado 2-0 in a thrilling final match played at the Alade Sports Centre, Ajasa Command, Ipaja, Lagos. Messiah FCContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz The Nigeria’s national e-sports team will be making its maiden appearance at the prestigious Afro-Arab e-sports league championship taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mr Agbor Clinton, president of the Nigerian e-sports Federation (NESFED), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne The Federal Government has inaugurated a 27-member Committee to immediately commence work on the 2019-2023 National Youth Policy. A statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Mohammed Manga, Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development stated that inauguration was in accordance withContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne A total of 32 youth teams have registered to be part of the inaugural Nigerian edition of the Health Champions Cup competition taking place in Lagos on Saturday. A statement by Kassim Ismaily, Director at Green Sports Africa, organisers of the tournament, said the event is strictlyContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh Mrs Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, a media entrepreneur and politician, has called for the use of sports to promote unity, peace and development in Nigeria. Benjamins-Laniyi made the call on Wednesday in Abuja at a press briefing on the sidelines of the inaugural Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi (ABL) FCT unity footballContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has urged the Super Falcons to continue to be worthy ambassadors of Nigeria in their quest to conquer the FIFA Women World Cup. The Super Falcons are in Australia and New Zealand for the 2023 world cup and would be playing Australia in theirContinue Reading
By Ruth Oketunde Julie Okah-Donli, a former Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Tuesday decried the dearth of professionals golfers in the country. She said this on the sideline of the 2023 Children’s Golf Development Clinic, organised by the ladies section of the IBBContinue Reading
By Olawale Alabi The women’s World Cup being hosted by Australia and New Zealand is on track to be the best attended in the competition’s history, world football governing body FIFA has announced. Ticket sales have now exceeded 1.5 million in just five days, a new benchmark for any FIFAContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye No fewer than 200 players, including over 400 enthusiasts and spectators are expected to participate in a Chess and Scrabble fiesta in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the week-long tournament organised by BeeCass Chess Club, is expected to run from Aug. 21 toContinue Reading
