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CMCM Branches Set For Prophet Adebisi Cup

November 30 Corporate Briefs, Football, Grassroots Sports, More 1,060 comments

The 2013 edition of Prophet Abiola Adebisi Cup, a football tournament to be played by all branches of Christ Miracle Church Ministry, CMCM, will hold before the year runs out. Prophet Adebisi, who is the sponsor of the t...

Hulk Hogan Listed For BRF Wreslemania

November 30 International Tournament, Martial Arts, More, Wrestling 925 comments

Reports say preparation for the third BRF Wrestlemania is in top gear with the legendary Hulk Hogan from Florida and Ric Flair from Washington DC, USA, coming to feature as Match Commissioners at the event this year. The...

Rugby Gaining Ground In Nigeria -EXP Boss

November 28 More, Rugby 7 comments

Managing Director of EXP, sponsors of the Lagos 7s Rugby tournament, Tertius Strauss, says the inclusion of schools in this year’s event shows that the sport is fast growing in the country. He said the young boys a...

Team Bayelsa Eye Swimming Medals At Festival

November 27 More, Sports Federations, Swimming 1,011 comments

The Head Coach of Bayelsa Swimming Team, Mr Reuben Amos, on Wednesday boasted that the state team would win all gold medals available in the sport at the next National Sports Festival, NSF. Amos disclosed in Yenagoa that...

Assembly Members For 2014 Obudu Mountain Race

November 27 Athletics, Corporate Briefs, International Tournament, More 3 comments

The Cross River State government has concluded plans to add the executive and legislative races when the 10th edition of the Obudu mountain race holds next year. According to the state governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, this...

‘Nigeria Taekwondo Team’ll Rule The World’

November 27 Martial Arts, More, Taekwondo 1,160 comments

Ferguson Oluigbo, the President of Taekwondo Referees’ Association of Nigeria, TRAN, has expressed confidence in the performance of the team which would represent the country at the World Taekwondo Team Cup Championship....

CM Punk Says ‘Yes’ With Bryan At Survivor Series

November 25 More, Wrestling 846 comments

*This photo shows The Best and The Beard break out tandem manoeuvers, including a double dropkick by the WWE masters during Sunday night Survivor Series. —————————...

Curtain Falls On Lagos 7s Rugby Tourney

November 23 More, Rugby 519 comments

The finals of 2013 Lagos 7s Rugby tournament, which commenced on Saturday will end on Sunday, 24 November, at Onikan Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria. While the final of the club category holds later in the evening, the girls a...

Lagos 7s Rugby Tourney Holds At Onikan Stadium

November 23 More, Rugby 1,520 comments

The Lagos 7s Rugby tournament, which was in the cooler for sometime due to poor sponsorship will return this weekend at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, as EXP, SGS and other companies have thrown their weights behind the ev...

CM Punk Teams Up With Bryan

November 22 International Tournament, More, Wrestling 37 comments

.To Battle Dangerous Disciples At Survivor Series *The photo above shows the top four wrestlers who would clash in the WWE show, as CM Punk pairs with Daniel Bryan against Luke Harper and Erick Rowan at the Survivor Seri...

Fashola Bans Skating On Lagos Roads

November 22 Corporate Briefs, Facilities, More, State Sports 525 comments

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola has banned skating on all roads in the state. Fashola said he noticed that the youths had also taken to skating because the road is safe, saying government was not going to di...

Aquafina Refreshes Lagos Marathoners

November 18 Athletics, Corporate Briefs, Grassroots Sports, More, State Sports 1,727 comments

REWARD: (L-R) Mr. Norden Thurston, Head Marketing, Seven-Up Bottling Company, Mr. Enitan Oshodi, Lagos State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, William Kefas, winner and one of the organisers of the first Nike We Run Ma...

Rufai Draws Curtain On Milo Clinic Saturday

November 15 Grassroots Sports, More, Sports Personality 35 comments

.As Youths Ages 9-13 Acquire Modern Technique Of Football The 2013 Milo Football Clinic, which started with thousands of young boys and girls in Abuja last month, will formally end on Saturday, 16 November at the Agege S...

Talents At Football Clinic Excite Rufai

November 12 Football, Grassroots Sports, More, Sports Personality, State Sports 5 comments

Coordinator of annual football clinic in Nigeria, Peter Rufai says he is excited to see thousands of talented young players who are eager to learn the rudiments of the game. The football clinic, now in its fourth season ...

Men’s Harrassment Forced Me Into Self Defence -Eve

November 11 International Tournament, Interviews, Martial Arts, More, Sports Personality, Wrestling 14 comments

.TRY ME: Eve appears ready to fight with any sign of provocation This story is specifically published today to help the women folks, especially the young Nigerian or African ladies who have suffered series of harassment ...

Big Show Dares Randy Orton

November 11 International Tournament, Martial Arts, More, Wrestling 2 comments

.Survivor Series Is Action Spot On 24 November, 2013 The wrestling world is yet to see best of World’s Largest Athlete, Big Show. Not even an average Nigerian follower of the sport could say what this hefty wrestle...

Goals Galore At Lagos Junior League

November 11 Football, Grassroots Sports, Lagos Junior League, More 37 comments

.As Premiership Teams Net 39 Goals In Week 5 Games Premiership teams competing in the Lagos Junior League, LJL, were goals crazy over the weekend, as a total of 39 goals were scored in 10 matches held between Saturday an...

Kidd: My Recovery Was A Miracle

November 11 International Tournament, More, Wrestling 580 comments

.Tyson Kidd while nursing his injury. Last December during a WWE Live Event, Tyson Kidd suffered a severe knee injury, including tears in his right ACL, meniscus and MCL, that threatened to side line the mat technician f...

Cyclists Begin ECOWAS Tour From Lagos 13 Nov

November 11 African Sports, Cycling, International Tournament, More 38 comments

About 90 cyclists from the 15-member nations of ECOWAS, would be participating in the 3rd ECOWAS International Cycling Tour slated to start in Lagos and terminate in the Ivorian commercial capital, Abidjan from 13-17 Nov...

New Golf Boss Eyes Grassroots Development

November 11 Golf, Grassroots Sports, More, Sports Federations 32 comments

The newly-elected President of Nigerian Golf Federation, NGF, Dr Peter Deshi, has promised to take the game of golf to the grassroots. In a statement issued by Deshi, he said his mission was to demystify the game of golf...

Develop Sports, AFN Boss Tells Corporate Nigeria

November 11 More, Sports Personality 3 comments

Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN President and Publisher of SportsDay group of Newspapers, Chief Solomon Ogba, has admonished the Corporate Nigeria on its responsibility towards sports development in the country. Ogb...

Santana, Charity Assume Duties At Confluence Queens

November 9 Football, More, Nigeria Female Football League 37 comments

Newly appointed duo of Oluwole Babatunde and Charity Enwere have resumed at their posts as Head Coach and Trainer respectively at the Nigeria Women Football League side, Confluence Queens Football Club of Lokoja. Oluwole...

Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Off To Space Station

November 8 International Tournament, More, Olympics 32 comments

Exactly one month since the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay’s journey across Russia, a Soyuz TMA-11M was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch on board on Thursday. On ...