Category Archives: Sports

2019 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon Expo Begins

January 23 Sports no comments

Hundreds of runners from all walks of life including important personalities from within and outside the sports industry on Tuesday thronged the Molade Okoya Thomas Hall at the Teslim Balogun Stadium as the 2019 Access B...

NBBF Banks On Stakeholders For Better 2019

January 2 Sports no comments

The leadership of Nigeria Basketball Federation has tasked all stakeholders to brace up for another roller-coaster ride in 2019 as the federation gets ready to hit the ground running. Despite landmark achievements in 201...

Why Edo State Won 2020 Sports Festival Hosting Rights -Dalung

December 18 Sports no comments

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Barrister Solomon Dalung has explained why the Ministry gave the hosting right for the next National Sports Festival to Edo state. The Minister made the explanation in an excl...

Bet9ja Lagos Women Run Holds 10 November

November 8 Sports no comments

The 3rd edition of the Bet9ja Lagos Women Run will hold on November 10, 2018 from 6.30 am and will start off from the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island and finish at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere. The Lagos Women...

MFM Basketball Club Dunks To S/Final

October 30 Sports no comments

Mountain of Fire Ministries (MFM) Women’s Basketball Club have qualified for the semi final of Nigeria Women’s Premier League. The game, played on Tuesday in Enugu, saw the Shade Olukoya Queens beat Delta Force of Asaba ...

150,000 Athletes Expected At 2019 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon

October 16 Sports no comments

No fewer than 150,000 athletes both locally and internationally are expected to participate in the 4th edition of Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode said on Monday. Addressing a pr...

Ghana’s Lamptey Vows To Demolish Oladosu At GOtv Boxing Night

October 10 Sports no comments

.File photo from a previous edition of GOtv Boxing Night – Crack Ghanaian boxer, Benjamin Lamptey, has vowed to demolish Nigeria’s Rilwan “Real One” Oladosu and end his winning run when they clash for the West Afri...

D’Tigress Move Up 15 Spots In Latest FIBA Ranking

October 5 Sports no comments

Nigeria’s female senior basketball team, D’Tigress have moved up 15 places in the latest FIBA Women’s ranking to 19th spot in the world after their 2018 World Cup participation. At the last world cup, Nigeria...

Aiteo Cup Q/Final Fixtures

September 30 Sports no comments

The Nigeria Football Federation has releaed the 2018 AITEO Cup 2018 Quarter–Final Fixtures for men and women. Men Enyimba FC Vs Kano Pillars – Gombe (Date TBD) Kwara United Vs Katsina United – Lagos (03/10) Nasarawa Unit...

Bet9ja Lagos SWAN Week Kicks Off with Hospital Visitation and Draw

September 28 Sports no comments

The Sport Writers Association of Nigeria, Lagos Chapter resumes its annual Bet9ja SWAN week festivities on Friday September 27, 2018 with a visitation to the Randle General hospital Surulere at 10am. As part of the openi...

Nigeria Beats Turkey In World Basketball Championship

September 24 Sports no comments

Nigeria’s senior female Basketball team, D’Tigress defeated their opponents from Turkey 73-65 points in the opening match of 2018 FIBA World Championship.

Joshua Floors Povetkin To Retain Boxing Belts

September 23 Sports no comments

Nigerian-born British boxer, Anthony Joshua knocked out his mandatory challenger, Russia’s Alexander Povetkin in the 7th round, to retain his WBA, (Super) IBF, WBO and IBO belts Saturday at Wembley Stadium. Povetkin’s pr...

Sports Minister Mourns Reverend Ilo

September 17 Sports no comments

The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has expressed sadness over the death of a one time President of the Cycling Federation of Nigeria Rev. (Dr) Moses Iloh on Sunday 16, 2018. While mourning Reverend...

Nigeria Battles Cameroon, Others As Volleyball Nations Cup Begins In A...

September 12 Sports no comments

Nigeria male volleyball team will confront Cameroon, Rwanda and Tunisia in Group A of the 2018 Men’s U-21 Africa Nations Cup that begins on Wednesday, 12 September in Abuja. Chad will take on Morocco in an opening match ...

Awogu, Iwuala, Obot, Others Back Lagos SWAN Cup

September 11 Sports no comments

With the 2018 Lagos SWAN Week/SWAN Cup scheduled to begin on 28 September at the National Stadium in Surulere, four senior members of the body; Felix Awogu, Harry Iwuala, Bimbo Adeola and Tony Obot have promised to spons...

Lagos SWAN Week/SWAN Cup Begin 28 Sept.

September 11 Sports no comments

The Executives of Lagos Chapter of Sports Writers Association on Nigeria (SWAN) say preparations are in top gear to hold its annual Lagos SWAN Week/SWAN Cup. Eyeonthenews.com gathered that this year’s edition is sc...

NBBF Sure D’Tigers Will Perform At World Cup Qualifiers

September 10 Sports no comments

The hierarchy of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) is confident D’Tigers will do well in the next round of 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers for men between 14th and 16th of September. NBBF President, Engineer Musa...

Incredible Serena Cruises Into US Open Final

September 7 Sports no comments

BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME: Serena Williams consoles Anastasija Sevastova after defeating her in the semi final of 2018 US Open on Friday, 7 September. – Serena Williams has another shot at winning her first Grand Slam ...

Tiger Woods Battles Mickelson In $9m Vegas Duel In November

August 23 Sports no comments

Golf greats Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will go head-to-head in a winner-takes-all $9m (£7m) exhibition match in Las Vegas. The Americans, who have 19 major championship titles between them, will face off in the 18-ho...

Asaba 2018: Amusan, Enekwechi Win Gold For Nigeria

August 3 Sports no comments

.IAAF President Rallies Support For Africa Hosts of the 21st African Senior Athletics Championship, Nigeria started raking in medals with Tobiloba Amusan and Enekwechi Chukwebuka winning two gold medals for the country o...

Team Nigeria Grab 16 Medals At Africa Gymnastic Tourney

July 30 Sports no comments

TIG Gymnasts of Nigeria won 16 medals at the just concluded 2018 edition of the African International level system Championships in Pretoria, South Africa. The team, led by head coach, Anthony Asuquo got 4 gold, 2 silver...

Lagos City Marathon Seals 5-Year Contract With Seven Up

July 25 Sports no comments

The Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has received another big boost following the declaration by the Seven-Up Bottling Company to sign a new five-year deal for the race. The new development from the Soft Drinks giant was ...

Oduduru, Udoh-Gabriel Win 100m Events At Africa Tour In Asaba

July 18 Sports no comments

After nearly two decades of endless wait, the city of Asaba was buzzing on Wednesday as a new chapter was opened in the history of sports in Delta State and Nigeria as whole as the newly built Stephen Keshi stadium hoste...