Category Archives: Sports

Adekuoroye, Oborududu Move Up In Wrestling World Rankings

October 14 Sports no comments

Commonwealth champion Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg) has moved one step up in the latest rankings, and is now the second-best wrestler in the world in her weight class, while 9-time African champion Blessing Oborududu climbed...

Be Good Ambassadors Of Nigeria, Gumel Charges Beach Team In Doha

October 14 Sports no comments

.As NOC Congratulate Nsirim on His Appointment – President of Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engr Habu Gumel has charged Team Nigeria participating at the maiden ANOC Beach Games in Doha, Qatar to be worthy ambas...

Dollar Rains For Team Nigeria Medalists To All Africa Games

August 28 Sports no comments

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has rewarded the first batch of medalists at the ongoing All African Games in Morocco. 58 athletes and 4 officials got cash awards ranging from $3000 for Gold, $2000 for silver and $1500 ...

Organisers Of Onitsha City Marathon Hold Media Parley Sunday

August 16 Sports no comments

The Organisers of the Onitsha City Marathon will on Sunday, August 18, 2019, be in Lagos to meet selected members of the creme-de-la-creme of the Nigeria sporting press at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos Nigeria. I...

Otis Confident D’Tigress’ll Defend FIBA Afrobasket Title

July 31 Sports no comments

D’Tigress Head Coach, Otis Hughley is confident his team have the chances of successfully defending their FIBA Afrobasket title when the competition gets underway on August 9, 2019. Following the team’s pairing against T...

Milák Smashes Phelps’ 200m Butterfly World Record To Win First Title...

July 26 Sports no comments

Looking for someone to carry on your country’s butterfly legacy in spectacular fashion? Well, do not look any further. Hungary has a new golden boy in the men’s 200m butterfly as Kristof Milák smashed Michael Phelps’ 10-...

Remo Ultra Race Gets Dec. 7 Date

May 7 Sports no comments

.Unveils Value Jet As Major Sponsor – Organisers of the first 50km Remo Ultra Race at the weekend picked December 7, 2019 date for the event and unveiled Value Jet Airlines, a new airline owned by Honourable Kunle ...

Semenya Loses Testosterone Case Against IAAF In CAS Ruling

May 1 Sports no comments

Caster Semenya has lost her case against athletics’ governing body the IAAF in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The decision announced by CAS on Wednesday, means that the double Olympic champion will be fo...

Nigeria’s Oyinlomo Crushes Russian Top Seed To Win 1st Ever Grade 3 Ju...

April 22 Sports no comments

Nigerian tennis sensation, Oyinlomo Quadre, has won the Grade 3 ITF Junior Circuit in Tunisia. She managed this incredible feat after crushing Maria Bondarenko, the tournament’s number six seed, in three hot sets of 6-7,...

Tiger Woods Wins 2019 Masters To Claim 15th Major

April 16 Sports no comments

Tiger Woods produced a scintillating finish to win a fifth Masters title and end an 11-year wait to claim a 15th major. There were raucous celebrations around the 18th green as Woods finished with a two-under-par 70 to w...

FIFA Women’s World Cup On Tour Of Nigeria

April 11 Sports no comments

Officials from world football –ruling body, FIFA arrived in Nigeria with the original FIFA Women’s World Cup for a trophy tour scheduled for Thursday, 11th April 2019 in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Acting Presi...

Nigeria Beat Egypt To Win Beach Volleyball Bronze Medal

April 10 African Sports, Sports no comments

Nigeria’s male volleyball team won a bronze medal at the recently concluded U-21 Beach Volleyball championship held in Cairo, Egypt. Nigeria defeated hosts, Egypt 2-1 (21-18, 20-22 & 15-13) in the third place ...

Nigeria Qualify For U-19 Cricket World Cup

March 24 Sports no comments

Nigeria’s U-19 Cricket Team, the Junior Yellow Greens have picked the country’s first ever spot at the Cricket World Cup after topping the weeklong qualifying series held in Windhoek, Namibia on Saturday March 23, 2019. ...

Yakmut Gets All Africa Games Role

March 5 Sports no comments

The former Director-General of the National Sports Commission Mallam Alhassan Yakmut has been appointed Team Nigeria’s Chief de Mission to the 12th Africa Games in Rabat Morocco later in the year. The Minister of Youth a...

D’Tigers Slip In Clash With Cote D’Ivoire

February 23 Sports no comments

Nigeria’s male team D’Tigers suffered their first loss at the on-going 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers against Cote d’Ivoire by 72-46 points at the Palaise des Sports arena on Friday. In what was going to be a night...

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...