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2020 NSF: Team Lagos Ready For South West Zonal Eliminations
BY ADEYEMI ROBINSON-ADEFIOYE LAGOS Team Lagos Athletes are ready to do the State proud as the Lagos hosts the South West Zonal Eliminations ahead of the 20th National Sports...
Access Bank Lagos City Marathon: Runners throng Teslim Balogun Stadium for Sanwo-Olu forms
BY ADEYEMI ROBINSON-ADEFIOYE LAGOS Enthusiastic runners in their hundreds thronged the MARATHON VILLAGE, TESLIM BALOGUN STADIUM, Surulere on Monday as the distribution of Access Bank Lagos City Marathon forms...
D’Tigers to start 2021 Afrobasket qualification race in November
D’Tigers will compete in Group D alongside Mali, Rwanda and Algeria for a place in the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket Championship. The Olympic Games bound squad who narrowly lost the...
Edo solid track will gives athletes opportunities to set new national and festival records says Alli
BY ADEYEMI ROBINSON-ADEFIOYE The Competition Director for the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival (NSF) YUSSUF ALLI on Sunday declared that National and Festival records, especially in athletics, could be...
Nigeria Takes on Australia in Maiden Cricket World Cup Match
BY ADEYEMI ROBINSON-ADEFIOYE Nigeria will file out for her first Cricket World Cup match on Monday, January 20th, 2020 against Australia at the Diamond Oval in Kimberley, South Africa...
Adekuroye Gold medal performance in Rome excites Sports Minister
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development MR. SUNDAY DARE has showered encomium on wrestling sensation ODUNAYO ADEKUROYE for winning gold in the final of the 57kg class of...
NSF 2020: Stakeholders applauds FCTA for Timely Approval of Funds
JOEL AJAYI,ABUJA Major stakeholders in the Federal Capital territory have commended the FCT administration for the timely approval of funds for the forthcoming NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL, tagged ”EDO 2020”...
DO SPORTS FESTIVAL: UNITY TORCH ENDS FIRST LEG OF TOUR IN ILABOYA’S DOMAIN
BY ADEYEMI ROBINSON-ADEFIOYE LAGOS The first leg of the tour of the Unity Torch for the Edo Sports Festival which began in Akoko-Edo Wednesday ended yesterday in the Owan...
UNDER 19 CRICKET WORLD CUP SERVES OFF ON FRIDAY
….South Africa and Afghanistan kick off the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup on Friday, as the next generation of global stars ready their stuff on the world stage. BY...
GOV OBASEKI LIGHT EDO SPORTS’FESTIVAL
…as torch of unity moves to Edo North BY ADEYEMI ROBINSON-ADEFIOYE LAGOS Edo state Governor, GODWIN OBASEKI yesterday lit the State’s Sports festival torch in Benin to signal the...