World Athletics U20 Championships: Dare, Farouk, 2 Other Ministers Host Triumphant Nigerian Contingent
Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare along with three of his colleagues in the Federal Executive Council have hosted the triumphant Team Nigeria contingent to the just concluded World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. Dare, alongside Hajia Sadiya Farouk, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen, the Minister of Women Affairs and...
2020 Paralympic Games: Team Nigeria File Out In Style At Opening Ceremony
Team Nigeria were the cynosure of all eyes at Tuesday's opening ceremony of the paralympics games in Tokyo, Japan. The team filed out in style in their Green and White uniform providing a beautiful setting for the ceremony that had only a handful of people in attendance owing to Covid restrictions. Chef De Mission of Team Nigeria, the Acting Director of...
Sports Minister Expresses Confidence In Paralympics Team …Urges them To Excel
Youth and Sports Development Minster Sunday Dare is sure that Team Nigeria to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo will live up to billings and do the nation proud as games get underway on Tuesday. Dare said, “Based on condition precedent and the resilience of our special athletes especially when on international assignments, I have no doubt in my mind that...
Lucy Ejike, 21 Others In Medal Chase As Paralympics Games Begin
The much awaited Paralympics games are set to begin... Twenty-two athletes will be representing Team Nigeria in the Tokyo 2020 games this year. It would be recall that the last edition, at Rio 2016 in Brazil, was the most successful outing for Team Nigeria, which became Africa best team and 17th overall on the medal table with eight gold, two...
Ifako-Ijaiye LGA Partners With Meade Company On Sports Development …Inter-school sports competitions and football leagues to be initiated
In a bid to resuscitate sporting activities, promote physical fitness and unity in the Local Government, especially among the Youths, the Executive Chairman of Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government, Prince Usman Akanbi Hamzat (UAH) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MEADE Company. With this development, Ifako-Ijaiye is expected to produce team of players (across the 7 wards) that will form...
Remodelled Adamasingba Stadium Set For Commissioning
The Project Manager, Peculiar Ultimate Concerns Limited, Engineer Femi James has said the remodelled Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan is set for commissioning. James said this on Tuesday shortly after the inspection of the facility by sports journalists saying the pitch, changing rooms, seats and many others are ready. He spoke on some of the things that has been upgraded...
Adelaja Owolabi: “Ram Sports Engages The Youths”
Ram Fighting interests and engages the youths, says Adelaja Owolabi, a member of the Ram Lovers Association of Nigeria. The 2021 edition of the Lagos State Ram Lovers Association Governor's Cup hit off earlier this at the National Stadium Surulere. Speaking with Sports247 at the event, Owolabi said: "Ram sports is second only to football around here. It keeps the youths...
Aisha Buhari Cup: Cameroon Calls Up 10 Foreign-Based Players
Head Coach Gabriel Zabo has extended invitations to 10 overseas-based players ahead of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament holding in the City of Lagos, 13th – 21st September. The 10 players will join the successful ones from the 30 home-based ladies who were called to camp earlier. THE PLAYERS: Carole Mimboue (AJ Auxerre); Claudine Meffometou (FC Fleury 91); Kith...
Aisha Buhari Cup: Four Super Falcons To Watch Out For
As the countdown begins for the prestigious Aisha Buhari Invitational Tournament, we list four key Super Falcons players to watch out for Asisat Oshoala, Onome Ebi, Rita Chikwelu and Rasheedat Ajibade Asisat Oshoala is the reigning African Woman Player of the Year. She is a toast of all fans in African football. A role model in football for the upcoming...
Omagbemi Thumbs Up Aisha Buhari Cup Tournament
Pioneer captain of Nigeria’s Senior Women National Team, Florence Omagbemi has posited that the upcoming Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament is a great booster to the development and sustainability of women football on the African continent. The 46-year-old, who is the first woman to have won the Women Africa Cup of Nations both as a player and as a coach,...
