Group urges NUJ to dissolve SWAN National Elections Committee by Aderonke Ojo
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has been urged to either immediately dissolve the 2019 SWAN National Elections Committee or witness a gradual disintegration of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN). The demand was made by a group of senior sports journalists drawn from several media houses across the country, through a letter to the NUJ President, Chris Isiguzo. The...
SUNSHINE OUTSHINE BURUJ 5-2 IN A TEST GAME PREPARATORY TO NEXT INTERNATIONAL OUTING – Square Up Against Yaba Tech on Friday In Another Trial Game By 3.00pm
Buruj Sports Academy lost their test match by 5-2 against Sunshine Football Academy today at Gbagada Sports Development Center in what was the first of the two games to be played this week. Three first-half goals were all the highly enterprising Sunshine side needed to race to what proved to be unassailable lead before German-Nigerian is born Esser Orion reduced...
Gov Okowa Pre Season Tourney: Imada Osavenkho acrobatic goal headlines Insurance win
An Akuonoghae Osas's own goal and Imade Osavenkho screamer helped Bendel Insurance to a 2-0 victory over Remo Stars at the Stephen Keshi Stadium on Thursday. The Sky Blue Stars handed teenager Onyebuchi Obasi his official debut and the young lad instantly showed some flashes when he set up Fawas Otu who could not direct his effort on target. The "Benin...
Gov Okowa Pre Season Tourney: Cynosure FC were better – Believe Imiete
Goalkeeper Believe Imiete believes that the 1-0 score-line that defeated his Cynosure FC side was an unfair reflection of the game against Lobi Stars in the Gov Okowa Pre Season Tourney. Cynosure FC fell to defeat thanks to a spot-kick from substitute Julius Aghahowa, but Imiete believes that only tells half the story. "Putting to one side the first 15 minutes,...
Gov Okowa Pre Season Tourney: Lobi Stars Deserved Win – Ogunbote
Lobi Stars boss Gbenga Ogunbote thought his team was a good value for their 1-0 success at the Stephen Keshi Stadium against Cynosure FC on Thursday. Alex Aghahowa's well-taken spot-kick on 71 minutes made it a winning start for the Pride of Benue. Coach Ogunbote, obviously delighted, believed it was a deserved success. "We were compact, aggressive, intense… These are the marks...
FWC Secondary Schools Football Tournament: We want to set the pace in the FCT, Chairman LOC
The Chairman, Local Organizing Committee of the FWC Champions Secondary Schools Football Tournament, Mr Promise Umaeme has promised that the maiden of the competition will be used to set the pace in the FCT for others to follow. He made this claim in his acceptance speech after he was inaugurated alongside 7 others as the Committee to pilot the maiden...
Killer Chairs: How Desk Jobs Ruin Your Health
From your eyes to your heart to your butt - experts explain the damage and how to offset it Sitting for long periods is bad because the human body was not designed to be idle. I have worked in obesity research for several decades, and my laboratory has studied the effect of sedentary lifestyles at the molecular level all the...
Zainab urges women to practise karate for self-defence, livelihood
A member of the board of Karate Federation of Nigeria (KFN), Zainab Saleh has urged more women to practise Karate as a means of self-defence and livelihood, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Saleh, also the Vice-Chairperson, Lagos State Karate Association, made the call yesterday in Lagos while speaking on the Sixth Zainab Saleh International Female Open Karate Championship. The...
MOTHER NO MORE: GERNOT ROHR IS BEREAVED
The head coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has lost his 97-year-old mother, Elizabeth Rohr. Rohr recently guided the senior national team to a pulsating 2-2 draw against Ukraine in Tuesday’s international friendly game at the Dnipro Arena. The news was broken Thursday afternoon by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) through its verified twitter handle. The NFF commiserated with the...
Kwara Football Academy Congratulates Dennis Bonaventure
Kwara Football Academy graduate Dennis Bonaventure made his Super Eagles debut against Ukraine on Tuesday in a thrilling 2-2 draw in Dnipro as relatively new breed Super Eagles team came close to bringing down Ukraine’s ‘Blue and Yellow’ at the Dnipro Arena before suffering loss of concentration that saw Ukraine tie the game 2-2 with two goals in 45...
