Lagos Media Marathon organisers tasks Sanwo-Olu on road race culture
The organisers of the maiden Lagos Media Marathon have appealed to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to sustain the renewed culture of road races and marathon in the state. Chairman of the Organising Committee for the media race, Tony Ubani, said yesterday that Lagos has been blessed with another visionary leader, adding that Sanwo-Olu’s first few days in the...
Future Eagles lock horns with Mexico U16 team
Nigeria’s U15 boys, known as Future Eagles, will take on the U16 National Team of Mexico on Wednesday in the opening match of the International Dream Cup tournament taking place in the city of Miyagi, Japan. The Nigerian contingent arrived in Sendai (where the team is staying at the Sendai Hills Hotel) on Monday evening, and the team had its...
AITEO Cup: Women go to war in nine centres
There will be quality football action across the country on Wednesday as the first round matches of this year’s AITEO Cup competition hold in eight centres. A ninth match will hold in Lokoja on Thursday, between Kaduna Queens and Abia Angels. Seven teams, namely Rivers Angels, Adamawa Queens, Sunshine Queens, Delta Queens, Nasarawa Amazons, Confluence Queens and Ibom Angels have...
Falcons to go big against Korea to avoid going home
The Super Falcons will throw all their firewoods into the furnace when they file out against their counterparts from the Korea Republic on Wednesday in their second match of the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in France. The venue is the Stade des Alpes in the city of Grenoble, where Group A’s bottom-of-the-table clash will begin at 3 pm. Head...
Bulgaria Defeats Nigeria in IHF Emerging Nations Tournament in Georgia
The under 23 male national handball team on Monday evening, suffered a 27-19 defeat to Bulgaria at the IHF Emerging Nations Tournament holding in Georgia, sports247.ng can report Nigeria had lost their first game in Group B to host Georgia by 24-14 before playing our a thrilling 31-31 draw with Ireland and had hoped to get a win over Bulgaria...
NBBF ROLLS OUT DATES FOR THE 2019 SEASON
Registration of players has commenced ahead of the 2019 Basketball season for the Total National Division 1 and 2 Men’s leagues as well as the Zenith Women Basketball League, sports247.ng can report. The registration for the Total National Division 2 league which started on Saturday, June 8th will end 17th of June 2019 while that of players for the Total...
Two players impressed me in camp: Mikel Obi
Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel has named two players who impressed him during the team’s pre-Africa Cup of Nations warm-up match against Zimbabwe this past weekend, sports247.ng can report The Super Eagles and the Warriors played out a goalless stalemate in their friendly game in Asaba on Saturday, as both prepare for the AFCON tournament which gets underway in less...
Falcons settle down in Grenoble as all focus shifts to Korea
The Super Falcons have fully settled into their Mercure Grenoble Centre President Hotel in the city of Grenoble, ahead of Wednesday’s make-or-break FIFA Women’s World Cup clash with the Korea Republic. Players and officials flew into Grenoble at 1 pm on Sunday and arrived at the hotel an hour later, in time for lunch. Defeat by Norway in Reims on Saturday...
Super Eagles have first training session in Ismailia
Three-time champions Nigeria have conducted their first training session since arriving in the Egyptian city of Ismailia early Monday morning for a one-week intensive pre-AFCON camping. At the airport to receive the Nigeria contingents were Emmanuel Oguntoyi (Minister at the Embassy of Nigeria, Cairo) and Muhammed Tukur Garba (Administrative Attaché) who represented the Nigerian Ambassador to the Arab Republic of...
France 2019: Norway trounce Super Falcons 3-0
Norway lashed African champions Nigeria 3-0 in both team’s opening match of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Reims on Saturday. Guro Reiten scored in the 17th minute as the Super Falcons failed to deal with a corner kick, and Lisa-Marie Utland made it two 17 minutes later when she flashed a fierce shot past goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi...
