NSF: Lagos Leads Festival Roll Call With 548 Competitors
Lagos State is top of the participation figures at the 19th National Sports Festival in Abuja, as the 2012 hosts have a total of 548 competitors on their official registered list of the first 16 teams at the FCT Games. Sports247.ng gathered further that The Centre of Excellence is followed in close second by Delta State, with 545 registered participants,...
Emenike Future XI: This is the perfect time to give back -Emmanuel Emenike
Former Nigerian international, Emmanuel Emenike has revealed to Sports247.ng that giving back to the community and also an opportunity to see talented Nigerian kids achieve their aim of playing abroad is the main reason for starting the Emmanuel Emenike Future XI which is ongoing at the Lagacy and NIS pitches of the National Stadium Surulere, Lagos. The former Spatak Moscow...
NSF: Baylesa State wins first gold medal in cycling
Bayelsa got off in a flying start in the National sports festival that kicked started just yesterday as Kelly Ebi put Bayelsa in the forefront with a Gold medal in cycling events in men 200 cycling event. While Delta State Azeez Mutiu rode his way to a silver medal finished second in the events . Kaduna State Isah Momoh is not...
Warri Wolves Screen Players For New NNL Season
Warri Wolves Football Club will formally commence preparations for the 2018/2019 Nigeria National League, (NNL) with the screening of new players. This is contained in a statement released by the media unit of the oil city-based side. The statement says the screening exercise, which will take place at the Warri City Stadium, will last for four days. It adds that the talent-catching...
U 20 WAFU CUP INVITEE KELECHI KALU, ON TWO WEEKS TRIALS IN GRASSHOPPER OF SWITZERLAND
The tall lanky player who was in the camp of the U 20 before they departed for Togo. Kelechi kalu who is presently a student in Canada has been invited by Grasshopper of Switzerland for two weeks trials. It could be recalled that his potentials did not go unnoticed during the U 20 camping in Abuja by the technical crews of...
Toriola disqualified to take part in festival game, after dual registration.
National sports Festival which has so far kick started in Abuja officially yesterday, have recorded it's first tournament top disqualification , the festival has had Segun Toriola disqualified over duel registration. Segun Toriola is a Nigerian professional table tennis player who is the youngest of nine brothers , he has been ranked as the best Nigerian player. He has been amongst...
Omeruo dazzles in Copa Del Rey as CD Leganes advances
Sports247.ng has gathered that the Super Eagles rock solid defender, Kenneth Omeruo is excited that his Spanish LAliga club CD Leganes are through to the Copa Del Rey Round of 16. Omeruo made his eighth consecutive start for CD Leganes is his team defeated Rayo Vallecano 1-0 to get to the next round with a 3-2 aggregate win. An own goal...
Imama, Boboye, Bosso storms kano for Divine Super 4 competition in Kano
The Super 4 competition is a yearly competiton that usually take place december in kano where several players has been discovered with the likes of Uche Agbo, Late moses Ogaga, Osita Echedu, ifeanyi Okagube, Uche Okagbue , Obina Okafor, jude Egbitogwa, with hosts of others. The brain behind this concept Mr Afam who brought top NPFL Coaches to Kano to...
Flying Eagles U 20 WAFU Cup first match will not hold after Benin pull out
The Flying Eagles will not be action tomorrow in the U20 WAFU Cup in Togo after their opponents Benin Republic pulled out of the sub-regional tournament. As Benin Republic still battling with the age scandal that rocked them at the recent U17 AFCON qualifiers in Niger that saw them lose a whole team of players. On account of this withdrawal, the...
Onije Kenneth Chisom Joins CD Feirense
Remo Stars Football Club (RSFC) can confirm that Onije Kenneth Chisom has joined Portuguese based side, CD Feirense. Kenneth Chisom joined the Sky Blue Stars feeders in 2015 after a Pan Nigeria Youth Tournament was hosted by Remo Stars to find young talents for the future in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. He featured for the feeders in 2016 when he played...
