Olusegun Folarin As the date for the National Sports Festival close in, the Ogun State Boxing Association has continued to intensify preparations towards the biennial event with the November edition of Boxing Hall of fame. The competition held at the indoor hall of the Alake Sports Centre, Continue Reading
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The Confederation of African Football on Wednesday listed Nigeria’s forward, Victor Osimhen; Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, and 27 others as contenders for the 2023 men’s African Player of the Year awards. CAF announced the Gala awards billed to be held on December 11, 2023, in Marrakech, Morocco, on their official website. According to the statement, “A […]Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia is set to host the men’s 2034 World Cup after Australia decided against bidding to stage the tournament. Football Australia confirmed its decision only hours before Fifa’s deadline for declarations of interest on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia is the only other nation to bid. “We have reached the conclusion not to do so for […]Continue Reading
By Olusegun Folarin The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has trained over two hundred match commissioners ahead of the 2023/24 Nigeria National League, NNL, Nationwide League One, NLO, and Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL, season. The training held in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, had participants from the 18 southern states of the country. Declaring the event […]Continue Reading
By Olumide Ogunbiyi The draws for the the Maiden Edition of the Kayode Eso Football Tournament has been conducted in Ibadan. The competition which would be hosted by Bodija International College, will feature seven other schools in a 9-a-side competition for under-15 boys. Other participating schools asides the hosts are, International School Ibadan, Kings College […]Continue Reading
Manchester United and England legend, Sir Bobby Charlton has died at the age of 86. A statement by the legend’s family reads,” It is with great sadness that we share the news that Sir Bobby passed peacefully in the early hours of Saturday morning. He was surrounded by his family”. “His family would like to […]Continue Reading
When Kelvin Kiptum lined up for his first major local competition in 2018, Kenya’s new marathon icon did it in borrowed running shoes because he could not afford a pair of his own. At this month’s Chicago marathon, as he set an awe-inspiring world record of two hours and 35 seconds, times really were changing […]Continue Reading
By Olaolu Fawole The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has banned Mr Jonathan Bukabakwa, a former youth coach at clubs of the Urban Football Agreement of the regions of Lipopo and Malebo in Congo DR, from all football-related activities for 20 years. Mr. Bukabakwa was banned after having found him guilty of sexually […]Continue Reading
By Olusegun Folarin The General Manager, Ogun State Sports Council, Mrs. Iyabode Rotimi has appealed to the state government to provide modern equipment and ensure payment of competitive maintenance allowances to athletes to reduce the cases of poaching athletes by other states Mrs Rotimi made the appeal while receiving the newly appointed Commissioner for Sports […]Continue Reading
By Olusegun Folarin Ogun State Government has reaffirmed its readiness to deploy world-class sporting facilities and showcase the state’s immense potential culture to the world. The Commissioner for Sports Development, Mr Wasiu Isiaka, stated this while speaking with Journalists in Abeokuta ahead of the National Sports Festival. Mr Isiaka noted that the state was not Continue Reading
By Olawale Asake The Newly Installed Chairperson of Oyo State Netball Association, Mrs Romoke Ayinde has called on the Government and lovers of Sports to rally round the development of the resuscitated game of Netball in the Country and make it popular among other Games. Mrs Ayinde made the call during the Unveiling of the […]Continue Reading
By Olusegun Folarin Plans are underway to introduce boxing competition in secondary schools in Ogun state as part of the catch them young initiatives of the state boxing association. The Chairman, Ogun State Boxing Association, Mr. Somide Christopher announced this during the 14th Boxing Hall of Fame held at the indoor hall of Alake Sports […]Continue Reading
Super Eagles Striker, Victor Oshimen is to undergo an MRI scan. This is to ascertain the degree of the injury he sustained during Super Eagles friendly match against Saudi Arabia on Friday in Portugal. Oshimen was substituted in the early minutes of the second half after sustaining an injury. Super Eagles Gaffer, Jose Peseiro told […]Continue Reading
By Oluwakayode Banjo Super Eagles of Nigeria will today tackle the Green Falcons of Saudi Arabia in an international friendly match. The match will be played at the Estadio Municipal de Portimao in Portugal at five o’clock in the evening. Meanwhile, the Super Eagles have been drawn against Host Nation Cote D’Ivoire in Group A […]Continue Reading
By Olumide Ogunbiyi The pioneer chairperson of the Netball Federation of Oyo State, Ambassador (Alh) Romoke Ayinde says there will be the unveiling of a Netball tournament on Wednesday 18th October 2023. Amb. Ayinde made this known during a news conference held at Kayrom Lee swimming pool side, Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Oke-Ado, Ibadan. The chairperson […]Continue Reading
By Mojisola Oladele Osun State House of Assembly says all hands must be on deck to resuscitate Sports activities in the State to improve its Economy. The Chairman House Committee on Youth, Sports and Special Needs, Mr. Abiola Awoyeye stated this during an oversight visit of the Committee to Osogbo Sports Stadium. Mr. Awoyeye who […]Continue Reading
Nigeria, South Africa and Morocco could be placed in the same group when the Africa Cup of Nations draw is made in the Ivory Coast on Thursday. The six top seeds include Morocco, who created history at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by becoming the first semi-finalists from Africa. Nigeria is among the second […]Continue Reading
UEFA on Sunday announced next week’s Euro 2024 qualifier between Israel and Switzerland, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed due to the conflict in the country. “In light of the current security situation in Israel, UEFA has decided to postpone all matches scheduled in Israel in the next couple of weeks with new dates to […]Continue Reading
Napoli captain, Giovanni Di Lorenzo has affirmed that Victor Osimhen will give his best for the team tomorrow and can help Napoli defeat Real Madrid. The Partenopei will host the La Liga giants tomorrow (Tuesday) for the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage fixtures, and the captain says Osimhen is in great […]Continue Reading
By Oluwakayode Banjo The final of the 2023 Governor Seyi Makinde Basic Education Schools Sports Competition, was held on Friday at the Olubadan Stadium, Iyaganku, Ibadan. The Competition was organized by the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). After zonal qualification across the eight Continue Reading
By Oluwakayode Banjo Radio Nigeria Ibadan football team this morning played a 2-2 draw with Pensioners FM in a novelty match. The match, played at the Olubadan stadium, Iyaganku, Ibadan, was part of activities marking the 4th anniversary of Pensioners FM Ibadan. The Pensioners team scored the first goal of the game as the first […]Continue Reading
President Bola Tinubu is expected to declare open the Second Africa Military Games in Abuja after 25 years of the first edition. Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, stated this in Abuja when he received the Games Trophy, flag, and torch of unity from the President of the Organisation of Military Sports in Africa, […]Continue Reading
The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh has arrived with representatives of the Nigeria Football Federation in a bid to host AFCON in 2027. Recall Nigeria and the Republic of Benin presented a joint bid to host the tournament. All countries who submitted bids to host the AFCON tournament in 2025 and 2027 […]Continue Reading
Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles says “there is no room for racism in any sport” after a video went viral on social media of a black girl not being given a medal at an Irish gymnastics event ceremony. The incident occurred at a Gymstart event in Dublin in March 2022 when a line of children […]Continue Reading
By Olaolu Fawole A video showing a moment when a female sports official decided to racially discriminate a black girl, who was among medalists at a GymSTART tournament in Ireland has surfaced on social media. The video which has gone viral on social media apps like Tiktok and X (formerly Twitter) has attracted thousands of […]Continue Reading