Category: Sports

NAPE Charity Golf Tournament Top Player To Get Chery Tiggo 8 Pro
October 22, 2024 No Responses

NAPE Charity Golf Tournament Top Player To Get Chery Tiggo 8 Pro

Carloha Nigeria, the franchise holder and assembler of Chery vehicles in Nigeria has concluded plans to handover its flagship Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), the Tiggo 8 Pro to any player who achieves a hole-in-one during the proposed NAPE Charity Golf...
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First Bank To Hold 63rd Edition Golf Tournament In Lagos
October 15, 2024 No Responses

First Bank To Hold 63rd Edition Golf Tournament In Lagos

First Bank has announced the 63rd edition of its amateur open golf championship in efforts to support sports development. According to the Bank, the event will hold from November 18 to November 24, 2024, at the golf club of the...
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CAF Probes Super Eagles Ordeal At Libyan Airport
October 15, 2024 No Responses

CAF Probes Super Eagles Ordeal At Libyan Airport

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has opened an investigation into the Super Eagles ordeal in Libya and has threatened to sanction those found violating its statutes and regulations.  “The matter has been referred to the CAF Disciplinary Board...
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Dubois Defeats Anthony Joshua To Retain Crown
September 22, 2024 No Responses

Dubois Defeats Anthony Joshua To Retain Crown

Daniel Dubois has retained his IBF world heavyweight title with a fifth-round knockout of Anthony Joshua in an all-British spectacular at Wembley on Saturday. Daniel Dubois retained his IBF world heavyweight title with a fifth-round knockout of Anthony Joshua ...
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Nigeria Breaks Para-Powerlifting Record, Wins Gold Medal
September 9, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Breaks Para-Powerlifting Record, Wins Gold Medal

Nigeria’s Folashade Oluwafemiayo has broken her World Record in the women’s over 86kg Para-Powerlifting, becoming the first Para-athlete in history to lift 166kg. It is an improvement from her existing WR of 165kg. She also added a gold medal to...
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2024 Paralympic: Nigeria Wins Silver In Javelin
September 8, 2024 No Responses

2024 Paralympic: Nigeria Wins Silver In Javelin

Nigeria’s Flora Ugwunwa has won a silver medal in women’s Javelin F54 at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. She finished 2nd in the event with a throw of 19.26m behind Uzbekistan athlete Nurkhon Kurbanova who set a world record...
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Obaseki Congratulates Edo Queens For Semifinals Qualifications At CAF Champions League Play-Off
August 19, 2024 No Responses

Obaseki Congratulates Edo Queens For Semifinals Qualifications At CAF Champions League Play-Off

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated the State’s female football team, Edo Queens for securing a ticket at the CAF Champions League WAFU B Qualifier, after defeating Omnisport Etincelle 1-0 in their final Group B match. Edo Quee...
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Minister Apologises For Nigeria’s Olympics Performance
August 12, 2024 No Responses

Minister Apologises For Nigeria’s Olympics Performance

The Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh has apologised to Nigerians over the poor outing of the Nigerian team at the just-concluded 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In a statement on Sunday, Enoh said “The Olympic Games, Paris 2024, have ended, a...
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USA Defeats D’Tigress In Olympic Quarter-Final
August 8, 2024 No Responses

USA Defeats D’Tigress In Olympic Quarter-Final

Nigeria’s D’Tigress suffered a 74-88 quarter-final defeat to the U.S. women’s basketball team at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday night. Nigeria, who have made physical play a trademark, looked anything but intimidated by the powerhouse Americans as ...
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Unilag, Daysprings School, Marvelvine Montessori School Top Ecobank’s National Schools Team Chess Championship
May 29, 2024 No Responses

Unilag, Daysprings School, Marvelvine Montessori School Top Ecobank’s National Schools Team Chess Championship

University of Lagos (UNILAG), DaySpring School, Lagos and Marvelvine Montessori School, also in Lagos, have emerged winners in the tertiary, secondary and primary schools’ categories of the 2024 Ecobank National Schools’ Teams Chess Competition at the Pan ...
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Super Eagles: SIFAX Group Explains Support For Supporters Club
February 22, 2024 No Responses

Super Eagles: SIFAX Group Explains Support For Supporters Club

SIFAX Group, one of the major sponsors of the Nigerian Football Supporters Club (NFSC) to the recently concluded African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Cote d’ Ivoire, has said the desire to see the country lift the continental trophy...
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Ivory Coast Lifts AFCON Trophy, Beat Nigeria
February 12, 2024 No Responses

Ivory Coast Lifts AFCON Trophy, Beat Nigeria

Sebastien Haller was the hero for Ivory Coast again as the Elephants came from behind to beat Nigeria and win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final on home soil. The striker, flicked in Simon Adingra’s cross with the toe...
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AFCON FINAL: Lagos Health Ministry Issues Health Advisory
February 11, 2024 No Responses

AFCON FINAL: Lagos Health Ministry Issues Health Advisory

The Lagos State Ministry of Health has advised residents to prioritise their health and well-being while enjoying football matches or any other intense activities. In a statement issued at the weekend by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the...
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AFCON: Nigeria To Face Cote d’Ivoire In Final On Sunday
February 8, 2024 No Responses

AFCON: Nigeria To Face Cote d’Ivoire In Final On Sunday

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will play hosts Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Nigeria’s substitute Kelechi Iheanacho scored to give Nigeria a 4-2 penalty shootout victory over South Africa on Wednesday...
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