Category: Sports

Okpekpe Race: Obaseki to run for orphanage
April 2, 2017 No Responses

Okpekpe Race: Obaseki to run for orphanage

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has declared his intention to run for an orphanage during the 5th Edition of the 10km Okpekpe Road Race scheduled to hold on May 13 in the state. Obaseki announced this while receiving the organisers of...
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Fifa bans Ghanaian referee for life over ‘match manipulation’
March 20, 2017 No Responses

Fifa bans Ghanaian referee for life over ‘match manipulation’

Citing match manipulation, fifa has banned Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey for life The ban is based on a results from a penalty he awarded to South Africa in a 2-1 win over Senegal in a 2018 World Cup qualifier in...
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Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to win Fifa best player award
January 10, 2017 No Responses

Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to win Fifa best player award

(BBC) Cristiano Ronaldo was named the world’s best player at the inaugural Best Fifa Football Awards in Zurich. Real Madrid and Portugal forward Ronaldo, 31, beat Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann to the prize. ...
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Oliseh gets coaching job at Dutch club
December 28, 2016 No Responses

Oliseh gets coaching job at Dutch club

Former Super Eagles Coach Sunday Oliseh is returning to club management ten months after he resigned as handler of the Nigerian national team. Oliseh is the new coach of Fortuna Sittard, a second division football club in Holland. The Dutch...
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FG congratulates Super Eagles for defeating Algeria
November 13, 2016 No Responses

FG congratulates Super Eagles for defeating Algeria

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday congratulated the Super Eagles on their 3-1 victory over Algeria in the African qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.   Buhari commended the team and its handlers for their determination and high professionalism.....
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Oshonaike reclaims African title
October 31, 2016 No Responses

Oshonaike reclaims African title

Olufunke Oshonaike has reclaimed her long lost African title at the ITTF African Senior Championships after beating Egypt’s Dina Meshref 4-2 in the final of the women’s singles.  The Egyptian has been unbeaten in the last two years, but Oshonaike...
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Nigeria retains men’s doubles title
October 30, 2016 No Responses

Nigeria retains men’s doubles title

Having watched Egypt claimed three titles ahead of them in the ITTF Africa Senior Championships, Nigeria showed their quality in the men’s doubles as the pair of Aruna Quadri and Segun Toriola retained the men’s doubles title.  Pairing for the...
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Oladapo returns to ITTF Africa Executive Board
October 29, 2016 No Responses

Oladapo returns to ITTF Africa Executive Board

Nigeria’s Olabanji Oladapo has returned as Vice President Administration in the eight-man Executive Board of the Khaled El-Salhy (EGY)-led team of ITTF Africa.   Also, President of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), Wahid Oshodi has added another ...
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ITTF Championships: Egypt dares Nigeria in Morocco
October 20, 2016 No Responses

ITTF Championships: Egypt dares Nigeria in Morocco

The defeat Egypt suffered against Nigeria in the final of the men’s team event of 2015 African Games is still fresh in the memory of Omar Assar and the Egyptian believes this year’s ITTF African Senior Championship would help to...
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Andy Murray wins Shanghai Masters, close gap on Djokovic
October 17, 2016 No Responses

Andy Murray wins Shanghai Masters, close gap on Djokovic

Andy Murray has burned through China in remorseless fashion. Since arriving in Beijing 2½ weeks ago, he has delivered arguably the most dominant sequence of his career, winning 10 straight matches that concluded on Sunday in a 7-6, 6-1 victory...
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Quadri exits ITTF World Cup
October 3, 2016 No Responses

Quadri exits ITTF World Cup

The dream of another superlative performance on German soil for Africa’s flagbearer, Aruna Quadri was shattered on Saturday at the 2016 ITTF World Cup holding in Saarbrucken, Germany as the Nigerian failed to progress to the second round of the championship...
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Wenger hails Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Chelsea
September 25, 2016 No Responses

Wenger hails Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Chelsea

Still celebrating, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his team had come close to perfection after watching them mark his 20th anniversary with a 3-0 win over Chelsea on Saturday. Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil scored in the first...
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Buhari lauds Paralympic team
September 20, 2016 No Responses

Buhari lauds Paralympic team

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended  Nigeria’s team for an outstanding performance at the  just concluded Paralympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Buhari’s Senior Special Assiatant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in a statement said the Presi...
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What is wrong with Manchester United?
September 19, 2016 No Responses

What is wrong with Manchester United?

By Ryan Rosenblatt –  Nine days ago, Manchester United were flying high. They had won their first three games of the season and it looked like Jose Mourinho, along with a trio of high priced signings up the middle were going to...
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