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March 21, 2022 No Responses

Ondo Auto Rally Begins April 16

The 5th edition of the annual Ondo Auto Rally is to hold from April 16 to 17, 2022 at Akure and Ilara-Imokin in Ondo State. President of Work and Play, the group organising the event, Adeoye Ojuoko, at the weekend, disclosed...

February 20, 2022 No Responses

FCT Win Ramat Cup Football Tournament

The FCT under-16 boys football team on Saturday defeated their Kano state counterparts 1-0 at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano to win the annual Ramat under-16 boys football tournament. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition, n...

February 13, 2022 No Responses

Sterling Bank Sponsors Bendel Insurance FC Team Jerseys with N50m

Sterling Bank Plc and Bendel Insurance FC of Benin have made history with the largest shirt sponsorship deal in Nigerian club football history with the unveiling of its N50 million sponsorship deal of the club’s home and away jerseys for...

January 1, 2022 No Responses

Heritage Bank, LASG, Reiterate Commitment To Sports Development

Heritage Bank plc has reiterated its support for the 3rd Edition of the annual Lagos Value Jet Para Table Tennis championship in partnership with Lagos State Government (LASG). The three-day para table tennis championship hosted 45 table tenn...

November 23, 2021 No Responses

Winners Emerge In FirstBank 60th Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship

For Sade Opawunmi, winner in the female category of the 60th edition of the FirstBank of Nigeria Ltd. Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship, which ended on Sunday at the Golf Section of Ikoyi Club 1938, it was dream come true. ...

November 11, 2021 No Responses

Lady Golfers Debut At 60th First Bank Lagos Golf Open

For the first time in 60 years, lady golfers will be participating in this year’s First Bank Lagos Golf Open scheduled to tee-off from November 18 to November 21 at Ikoyi Club 1938. Addressing Journalists on Wednesday in Lagos, First...

November 6, 2021 No Responses

First Bank 60th Amateur Open Golf Championship Begins November 18

By Moses Ebosele. ebosele@hotmail.com — The 60th edition of the annual First Bank of Nigeria sponsored Lagos Amateur Golf Championship is scheduled to Tee-Off at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938 on Thursday, 18 – Sunday 21 November&...

November 1, 2021 No Responses

Rubicon Wins FirstBank Georgian Polo Cup

Abuja Rubicon, a polo team, has returned to winning ways defeating defending Champions, El Amin, by 9 to 6-goals to win its third FirstBank sponsored Georgian Cup. The tournament, which held in Kaduna on Saturday paraded star players like Bashir...

October 9, 2021 No Responses

Minister Inaugurates 29 Sports Federation Boards

Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, on Friday, in Abuja inaugurated 29 sports federation boards with a charge to them to formulate their constitutions within six months. Dare also told the executives and members of the new boards...

September 27, 2021 No Responses

D’Tigress Beat Mali, Retains African Title

Nigeria’s senior national women basketball team, D’Tigress, on Sunday emerged champions of the 2021 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship by defeating Mali 70-59 in Yaounde. D’Tigress’s victory in the Cameroonian capital city makes it the third ...

September 25, 2021 No Responses

Sports Minister Hails D’Tigress’ Qualification For Final

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has congratulated Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, for qualifying for the final of the 2021 Afrobasket women championship in Cameroon. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repor...

September 18, 2021 No Responses

2021 Aisha Buhari Cup: South Africa Thrash Ghana 3-0

South Africa’s Bayana Bayana put up a sterling performance in the ongoing 2021 Aisha Buhari Cup at the Mobolaji Johnson Sports Arena, Lagos, on Friday, to triumph 3-0 over the Black Queens of Ghana. A first-half goal by Magana Hilda...

September 14, 2021 No Responses

Cricket W/Cup Qualifiers: Nigeria Defeats Cameroon By 10 wickets

Nigeria has won her last group B game against Cameroon by 10 wickets with 84 balls left in the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers. The game at the Botswana Cricket Oval Gaborone on Monday, saw the...