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September 6, 2021 No Responses

Tunisia Beat Cote D’Ivoire, Defends AfroBasket Title

Tunisia on Sunday won the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket title, after beating Cote d’Ivoire 78-75 on Sunday at the Kigali Arena in Rwanda. It was the Tunisians’ third AfroBasket title, having claimed the trophy in 2011 in Madagascar, and the 2017...

September 5, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria’s Female Cricket Team Departs For Botswana Monday

Nigeria’s senior female cricket team will depart the country for Botswana on Monday ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup qualifiers. The 22-member contingent comprises 14 players and eight officials. Taiwo Oriss, Secretary of the Nigeria Cricket ...

August 14, 2021 No Responses

First Bank Sponsors 5th Edition Of Olusegun Obasanjo Golf Tournament

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its sponsorship of the 5th edition of the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo golf tournament, organized by the Abeokuta golf club. The competition, which is scheduled to hold on Saturday, 14th August 2021 will have...

August 5, 2021 No Responses

Uganda’s Chemutai Wins Gold As Kenya Dominate Men’s 800m

Peruth Chemutai became the first Ugandan woman to win an Olympic medal as she took gold in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase on day 12 of the Tokyo Games. Kenya’s silver medallist from Rio Hyvin Kiyeng claimed the bronze behind Chemutai. ...

August 3, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria To Reward Olympics Gold Medalists With $15, 000

The Federal Government has announced a reward of 15, 000 dollars, 10,000 dollars, 7,500 dollars for gold, silver and bronze medalists at the Tokyo Olympics. Simon Ebohdjaiye, Director, Federation and Elite Athletes Department (FEAD), Federal Ministry of ...

June 29, 2021 No Responses

Switzerland Beat France On Penalties

Kylian Mbappe missed the crucial kick as Switzerland beat France on penalties in the Euro 2020 last 16 after a classic European Championship game. The Swiss had been seconds away from elimination during 90 minutes but go through to face...

May 28, 2021 No Responses

Cricket Federation Distributes Equipment To 14 Schools

The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) on Thursday in Abuja distributed cricket equipment to 14 schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to enhance the sport’s development. Yahaya Ukwenya, Chairman of NCF Caretaker Committee, said the distrib...

May 17, 2021 No Responses

Chelsea Thrashed By Barcelona In Final

Chelsea conceded four goals in the first 36 minutes as Barcelona blew them away to win their first Women’s Champions League title in Gothenburg. Chelsea trailed 33 seconds in when an attempted clearance hit Melanie Leupolz and went in for...

April 6, 2021 No Responses

Edo Win Two Gold Medals In Cricket

Team Edo on Monday evening won the gold medals in the male and female six-a-side cricket event at the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Edo male team won...

March 25, 2021 No Responses

New Fifa Bans For Sepp Blatter, Valcke

Fifa has banned ex-president Sepp Blatter from football until 2028 after giving him a new suspension of six years and eight months. Former Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke has received a similar ban, with both also being fined £780,000. The...

March 9, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Retains African Under-19 Boys Volleyball Title

Nigeria’s under-19 boys on Monday retained their title by defeating their Moroccan counterparts 3-0 on the final day of the 2020 African Nations Volleyball Championship in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, in the match played at...

March 1, 2021 No Responses

Akwa United Overrun Rivers United 3-0

Akwa United put up a convincing performance on Sunday to record a resounding 3-0 victory over visiting Rivers United of Port Harcourt in a 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) fixture. The victory at the Godswill Akpabio Internation...

February 27, 2021 No Responses

Two Nigerian Cyclists Begin Training In Cairo

Tombrapa Grikpa and Ese Ukpeseraye, two Nigerian cyclists, have started training in Egypt for the African Continental Cycling Road Race Championship which begins on Tuesday, an official said on Friday. Mohammed Bashir, the national coach of Cycling Federation ...