Sports Archives — Page 9 of 16

March 3, 2019 No Responses

Federer Wins 100th ATP Title

Roger Federer has won his 100th ATP Tour title at the Dubai Tennis Championships – 6,600 days after winning his first in Milan. The 37-year-old Swiss – a 20-time Grand Slam champion – beat Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-4. Federer’s...

November 19, 2018 No Responses

Heritage Bank Restates Commitment To Youth, Sport development

Heritage Bank Plc has restated commitment to improved youth and sport developments in the country, thereby attaining rapid growth in these areas, through sponsorship of sporting activities in tertiary institutions. The MD/CEO of Heritage Bank, Ifie Sekibo affi...

November 16, 2018 No Responses

Asaba Airport Welcomes First International Flight

Asaba was agog on Thursday as the first international flight landed at the Asaba Airport to convey the Nigeria Super Eagles to South Africa, with the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and Captain Yahaya Pam, Pilot, Max Air, saying thatfacilities at the...

November 6, 2018 No Responses

History Beckons As Georgia Oboh Makes LET Qualifying School finals

Few weeks after competing at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Argentina, teenage golf sensation – Georgia Oboh at the weekend Morocco moves closer to making history after qualifying for the finals of the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School....

October 26, 2018 No Responses

Parliament Bans Sports Betting

Albania’s parliament on Thursday passed a law banning sports betting and other forms of gambling in the country from 2019. According to the parliament, the measure is to tackle addiction among gamblers and match-fixing in sport competitions, while also pro...

September 21, 2018 No Responses

Coscharis Jaguar Land Rover Partners Coca-Cola Road To Mauritius Golf Open

Coscharis Jaguar Land Rover was recently at the grand finale edition of the Road to Mauritius golf event organised by Coca-Cola Nigeria. Also at the event held at Ikoyi Golf Club, Lagos were latest Jaguar Land Rover variants – the...

August 15, 2018 No Responses

FIFA Gives Nigeria, Ghana Deadline

World football governing body FIFA on Tuesday said it would go on to suspend Nigeria and Ghana from football activities if they failed to comply with its instructions by Monday. FIFA, in a statement by its Media Office, said it...

July 30, 2018 No Responses

ITTF Unveils Seeding Lists For 2018 Nigeria Open

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has unveiled the seeding list for the 2018 ITTF Challenge Seamaster Nigeria Open holding on August 8 to 12 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos. Also, 12 undergraduates from Nig...

July 16, 2018 No Responses

Lagos To Come Alive For NTTF National Junior League

Hundreds of junior players across the country will converge in Lagos from July 27 to August 4 for the annual Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) National Junior League which will herald Africa’s elite tournament – ITTF Challenge Nigeria Open. For...

July 8, 2018 No Responses

Croatia Stops Russia

Russia’s remarkable World Cup run ended in a heart-breaking quarter-final defeat on penalties as Croatia bounced back from a late extra-time equaliser to set up a last-four meeting with England. Defender Mario Fernandes, who had brought his side level th...