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Minister receives Olympics-bound Oshonaike, Anyanacho

Minister receives Olympics-bound Oshonaike, Anyanacho

With 28 days to the commencement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the Minister of Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has reassured Olympic Bound – Athletes Elizabeth Anyanacho and Funke Oshonaike – that the country was…

Lagos Athletics Championships: Nigeria secures 4x400m Olympics relay ticket

Lagos Athletics Championships: Nigeria secures 4x400m Olympics relay ticket

It was a race to finish for the Team Nigeria 4x400m women’s relay team at the one-day Lagos State Open Athletics Championships as they secured qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The team failed…

Project consultants announce 40 elite runners for Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon

Project consultants announce 40 elite runners for Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon

Ni l a y o Sports M a n – agement Limited, project consultants on Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon has announced a field of 40 elite runners for the Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon. Mr. Bukola…

Tega wins Kandaval Cadet Golf Championship

15-year-old Onojaife Tega has emerged as winner of the Kandaval Cadet Golf Championship, tagged, Kandaval Cup. The event which was held at the SBA Golf Club within the Nigerian Airforce base, Shasha, Lagos saw the…

Buhari allocates houses to Tunisia’94 S’Eagles

Buhari allocates houses to Tunisia’94 S’Eagles

Lawrence Olaoye, Abuja   President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the allocation of 3-bedroom houses to the Super Eagles squad that won the African Cup of Nations 27 years ago in Tunis, Tunisia. This according to…

UEFA scraps ‘away goal’ rule in Champions, Europa Leagues

UEFA scraps ‘away goal’ rule in Champions, Europa Leagues

  UEFA’s Executive Committee has finally scrapped the away goals rule. The away goals rule will be removed from all UEFA club competitions in the 2021/2022 season. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin disclosed this in a…

Late goal gives Brazil controversial Copa América win over Colombia

Late goal gives Brazil controversial Copa América win over Colombia

• Casemiro heads 100th-minute winner to keep 100% record • Referee sparks controversy in build up to Brazil’s equaliser Brazil went behind for the first time in eight games but responded with a controversial equaliser…

Euro 2020: France top group as Portugal go through with draw

Euro 2020: France top group as Portugal go through with draw

*Ronaldo equals Daei’s international goals record *Germany book England last-16 date after Hungary draw *Spain, Sweden also progress Cristiano Ronaldo equalled the men’s all-time international goalscoring record as defending champions Portugal drew with France to…

Lagos ready for Open Athletics meet

Lagos ready for Open Athletics meet

…as Okowa, Alao tip Team Nigeria for Olympic relay tickets The President of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria, Tonobok Okowa, as well as the Chairman of the Lagos State Athletics Association, Solomon Alao, are both…

Friendly against Mexico won’t affect Nigeria’s FIFA rankings –Rohr

Friendly against Mexico won’t affect Nigeria’s FIFA rankings –Rohr

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, has disclosed that soccer loving Nigerians do not need to lose sleep over the international friendly match between Nigeria and Mexico holding in Los Angeles, USA on July 3. He…