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Auchi Bubbles for Okpekpe Race

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Auchi town in Edo North is  a beehive of activities as over 5000 athletes, officials and top government functionaries that includes Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has besieged the sleepy town for the third Okpekpe Race billed for Saturday. 26 foreigners from Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Morocco, Norway Ghana and host country, Nigeria, are set […]
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NSF Invites 19 Players for Umuahia Meet

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The Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF) has invited 19 players for the fifth Scrabble Meet scheduled for May 28-31, in Umuahia, Abia State. The players invited are Eta Karo, Wellington Jighere, AyorindeSaidu, Emmanuel Jose, Denis Ikekeregor, Prince Omosefe, OltundeOuwole, Rex Ogbakpa, Rasheed Balogun, OnotaOjiru, AzuOgbogu, Cyril Umbiye and NsikamEtim. Others invited are
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AAG: Danagogo, Gumel Commend Volley Team

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The Sports Minister,Tamuno Danagogo, and Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) President, Engineer Habu Gumel, has poured encomium on Nigeria volleyball teams (men and women) for qualifying for the All Africa Games (AAG) billed for Congo in September. Danagogo said it is a thing of joy for Nigerian volleyball teams to have qualified for the AAG. “I […]
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Okpekpe Race Attracts 3000 Runners

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Over 3000 runners are expected to participate in next month’s 3rd Okpekpe 10km road race scheduled to hold in Okpekpe, Auchi in Edo State,organisers of the race have confirmed. Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Technical Director Yusuf Alli said a lot of entries have come from across the world for the Okpekpe race. “We are […]
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WTTC: Quadri Leads Team Nigeria to China

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Top Nigeria Table Tennis Star ArunaQuadriwill lead Team Nigeria to 2015 ITTF QOROS World Table Tennis Championship (WTTC) taking place in Suohou, China, from April 26 to May 3. Sources close to the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) said Aruna will be joined by OjoOnoalopo, KazeemMakanjuola and SegunToriola in the male category, while FunkeOshonaike and […]
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Edo FA Cup Final Holds April 8

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Edo FA Cup final, earlier scheduled to hold on April 5 in line with Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) directive will now hold on Wednesday, April 8, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City. The clash is between two unknown teams, as last year’s finalists, Insurers of Benin and Dynamites, have all crashed out. The […]
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NCF Boss Wins House of Reps Seat

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President of the Nigeria Cycling Federation (NCF), Alhaji Mohammad Nur Sheriff, has won a seat into the Federal House of Representatives from Kata Badge Ngala and Bama constituency of Borno State under the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket. Mohammed Bashir, the Techni­cal Director of the Federation, told Extra Time that the president prom­ised to use […]
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New dimension for Okpekpe race

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The Coordinator of Annual Okpekpe race Yusuf Alli has said this year’s race will take a new dimension, as Nigerian athletes will have to go through some local races that will fine tune and help prepare them for the race that comes up in May. Alli, Technical Committee Chairman of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) […]