Over the last few years the champions League has produced some of the best football matches in modern history. The champions league will see a total of 79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations battle for the eye catching silver trophy. The full fixture list has been released in group A to H, […]
Tiger Woods scored his first victory in more than five years on Sunday, completing a two-shot win at the Tour Championship to crown a fairy tale comeback after a near two-year absence. The 42-year-old, 14-time major winner carded a one-over-par 71 at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Course to claim the 80th PGA Tour title of […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Chairman of Mapcotec Nigeria Limited, Surveyor (Dr.) Segun Osifeso, will on Wednessday kick off the second edition of the annual Ota Police Area Commander’s football championship at the Nigeria Distilleries Limited (NDL) Ota, Ogun State sports ground. According to the organisers, AYSON Promotions, the competition will feature twelve teams […]
Argentina 2018 Modern Pentathlon Youth Olympic Games (YOG) qualifiers and the Senior African Championship ended in Lagos with South Africa topping the medal table with 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal. Luke Bradly, Rhys Poovan and Alida Vander Marwe were responsible for South Africa’s 3 gold medals while Jean Fanantwerpen, Bradly Luke and […]
A total of 32 boxers drawn from 8 weight categories have been invited to camp for adequate preparations towards the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. The boxers are made up 16 men and 16 women, namely: Ifeoma Anthony, Ayisat Oriyomi, Caroline Linus, Abasi Ama Moses, Tomiwa Sadiku, Yetunde Odunuga, Abibat Ismael, Fadilat Tijani, Oben Blessing, […]
If money does not buy performance, one practical measure is to promote salary fairness among team members. It’s a no brainer to think that talents lead to high performance. That’s why we go after them with money. But does it work for a team? Not necessarily, at least for the English Premiere League (EPL). In […]
The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has congratulated Nigeria’s team to the just concluded Senior African Wrestling Championship held in Marrakech, Morocco. The Minister commended the team when the President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Daniel Igali visited him in his office in Abuja on Tuesday. “We are proud of your display […]
Nigeria’s capital, Abuja will come under global spotlight among tennis fans as three ITF Futures Championships namely Tombim Abuja Open, Dayak Tennis Championship, and GSL Open, hold at the National Stadium, Abuja, from May 1st – 21st, 2017. According to the organizers, the coming on board of GSL Open, increases the number of ITF Futures […]
Lt.-Gen.Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff, says this year’s Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship will hold in Sambisa Forest to consolidate the army’s grip on the area. Buratai announced this while speaking with newsmen on the final arrangements for the event on Saturday in Maiduguri. “We have been in the North East, fighting the […]
Governors of South Eastern Region of Nigeria have been commended for sponsoring their boxers to the just concluded National Men and Women Boxing Championship held in Lagos. An Executive Board member of the Nigeria Boxing Federation, Osondu Ogbu, popularly known as ‘Old School’ who is representing the South East on the NBF board, made the […]
Millwall FC have dismissed its manager, Ian Holloway, with the English Championship club just hanging with eight points from safety. Holloway, who has been at Millwall since January last year, has guided the club to just seven league wins this season – and Millwall are currently without a victory in six league matches including Saturday’s […]