Jonah Kajido (79kg) is leading a four-man team named by the Sambo Association of Nigeria (SAN) for the 13th African Games scheduled for Accra, Ghana from March 8 to 23. …
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Simidele Adeagbo makes bobsleigh history for Nigeria and Africa
Simidele Adeagbo will make history for Nigeria this weekend as the first African athlete to compete in bobsleigh at the BMW IBSF World Championship in Winterberg, Germany. The post Simidele …
Read More »John Owan Eno — A silent operator
The ‘new’ Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Eno, is an enigmatic, silent operator. You hardly see him, yet, quietly, he is impacting Nigerian sports in a big way. …
Read More »How Lagos, Ibadan teams shared top honours at Polo festival
The final weekend of the prestigious NPA/GTCO 2024 Lagos International Polo Tournament provided another wave of triumphs, disappointments and astounding athletic achievements with Lagos-based teams letting out the biggest roars, …
Read More »‘Why South-South dominates national U-17 cricket’
South South U-17 teams’ coach, Theophilus Ibodeme, has described his zone’s continued dominance of the country’s youth cricket as a reward for meticulous planning and investment in grassroots development. The …
Read More »NBBF in last-ditch effort to send D’Tigers to AfroBasket qualifiers
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), which on Wednesday, announced that it was withdrawing the men’s national team from participating in the 2025 AfroBasket qualifiers, which begins in Tunisia this weekend, …
Read More »Nigeria makes last-minute attempts for D’Tigers to play AfroBasket qualifiers
The Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) is now making last-minute attempts for the men’s national basketball team D’Tigers to play the 2025 AfroBasket qualifiers. D’Tigers late Wednesday night said that they …
Read More »‘Nigeria to host Tanzania, Rwanda, Sierra Leone’
The Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the fifth Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) Women’s T20 Invitational Tournament has announced that Tanzania will participate in the four-nation event scheduled to hold from …
Read More »MMA star partners celebrities for Global Fight Concert
Former Nigerian MMA star, Lovethpatra Ekufu, has revealed that she is in a partnership with some Nollywood actors and social media content creators to launch a first-of-its-kind celebrity Global Fight …
Read More »Lack of funds forces D’Tigers out of AfroBasket qualifiers
Former champions, D’Tigers of Nigeria, have pulled out of the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers billed to start in Tunisia this weekend. Nigeria is drawn in Group B of the 2025 …
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