Top athletes and dignitaries joined hundreds of mourners at the funeral on Friday of Kenya’s world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum in the nation’s athletics heartland where he was born, trained …
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AFN lists 33 athletes for Africa Games, denies plot to unseat Okowa
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has invited 33 athletes (17 men and 16 women) to camp ahead of the 13th African Games scheduled to hold in three Ghanaian cities …
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’s Male Basketball Team, D’Tigers Withdraws From 2025 AfroBasket Qualifiers Over Lack Of Funds
Nigeria’s Male Basketball Team, D’Tigers Withdraws From 2025 AfroBasket Qualifiers Over Lack Of Funds The team confirmed its withdrawal was on its X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday night.
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 …
Read More »MMA debuts as Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame rebrands
Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame (LBHF) has staged its first amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament under its new name, Boxing and MMA Hall of Fame (HOF). The post MMA …
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