Edo Cricket Association has set a target of mentoring and grooming 5,000 students in 10 selected schools in the state under its “Catch them Young” age-grade programme. Theophilus Ibodeme, Age-Grade Coach of Edo Cricket Association, disclosed this to newsmen in…
The Executive Committee of the Lagos State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (Lagos SWAN) on Friday commended Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the nature of his leadership in the state and continued support for sports. This is contained…
Tonobok Okowa, the President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) says he is optimistic that the rest of the Team Nigeria’s contingent aiming to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Game will qualify. He said this in an interview…
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has confirmed that the away goals rule will be abolished from all UEFA club competitions at the start of the 2021-22 season. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin who disclosed this in a statement on…
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Thursday in Abuja charged Olympics-bound athletes Funke Oshonaike and Elizabeth Anyanacho to ensure podium finish at the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics. Dare, while receiving both athletes in his office, described Oshonaike who…
FC Barcelona sent birthday greetings to Lionel Messi as the club captain turned 34 on Thursday, at a time when his future remains unresolved. The man who holds a near clean sweep of individual club records has yet to sign…
Real Madrid will be seen to be “negligent” if they failed to bring Sergio Ramos back to the club one day, former team-mate Toni Kroos said on Wednesday. The La Liga giants announced last week that the long-serving centre-back is…
Tonobok Okowa, president, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and Solomon Alao, chairman, Lagos State Athletics Association (LAA), on Wednesday tipped Team Nigeria to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics relay events. They said Thursday’s Lagos Open Athletics championships billed for Teslim…
Austria coach Franco Foda is upset that very few of their fans will be able to support his team in the Euro 2020 last 16 clash with Italy on Saturday. The match is scheduled for London, where British entry rules…
FC Barcelona on Wednesday announced that forward Ousmane Dembele would undergo surgery on his injured knee in Finland next Monday. The 24-year-old sustained the damage after coming on as a substitute in France’s 1-1 Euro 2020 draw with Hungary on…
