The Kano State Government is sending a 276-strong contingent to the National Sports Festival (NSF) which will take place in Edo, the chairman of Kano State Sports Commission, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima, says. Galadima stated this during a press conference on…
Six Nigerian athletes and two coaches have arrived in South Korea for bobsled and skeleton qualifiers, ahead of the Olympic Games. Coach Ganiyu Adenuga of the Bobsled and Skeleton Federation of Nigeria (BSFN) confirmed the arrival of the athletes and…
The long-awaited torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics kicked off in the north-eastern prefecture of Fukushima on Thursday. This was in spite of persisting concerns about the Games going ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic. Strict social distancing measures are…
The Kaduna State Ministry of Sports Development says it will begin COVID-19 testing for athletes and officials who will represent the state at the forthcoming National Sports Festival in Edo. The State Director of Sports, Ibrahim Yakubu made the disclosure…
Dr Emmanuel Akabe, Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State has promised to institute an annual table tennis tournament for journalists in the state to keep fit. The deputy governor made the pledge on Tuesday in Lafia while presenting prizes to winners…
Following are the Match Day 5 fixtures in the Qualifiers for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), to be played from Wednesday to Saturday: Group A Wednesday: Conakry —— Guinea vs Mali Wednesday: Chad versus Namibia has been canceled…
Hakeem Busari, Head Coach of Gateway United Football Club, on Tuesday said his team would seek to claim at least a point in their away game against Bayelsa United FC. The 2020/2021 Nigeria National League (NNL) Match Day 9 game…
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to virtually declare open the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled to commence in Edo on April 2. Musa Ebomhiana, Head of Media and Communications, Local Organising Committee (LOC), told newsmen that President Buhari would…
Sports fans hoping to watch live games of the rescheduled 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) will not have the opportunity to do so, the organisers announced on Monday. Philip Shaibu, Chairman of the festival’s Local Organising Committee (LOC) and also…
The German athletes alliance, Athleten Deutschland (AD), has urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and sports federations to make some explanations on the Tokyo Games. AD wants IOC to “explain quickly and convincingly” how qualification events and the Tokyo Games…
