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Morocco 2025: Flamingos seek big win to secure World Cup ticket
Coach Bankole Olowookere said on Friday that Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos, will aspire to win big in their FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round, first leg encounter against their Algerian counterparts on Saturday, in order to reduce the pressure ahead of next week’s return leg duel in North Africa. “We have been working…
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Yenagoa SC battle Gateway for Inter Club Scrabble Challenge top prize
The surprise package of the 2025 Nigeria Scrabble Federation Inter-Club finals, Yenagoa SC, have punched their ticket to today’s final of the competition in Benin City, South-South, Nigeria Thanks to their convincing and comfortable win over Central Scrabble Club A in the semi-finals decided on Wednesday, with Yenagoa winning the first three matches, leaving the…
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Alabi claims Nigeria’s first gold, Ogunkunle shines at ITTF World Para
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games bronze medallist Olufemi Alabi has secured Nigeria’s first gold medal at the ITTF World Para Future in Amman, Jordan just as Paris 2024 Paralympic Games bronze winner, Isau Ogunkunle is leading Nigeria’s run at the three-day tournament. The eight-member Nigerian team, consisting of five men and three women, departed for Jordan…
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Edo State Sports Commission boss Enabulele backs National Scrabble Festival
The Edo State Sports Commission officials say they are fully backing the biggest scrabble event in the country, the Nigeria Scrabble Federation Festival going on at the Florence Hotel and Suites, Benin City, Edo State, in the South-south region of Nigeria. The Executive Chairman of ESSC, Amadin Desmond Enabulele made this known in a chat…
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Season 4 of Lekki Summer League to be super entertaining – Organisers
Coach Idowu Timothy Abimbola, organiser of the Lekki Summer League promises that the Linen edition of the renowned youth basketball event is going to be hair-raising and action-packed. Abimbola, who is the Head Coach of Hoops N’ Read basketball club made this public on Tuesday in an interview. Abimbola said that the objective of the…
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Bayelsa State wins 2025 Niger Delta Sports Festival
In what Sports Festival watchers may consider as upset, Team Bayelsa edged hitherto leaders, Delta and Edo states to become the overall winners of the maiden edition of the Niger Delta Sports Festival. The competition ended late on Monday in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. It was a very outstandingly outstanding performance across various…
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Nigeria wants to host 2030 Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, Nigeria, says it has met the deadline for expressions of interest to bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Abuja. The Nigeria Olympic Committee emerged from its executive committee meeting on April 3, 2025, in Abuja to say it had met the March 28, 2025 deadline for expression of interest for a…
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CAF B-Licence Coaching Course takes off in Nigeria
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, on Monday at the NFF-FIFA Technical Centre inside the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja officially inaugurated the first batch of participants for the CAF B-Licence Coaching Course. The NFF boss expressed his delight at witnessing this significant milestone: “Today marks a moment of great joy for me,” he declared, emphasizing the importance of progress in Nigeria…
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Niger Delta Sports Festival Day 3 roundup
Day 3 of the ongoing Niger Delta Sports Festival (NDSF) was packed with thrilling action across various events, from intense indoor competitions at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium to exciting football outdoors. There were also combat sports, and team events as well as aquatic contests in swimming and canoeing. In swimming, Delta State dominated the 50m…
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BAL: We plan to do better than last year – Rivers Hoopers coach
Rivers Hoopers Head Coach Ogoh Odaudu has said that his team has what it takes to improve on last year’s performance at the Basketball Africa League (BAL) Season 5. Rivers Hoopers will play their first game at BAL this year when they take on Stade Malien in the Kalahari Conference opener in Rabat, Morocco on…
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