Tag: sports
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NNPC-SNEPCo Junior Tennis: ‘Next Generation’ players separate themselves from colleagues
Junior players under the age of 16 who were selected to participate in the Zenith Bank Next Generation Masters, which concluded in Lagos last week, are making a strong impression on their colleagues at the NNPC-SNEPCo Junior Championships currently taking place at the MKO Sports Arena in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Goodnews from the Ekiti based…
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Super Falcons: From Mission X to Mission Next
By Dr. Femi Eperokun This is a shout out of congratulations to our Super, Duper Falcons! African Champions! Let’s focus on the following areas, Super Falcons can lay the foundation for success and make significant strides towards becoming world champions in the next couple of years. For the Super Falcons to progress from African champions…
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Athletics Federation officials poke NSC for athletes’ grants
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has been urged to speed up the payments of grants to elite Nigerian athletes ahead of the World Championships billed for Tokyo. The competition will be held from September 13 to 21. As the athletes prepare for the World Athletics show piece, coaches are worried about the silence of…
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Nigerian athletes set, as CAA Region 2 Senior Athletics Championships begin
The second edition of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), Region 2 Senior Athletics Championships begins today at the University of Ghana, Legon Sports Complex, Accra. Nigeria along with 15 other countries from the West Africa sub-region are expected to participate in the 2 day competition involving over 450 athletes vying for honours in 20…
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AfroBasket: Nigeria beat Cameroon 99-90 to win Group D into quarterfinals
Nigeria’s D’Tigers completed their Group D campaign of the 2025 AfroBasket on a high and impressive note on Sunday with a 99-90 win over Cameroon, The Sunday win gave D’Tigers a 3-0 finish as leaders of the group and more importantly a direct entry to the quarterfinals of the tournament. In their inspired performance, Nigeria…
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NFF supports Chukwu, Rufai’s families for burial rites
The Nigeria Football Federation has provided some financial support for the organization of the final funeral rites for former Nigeria captains, ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwuemeka Chukwu and Prince Peter ‘Dodo Mayana’ Rufai. Chukwu, who captained the Nigeria team to its first triumph in the Africa Cup of Nations competition 45 years ago, died in Enugu on…
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Edo will not settle for less in Asaba NYC – Chikere
The Executive Director of Sports Development and Operations, Edo State Sports Commission, Sabina Chikere, has said that Team Edo has set high goals for the National Youth Festival. “The 9th National Youth Games is not going to be an exception. Edo State is going to Asaba to win; we are going there for business,” she…
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AfroBasket: D’Tigers feast on champions Tunisia 87-66, await Lions of Cameroon
Nigeria put in a masterful display to go 2-0 in Group B of the 2025 AfroBasket men’s game when they obliterated reigning champions Tunisia 87-66 on Friday afternoon at the Pavilhao Multusos de Luanda. The next for Nigeria is against rivals Cameroon on Sunday evening. NBA Josh Okogie lit the arena up and helped Nigeria’s…
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AFN announces 26-man contingent to Senior Athletics Championships in Ghana
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria, (AFN) has released the names of 26 athletes to represent the country at the forthcoming Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Region II Senior Athletics Championships holding next Monday, 18th and Tuesday, 19th August, 2025 in Accra, Ghana. The contingent will compete in 20 events including 100m (men and women), 200m…
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Aka tips Team Nigeria to dominate African Youth Scrabble Championship
The President of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation, (NSF), Engineer Olobatoke Aka, has assured Nigerians that Team Nigeria will dominate at the second edition of the Africa Youth Scrabble Championship (AYSC). He said, “The goal is for us to dominate as we have been doing in the adult scrabble. The goal is for us to show…
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