Tag: sports
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Osimhen shines as Galatasaray beat PAOK in Europa League
Galatasaray and Victor Osimhen started their UEFA Europa League with a 3-1 victory over PAOK at the RAMS Park. Galatasaray needed less than 20 seconds to trouble the Greek team as Osimhen headed inches over the crossbar. Few minutes later Galatasaray captain Kaan Ayhan came close to scoring, but his first-time hit at the back…
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Comprehensive facelift for MKO Abiola Stadium ahead of National Sports Festival
The MKO Abiola Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta will soon be wearing a new look ahead of the 22nd National Sports Festival tagged 2024 Gateway Games. The Ogun State Commissioner for Sports, Honourable Isiaka Wasiu said on Wednesday in Abeokuta that work has started already at the stadium, and it will be completed before the commencement of…
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Every Lekki Scrabble Classics participant is a winner –Anikoh
With just days to the commencement of the latest edition of the Lekki Scrabble Classics, President of the Lekki Scrabble Club, Samuel Anikoh says every participant who will be at the tournament should see themselves as a winner. The LSC2024; the third in the series has been on boarding different strategies for players to experience…
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Rangers exit CAF Champions League
Nigerian league champions, Rangers of Enugu are out of the CAF Champions League 2024/25 competition after a 3-2 aggregate loss to Angola’s G.D Sagrada Esperanca who got a 3-1 victory in the second leg match played at Estadio 11 de Novembro, Luanda on Sunday. Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu made three changes to the squad that earned…
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Ayomidiran Foundation names sports icons as Ambassadors for Girls Play Sports initiative
Pius Ayinor The Ayomidiran Foundation, under the leadership of Honourable Ayo Omidiran, has appointed four prominent women as Ambassadors for its Girls Play Sports initiative. It is a programme aimed at inspiring young girls to excel in sports. The initiative has brought together Ayisat Yusuf, a former Super Falcons player and current sponsor of Ayisat…
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Team Delta wins NYG amidst concerns over age cheating
Pius Ayinor Team Delta has emerged the winner of the 8th National Youths Games that ended in Asaba on Thursday amidst widespread allegations of age cheating. Delta, the defending champion of the NYG, won 41 gold, 27 silver, and 30 bronze medals to emerge the winner of the Games. According to the final table released…
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NYG: Queen Vee Chess Club hails Adamawa IDP chess kids
Pius Ayinor Vivian Ibrahim, the founder of Chess in IDP Camps Initiatives by QueenVee Chess Academy has praised young chess players from the Adamawa State IDP camps featuring in the ongoing National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State. The young lady credited for introducing the game of chess to the IDP kids in the northeastern…
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NYG: Team Bayelsa eyes top-bracket finish
The Director of Sports Bayelsa State Sports Council, Sir Braveman Wodi, says he is confident the state will finish in a respectable position in the ongoing 8th National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State. Wodi said so on Monday in an interview with journalists in Asaba. He said that Team Bayelsa started their quest in…
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J’Tigress Coach rates Afrobasket outing highly as Nigeria’s U18 teams return
Pius Ayinor Coach of Nigeria’s Under-18 women’s basketball team, Julie Negedu-Akere has commended the players who represented the country in the 2024 Afrobasket U18 championship that ended in Pretoria, South Africa. She spoke just as the U18 men and women arrived at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Monday afternoon, Extrasportsnigeria.wordpress reports. Coach Akere said, “It…
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Webber gifts Anthony Village youths shoes, shares basketball dreams with them
Pius Ayinor Opeyemi Babalola, the Chief Executive Officer of Webber Hoops and Courts has reemphasized his dream of pushing the game of basketball to every neighbourhood of Nigeria. The structural engineer best known in the sports circle as Webber shared canvas shoes and his goals with the youths as the Anthony Village Ballers 3×3 Face-off…
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