Category: Sports

Omole Joshua has joined the list of boxers that will represent Nigeria at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after securing qualification in Senegal. Joshua, who was discovered by Nigerian boxer, Gifted Cole, after he won the 2021 edition of the Gifted Cole boxing academy tournament in Lagos beat his opponent… Continue reading

…says focus is on task ahead Players of the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), have expressed their readiness for the 2023/24 season, even as they have resolved to ignore any form of distractions. Speaking through their skipper, Waheed Omololu Abiodun, the players denied the allegation of maltreatment by the management… Continue reading

Goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, midfielder Rasheedat Ajibade and forward Asisat Oshoala are among 24 players invited to the Super Falcons’ camp for next week’s 2024 Women Africa Cup of Nations first round, first leg qualifying match against Sao Tome and Principe. Also on the roster are captain Onome Ebi, defenders Oluwatosin… Continue reading

Says Adedeji’s appointment represents a round peg in a round hole Immediate past minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing Hon. Zach Adedeji as the new acting chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Dare stated that Adedeji represents… Continue reading

Nigeria and Saudi Arabia will clash in a senior international friendly match in the city of Portimão, Portugal on Friday, 13th October 2023. The clash comes barely a month before the three-time African champions, who lashed Sao Tome and Principe 6-0 in their 2023 AFCON final-day qualification game in Uyo… Continue reading

. Former Shooting Stars Football Club Vice Chairman Orisetimehin Eweyeju has advised the team to seek for sponsorship to augment what the state government gives to the it monthly.The state Government led by Engr Seyi Makinde gives a monthly grant of twenty five thoi thousand naira (#25m) to the 1975… Continue reading

Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales has resigned following fierce criticism for kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips at the Women’s World Cup victory ceremony. The already suspended Rubiales sent his resignation to the federation’s interim president, he said in an open letter, and also explained his decision to eventually… Continue reading

Strategic partners to the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), GTI Asset Management & Trust Limited, have reassured all stakeholders and clubs involved in the upcoming 2023/2024 season that the winner of the elite league will receive a mouth-watering price money of N150m. The said amount is higher than the N100m… Continue reading

Eweyeju Governor Seyi Makinde has been advised to increase financial grants to Shooting Stars Football Club of Ibadan in order for the team to secure African continental tickets ahead next year football season.Speaking in Ibadan on Monday, a former board member of the Oluyole Warriors Oritsetimehin Eweyeju said the twenty… Continue reading

A boxing promoter and staunch supporter of Rilwan Adekola who lost his two belts to a Japanese opponent, Abimbola Adeoye has predicted that the boxer would win his rematch by technical knockout .Adeoye, son to the late Oyo State Amateur Boxing Board (OSABA) late Emmanuel Adeoye stated that he has… Continue reading