A French motorbike rider competing in the Dakar Rally died on Friday after crashing into a Chilean police car, organisers reported. Thomas Bourgin, aged 25, was making his way to the start of the seventh stage when he hit the car, which was coming in t...
The highly anticipated 2012 Kaduna international Polo Tournament galloped off Sunday December 9 at the famous Ahmadu Yakubu Polo Club House, Murtala Mohammed Sports Complex, Kaduna; With 32 teams from various polo clubs in Nigeria on parade. This year&...
The Nigeria Hockey Federation (NHF) yesterday disqualified the Ekiti male hockey team from participating at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival (NSF) over identity distortion and fielding of ineligible players. Walter Imoedemhe, the NHF Technical...
The National Chairman of Nigeria Beach Volleyball Federation, Engr. Musa Nimrod has fingered low patronage in the sport as the reason for its slow growth. He stated that until the government and relevant authorities concerned see sport as a viable econ...
Sixteen players have been invited to the camp of the Nigeria’s Supersand Eagles ahead of the second edition of the COPA Lagos Beach Soccer. The players are Abdul Isah (Wikki Tourists) Oladapo Olalekan (Owisedi, Ojo, Lagos) Isiaka Olawale (Dolphin...
The General Manager, Games Services at the on-going 18th National Sports Festival, Brig.Gen Emmanuel Okaro (Rtd.) yesterday announced the disqualification of the Ondo State Female Hockey team for fraudulent practices. The Ondo State team was found to h...
The parliamentary staff association of Nigeria has granted hosting right of the 2013 parliamentary games to Rivers state. The decision, which was taken at the end of the 4th national executive council meeting of the Parliamentary Staff Association of N...
The Niger State hockey team, Niger Flickers are in danger of missing out on this year’s ICC tournament holding in Zimbabwe early next month due to lack of funds. Sources close to the team revealed that since the tournament will Clash with the Nat...
Executive governor of Akwa-Ibom state, Godswill Obot Akpabio, will on November 18, 2012 at the Nicon Luxury hotel in Abuja be honoured with the Grand Patron of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation when the prestigious Club Championship will also round up. A...
Nigeria’s quest to grow and deepen local capacity in information security received a boost over the weekend following the sponsorship of Team Naija by First Bank of Nigeria Plc to the finals of the global Cyberlympics taking place in Miami, Unite...
The Nigeria Football Federation has condoled Vanguard Media Limited over the death on Saturday night of ace photojournalist Sylva Eleanya. NFF spokesman Ademola Olajire, who worked with the respected photojournalist for almost 10 years at Vanguard, was...
The Lagos State Judo team have emerged as the overall winner in the just-concluded maiden edition of the Babatunde RajI Fashola (BRF) Judo competition. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the five -day competition, which took place at the Spo...
To ensure that they excel at the 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012, the Lagos State hockey team has intensified its training ahead of the tournament in November. With the conclusion of a two-day championship, the Technical Director o...
Two-time World Champion, Nigel Richards of New Zealand and former world champion, Pakorn Nemitrmansuk of Thailand are among the top players expected to compete at this year’s Godswill Akpabio International Scrabble Classics, coming up in Uy...
Niger State government will be shopping for N200 million to fund the hosting of the Nigeria College of Education Game NATCEGA by the State College of Education, Minna next year. The commissioner of Higher and technical Education, Dr. Mustapha Lemu, dis...