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The House Representative Committee on Sports has expressed concern over the inadequate sports funding in the country by the government as reflected in the yearly budgetary provision of the National Sports Commission (NSC). The committee made the ...
Sunshine Stars of Akure head coach, Samuel Abimbola has expressed optimism that the team would surely pick a ticket to play in the continent at the end of the 2012/2013 Nigeria Premier League season kickoff soon. Speaking ahead of the preseason t...
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...
Former minister of education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has charged sports administrators in the country to stop politicizing the sector if Nigeria must regain its lost glory in the world of sports. Speaking at the public presentation of TEAP FC, an Abuja bas...
Encomiums continue to pour in for the Golden Eaglets after their qualification for the 2003 African Under-17 Championship in a fashionable manner on Sunday with a 4-0 aggregate win over the Junior Eagles of Mali in Bamako. In fact, the Golden Eagles we...
Nigeria head coach, Stephen Keshi is keen to add Sidney Sam to his side for the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifying games. The Bayer Leverkusen winger, in spite of having declared his interest to play for Nigeria after representing Germany at Under19, 20 an...
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 Nigeria Nationwide League has commended the genuine interest of Sokoto State governor Ibrahim Wamakko in the development of grassroots football in Nigeria. Nationwide League chairman and board member in the Nigeria Football Federation, Ahmad Muazu ...
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...
Rafael Benitez’s unhappy start as Chelsea manager continued as his side crumbled against West Ham, while Manchester City were forced to settle for a point against a dogged Everton side. Arsenal slipped further off the pace as they were beaten at ...
Maria Sharapova is looking to return to the No 1 spot in the world rankings after returning to top form this year. Sharapova has endured a difficult few years after undergoing shoulder surgery at the end of 2008, but has come back brilliantly and brief...
It appears as though former Nigeria international, Samson Siasia, has not settled his issues with the Nigeria Football Federation. News monitored revealed that he told supersport.com that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) never wanted him as head c...
Lagos State Commissioner for Sports, Waheed Enitan-Oshodi, has said that the only feasible threat to Team Lagos are Teams Rivers and Delta. According to him, Team Lagos came prepared. Lagos State had so far won two gold medals in Judo and Taekwondo at ...
Kano Pillars’ head coach, Baba Ganaru, fears his team face an early exit from the 2013 Caf Champions League. Ganaru thinks inactivity now threatens his side’s campaign in Africa’s premier club football competition. The coach, who was ...
The two UEFA Grade A Coaches from Manchester United, England have described the Glo Soccer Academy as a “fantastic programme.” Speaking at the Academy house in Lekki, Lagos, Adam Temple, one of the Manchester United coaches said the Academy...