Category: Sports
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Sulaimon Shines Despite Nigeria’s Loss To Kenya On Day 5
Nigerian cricket team captain Sylvester Okpe receiving a trophy from one of the officials . By Akanimo Kufre The Nigerian Senior Men’s Cricket team, the Yellow Greens on Wednesday scored 155 runs in the first inning but failed to defend as Kenya batted 156 runs to win 3-2 in the bilateral series. Nevertheless, Nigeria’s Runsewe…
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NFF, Ministry Of Interior Commit To Reintegration For Girl-Child In Correctional Centres
By Anietie Akpan An initiative of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to reform, rehabilitate and reintegrate into the society, young girls who are in correctional centres across the country, has been received with great enthusiasm by the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. This is made known in a statement by the NFF following a…
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Offiong Edem Foundation Table Tennis Tournament: Matthew Retains U17 Title
Ms.Offiong Edem (3rd L), the FOC, Eastern Naval Command Rear Admiral Olusola Oluwabhire (4th L) and the winners. By Akanimo Kufre John Mathew of Bayelsa State last Saturday defeated Bright Udoh of Cross River State 4-0 to clinch the U17 Boys gold for the second consecutive time. The over-excited Bayelsa table tennis champion, Mathew said…
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Paris 2024 Olympics: Waldrum Picks Ajibade, Nnadozie, Oshoala, 15 others
By Anietie Akpan Head Coach Randy Waldrum has picked captain Rasheedat Ajibade, goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, forward Asisat Oshoala and 15 others in his final list of Nigeria’s Super Falcons for this year’s Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in France. Squad members who are currently on holidays in Nigeria will join home-based players and team officials aboard…
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Reports of Victor Osimhen Ban Is Fake – NFF
By Anietie Akpan The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has denied reports in some online publications that the Super Eagles’ forward Victor Osimhen has been banned from the national team. Osimhen had few days ago through the carried out a social media outburst that was considered offensive to the Super Eagles immediate past coach, Finidi…
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Cross River Partners Private Sector On Sports Development, Revenue Boost
L-R: Governor Bassey Otu, Chief Executive Officer of SRHD Sports Management, Mr Daniel Daramola, the State’s Commissioner for Sports Development, Mrs. Agnes Atsu during the presentation for Sports Development… recently. By Anietie Akpan Cross River state government has disclosed the state’s readiness to partner the private sector for sports development and boost her revenue base.…
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Nigeria’s U17 Girls Secure Ticket To 8th FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Finals
By Anietie Akpan Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos, have secured their ticket to the 8th FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals to be staged in the Dominican Republic later this year. This feat was achieved after a 2-0 defeat of their Liberian counterparts at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Friday. The victory took the…
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10th Nigeria Pitch Awards: Finidi, Osimhen, Umo Eno, Solaja, Ajibade, Sanwo-Olu, Others Vie For Honours
By Anietie Akpan Organizers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards are set to take the ‘uncommon transformation’ city of Uyo by storm with the tenth edition of Nigeria’s longest-running football awards scheduled for Saturday, 8th June at the Ibom Meridien Hotel and Resorts. President of Nigeria Pitch Awards, Shina Phillips said…
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Dominican Republic 2024: Burkinabe U17 Girls To Host Flamingos On Neutral Ground, Bamako
By Anietie Akpan Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos will have the advantage of playing their away match against their Burkinabe counterparts in a 2024 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture on a neutral ground. This follows the insistence by the world body that the Burkinabes cannot play in Ouagadougou as their home venue is not…
