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May 6, 2013

Milo Basketball: Benue, Kaduna teams reach semi/final

Players of Benue State and Kaduna proved their dominance by qualifying for the semi-final of the ongoing Nestle Milo Secondary School Basketball Championship at the Akure Township Stadium, Ondo State [...]

May 5, 2013

Sunday Mba debut goal cannot save Enugu Rangers

Africa Cup of Nations star Sunday Mba could not save Nigerian club Enugu Rangers from CAF Champions League elimination this weekend. Enugu lost 3-1 at Recreativo Libolo of Angola in [...]

May 4, 2013

Moyes charges players as Everton, Liverpool clash

LIVERPOOL - Everton manager David Moyes has insisted winning Sunday’s Merseyside derby away to Liverpool is about far more than personal pride. The Scot has been in charge at Goodison Park [...]

May 3, 2013

Olympic champ Alptekin charged with doping – IAAF

Turkey’s Asli Cakir Alptekin, who won the women’s 1500m gold medal at the London Olympics last year, was charged with doping by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on [...]

Prostitutes learn English for football fans in Brazil

“Good morning, girls!” Igor Fuchs exclaimed as he greeted his students at the start of English class in this southeastern Brazilian city. Read full story on author website »

Hawkers are Usain Bolts in the making – Mary Onyali

Nigerian sprints great, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi believes that Nigeria can produce many Usain Bolts with the right approach. JOHN EGBOKHAN captures her message in this interview Read full story on author [...]

May 2, 2013

24 Nigerian players to be absorbed into European academies

No fewer than 24 Nigerian players would be selected and absorb into European academies after the D’Elite trial matches, Mr Tersoo Tyungu, Executive Director (Administration), Elite Sports Investment Nigeria, said [...]

May 1, 2013

Okpekpe Race: Foreign athletes in tomorrow

The Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the Okpekpe 10km International Road Race yesterday confirmed that most of the invited foreign athletes for the competition are scheduled to start arriving Nigeria [...]

Federation Elections: Adeniji-Adele floored

Lagos state Com-missioner for Sports,Barrister Waheed Enitan Oshodi yesterday in Ibadan emerged the winner of the zonal election (South West) into the board of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation. Read [...]

April 30, 2013

Nigeria, only Africa country in all world football tourney – NFF

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday said that Nigeria remains the only country in Africa that had qualified to represent the continent in all major championships since 2012. Read [...]