Benitez desperate for Torres improvement
Interim Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez said he understood why some of the club’s fans are opposed to his appointment revealing that he is worried about the form of Chelsea’s £50m striker Fernando...
View ArticlePolice deploys 19,000 officers for games
The Lagos State Police Command says it has deployed 19,000 officers and men to provide security in the state during the 18th National Sports Festival. The Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations,...
View ArticleTable tennis bans gambling
Oluranti Lajide, the Table Tennis Chief Referee at the 18th National Sports Festival which began on Tuesday in Lagos has warned against gambling at the venue of the competition. Lajide handed down the...
View ArticleOgun slams YABATECH hostel
The Ogun Sports Council has said that the reason behind its rejection of the Yaba College of Technology hostel was because the facility could not accommodate its 600-man contingent. Adesola Faleti,...
View ArticleOndo promises cash rewards
Ondo State Government on Tuesday promised a handsome financial reward to athletes that win medals at this year’s National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012, holding in Lagos. Commissioner for Sports and...
View ArticleAllowance dispute threatens games
Nigerians may not see the best of the 18th National Sports Festival following revelations that some state sports councils and their athletes have yet to resolve issues concerning their daily allowances...
View ArticleEttah predicts great future for sailing
The Group Managing Director of UAC of Nigeria Plc, Larry Ettah, says sailing has a bright future in Nigeria because of the level of enthusiasm and interest generated by the annual UAC Trophy Race. At...
View ArticleDBN to market ANOCA
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa has appointed DBN Sports as its marketing consultant for all its programmes for an initial period of four years, renewable on the basis of...
View ArticleJonathan promises to support resolution of Sudan, S’ Sudan row
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday promised to continue to collaborate with other African countries to ensure a peaceful resolution of all outstanding disputes between Sudan and South Sudan....
View ArticleFrance to back Palestinian bid for UN status
France has confirmed it intends to vote for Palestinian non-member status at the United Nations later this week. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said France had long backed Palestinian ambitions for...
View ArticlePearce blamed for losing Moses to Nigeria
England Under 21 coach Stuart Pearce has been singled out for blame after Chelsea’s dual-nationality forward Victor Moses chose to play for Nigeria rather than England. Former Crystal Palace owner...
View ArticleUEFA could scrap Europa League
A proposal to abolish the Europa League and double the size of the Champions League to 64 clubs is among a number of changes to European competitions being considered by UEFA. The European governing...
View Article‘Onyeuku was killed while breaking into house’
A former member of the Nigerian national basketball team was shot and killed last week while breaking into a Plano residence, police said on Wednesday. Chinedu Onyeuku, 29, was pronounced dead at the...
View ArticleStates officials lament poor hostel facility
A group of officials attached to the various teams at the 18th National Sports Festival have expressed sadness over the poor condition of the accommodation provided for them by the host state. The...
View ArticleA’Ibom beat Osun in women’s football
The Akwa Ibom female football team on Wednesday defeated their Osun counterparts 4-1 in the Group B preliminaries of the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that...
View ArticleNiger fall in volleyball
Kaduna State on Tuesday in Lagos defeated Team Niger 25-20; 25-20; 17-25 in the women’s volleyball event at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival. The encounter, which took place at the Teslim...
View ArticleRivers dominate cycling event with three gold
Defending champions Rivers State took their gold medal haul to three on Wednesday when they triumphed again in the men and women’s 500m cycling events of the 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos. The...
View ArticleDelta stop Oyo Football team
Kenneth Ikpahwore, the Head Coach of Team Delta football team has attributed his team’s 5-1 trouncing of Team Oyo in the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival to hard work. Ikpahwore told the News...
View ArticleRivers vows to defend title
Team Rivers on Wednesday said winning the Eko 2012 would be a perfect response to critics of their 2011 achievement when they won as hosts. The state’s commissioner for sport Fred Igwe pointed out that...
View ArticleOgun kickboxers want 15 gold medals
The Ogun Kickboxing Association has said that it hoped to win at least 15 gold medals in the sport at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival which opened on Tuesday in Lagos. The association’s chief...
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