Several staff of the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC) have been arrested following the disappearance of sports equipment worth millions of naira from its store Multiple sources confirmed to our reporter that some staff of the Commission were arrested, quizzed, detained and later released by the police. The suspects were allegedly arrested by policemen from […]
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The second edition of the Olumide Oyedeji Inter-Collegiate Basketball Championship will hold from Jan. 13 to Jan. 21 in Lagos. The invitational basketball tournament, which will be hosted by the University of Lagos at the Indoor Sports Hall of its Sports Complex, will feature 10 tertiary institutions from Nigeria and Ghana. The competition is one […]
The President of the Senate of Nigeria, Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan has heaped praises on Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua following his ninth round knockout of Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev in their world heavyweight championship fight at The SSE Arena, Wembley, on Saturday night. Joshua floored Pulev on three occasions and ended the fight with a vicious […]
Coco Gauff The chance of a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam again went begging for Serena Williams as she lost to China’s Wang Qiang in the third round of the Australian Open. Williams, a seven-time champion in Melbourne, went down to Chinese number 27 seed Wang in three sets, 6-4 6-7 (2-7) 7-5 at Rod Laver […]
Solomon Dalung, Nigerian sports minister The first batch of 70 athletes and coaches left Abuja at about 6pm on Saturday aboard Emirates Airline for the Gold Coast, as the XXI Commonwealth Games village opens in Australia. Forty six athletes in athletics, para-athletics, table tennis, para – table tennis, basketball, gymnastics, para powerlifting, weightlifting, boxing and […]
The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation has announced its schedule of international and local events for the year 2020. Speaking to journalist in Lagos, Technical Director; Abubakar Yaro said “The year will kick off with training course for our coaches, Referees and Administrators followed by a return to the National Sports Festival in Edo after a […]
Tiger Woods is in hospital after emergency services were forced to cut him out of his car following an accident in Los Angeles, with local officials describing the golf legend as “calm and lucid” when they attended the scene. The accident is said to have happened between Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes on […]
Disgraced FIFA executive, Jack Warner has been banned for life from the sport, even as presidential contender ,ChungMongJoon on Tuesday called for an emergency task force to run FIFA, saying football’s world governing body is in `total meltdown.’ The South Korean former FIFA vice-president said the task force “will enable FIFA secretariat to function without […]
The serene city of Sagamu will this week host the creme de la creme of athletics and ultra-run in Africa and the world as they all arrive for the first edition of Valuejet IAU African Championships. Tagged ‘Remo 2019’, the Championships slated for December 7 is a three in one championship. Apart from the more […]
Dalung and sports ministry officials with members of the House Committee on Sport When it comes to corruption, APC and PDP are Siamese Twins as exemplified by Sports Minister Solomon Dalung and Senator Obinna Ogba’s pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to release money for the Russia 2018 World Cup, an all-expenses paid championship by FIFA. […]