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The National Sports Commission (NSC) has assured that beach volleyball would be included on the list of sports for the 19th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Calabar, Cross River State. NSC’s Assistant Director of Elite Athletes Development (EAD)...
Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain will today clash in the Uefa Champions League quarter finals in an encounter that will see PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic play against his former club Barcelona. Already, Barcelona’s sporting director Andoni Zubi...
The Squash Federation of Africa (SFA) has selected Nigeria to host the 2014 edition of Africa Squash Championships, the President, Nigeria Squash Federation (NSF), Femi Ajagbe, has said. Ajagbe said on Monday in Lagos that Nigeria had accepted the offe...
Chairman beach volleyball committee of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVF), Engr Musa Nimrod is confident that Team Nigeria will qualify for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games’ men and women beach volleyball events. Nigeria narrowly missed...
Team Nigeria youth athletes who cleared the gold medals in the 100 metres in both boys and girls categories of the maiden edition of the Africa Youth Athletics championship in Warri, Delta State where the IAAF instructors and other observed are eyeing ...
The Ondo and Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Delta teams have emerged champions of the second edition of Samsung Beach Volleyball Championship for Men and Women respectively In the competition played at the Jabi Lake beach volleyball court, the teams...
English Premier League leaders will today slug it out again with foes Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter final replay. Man Unite talisman, Robin van Persie believes the FA Cup quarter final replay against Chelsea will be a scrappy affair, admitting he will ...
The Nigeria Olympic Committee has urged the Athletics Federation of Nigeria to take advantage of the hosting of the African Youth Athletics Championship in Asaba in the nation’s preparations towards the Youth Olympics, Commonwealth Games in Glasg...
Vitesse striker Wilfried Bony has hinted that he would be interested in a move to Chelsea in the summer transfer window, but that he is focused on his current club for now. The prolific attacker has caught the attention of a number of clubs with his fi...
Enugu Rangers have said they are “studying” an offer of 12 million Naira (about $75,000) tabled by Warri Wolves for AFCON star Sunday Mba. Sunday Mba is in the middle of a transfer saga between Warri Wolves and Rangers international. The Ni...
Egypt’s U-20 side claimed their fourth African Championship title after beating Ghana 5-4 on penalties following a 1-1 draw. Midfielder Hossam Ghaly converted the decisive spot kick in the sudden death after Ghana’s Michael Anaba rattled th...
Having fallen 15 points behind Manchester United at the top of the Barclays Premier League with just nine games remaining, Manchester City’s championship defence appears all but over. But with the FA Cup still to play for, and the likes of Chelse...
Coach John Obuh led Flying Eagles made amends for missing out on defending their title by beating Mali 2-1 to claim bronze medal of the 2013 Orange CAF U-20 Championship going on Algeria. Flying Eagles and Mali have already book tick to this year FIFA ...
The second edition of Samsung annual Beach Volleyball Open Championship got underway at the Jabi Lake Beach Volleyball Court, Abuja with 20 teams each featuring in the men and women events of the championship. Speaking at the press briefing yesterday b...
Nigeria have asked FIFA to reschedule their World Cup qualifiers in June for fairness, arguing that all games in their group be played on the same day.