IT'S going to be an all-out war for control of the remote this weekend as SuperSport jampacks just about everyone’s favourite sport into two days of viewing.

Football fans will get to see 10 grueling months of the football season come to a...

THE biennial table tennis championship for secondary schools in Ojo, Iba and Awori Local Councils of Lagos tagged “Omoluabi Talent Hunt” has been concluded with outstanding schools getting sports equipment.

The three-day championship was...

 

AS part of its nationwide grassroots sports development campaign, National Academicals Sports Committee (NASCOM) will on June 6 gets the Presidency backing for its noble initiative, when President Goodluck Jonathan launches Rhythm N’ Play in...

FLYING Eagles Coach, John Obuh has dropped several key players, including skipper, Abduljaleel Ajagun and striker, Umar Aminu, from the squad billed to participate in next week’s Toulon Tournament.

Others dropped are goalkeeper, Jonah Usman...

ON Monday May 27, the Children’s Day, the Campos mini stadium will come alive when four teams battle in the final games of the maiden edition of the MRS Under-12 Kids soccer competition.

For the top prize, Damilola Tailor FC of Mainland will...

FOR making use of their MasterCard debit card in transactions, the company has rewarded four cardholders with an all-expense-paid trip to Wembley, England, to watch this year’s UEFA Champions League final match between FC Bayern Munich and...

TWO athletes from Lagos State’s Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme were part of the athletes that received monetary rewards from President Ebele Goodluck Jonathan for making Nigeria proud at the recently held African U-18 Athletics Championship in...

IT was time for music, dance and unbridled fun in Asaba, Delta State when the third edition of Etisalat’s Easy Starter fiesta, which featured a five-aside football competition, berthed at the St Patrick’s School Complex recently.

Easy Starter...

HAKEEM Busari, who was confirmed Thursday as 3SC’s head coach, has promised a continental ticket for the Oluyole Warriors.

“We hope this year to win a continental ticket, which we have been craving for a long time,” said Busari, who has...

COACH Stephen Keshi doubts the availability of Chelsea midfielder, Mikel Obi, for the friendly international game against Mexico.

The Super Eagles face Mexico in Houston, Texas, on May 31 as preparation for their hectic schedule in June when they...

KANO Pillars Wednesday regained top spot on the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) table when it defeated hard-fighting Kaduna United 3-2 in a Week 14 game loitered with controversial decisions.

The shock result of the evening, however...

DESPITE what looks on paper like a difficult period for the Super Eagles in June, when Nigeria is billed to participate in the Confederations Cup and two Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Coach Stephen Keshi says there is nothing to worry...

THE League Management Company (LMC) has acknowledged the growing concern of stakeholders for improved welfare of players and coaches in the Globacom Premier League and has given assurances of its resolve to appropriately address this growing...

GREATER Tomorrow Academicals of Akwa Ibom and Rangers Junior of Enugu are favoured to cart away the maiden E. C Clark international U-18 tournament holding in Uyo Akwa, Ibom State.

After the preliminaries, which saw the participation of eight...

THE newly inaugurated board of the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) has rolled out its programme, which it believes would help in resuscitating the sport, one of the events that placed the country on the medals table at the Sydney Olympics...

VETERAN broadcaster and Chairman of Sports Radio, 88.9 Brila Fm, Dr. Larry Izamoje, was recently honoured by Salem University with a Doctorate Degree -D.Sc (Honorary causa) in Information Technology for his contributions to sports journalism and...

•Ismaily, Espanyol, Kotoko, Pillars billed for three-day contest

GOVERNOR Babatunde Raji Fashola Wednesday pledged his support for the forthcoming Lagos International Football Tournament (LIFT), a baby of Super Eagles’ former midfielder...

COACH and players of the national taekwondo team, which arrived in Germany this morning to begin a training tour of Europe, believe the exercise would aid them in the sport.

An elated Coach John Victor admitted before the team’s departure...

THE Republic of Korea has lauded the election of George Ashiru as the president of Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF), while also affirming their commitment to the development of the sport.

In a letter addressed to the NTF boss, made available to...

THE African Cricket Association (ACA) has congratulated the newly elected President of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), Emeka Onyeama, on his victory at the polls, just as it commended the outgoing NCF boss, Kwesi Sagoe, for the strides...