The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has identified illegal betting as number one factor fuelling corruption in sports. The UN drug agency also identified fraudulent manipulation of competitions, and the involvement of organised crime in the sporting work as other factors fuelling corruption in...
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Confederation of African Football (CAF), said it has received over 5 000 media accreditation applications for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations. CAF said in its official website on Saturday that the applications are 90 per cent more than that revived...
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) and Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), have inaugurate a $1.19 million mini- stadium to promote grassroots football development in Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the foundation of the project located on Kalgo Road in Birnin Kebbi was laid in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – World football-governing body, FIFA has approved a total of 30 Nigerian referees to be placed on the international duty lists for the year 2024. These comprised 11 referees, 11 assistant referees, four beach soccer referees and four futsal referees. The Director of Communications,...
No fewer than 1,500 athletes will participate in the 2024 Opobo Marathon in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of Rivers. The Project Lead of the competition, Henry Cookey, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Thursday. He said that...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday announced Ecobank, a pan-African banking group, as the official sponsor of the TotalEnergies 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côte d’Ivoire. Head of Group Communication, Ecobank, Christiane Bossom, stated this in a statement...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, on winning the CAF 2023 Men’s Player of the Year award. The President in a statement on Tuesday also celebrated the remarkable achievements of Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria’s Super Falcons,...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, has commended Victor Osimhen, Asisat Oshoala, Chiamaka Nnadozie and the Super Falcons for scooping the major CAF 2023 awards in Morocco. Gusau in a statement by the NFF Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire,...
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Enoh has congratulated Victor Osimhen, and Asisat Oshoala for securing the coveted titles of Men’s and Women’s African Footballer of the Year. The duo won the awards at the 2023 Confederation of African Football (CAF) awards. The minister gave the commendation...
Napoli forward Victor Osimhen has been named 2023 CAF Men’s Player of the Year. Osimhen beat Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi and Mohamed Salah of Egypt to the award. He is the first Nigerian to win the award since Nwankwo Kanu Kanu claimed the prestigious gong in 1999. er compatriot Asisat...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Running kits and number bibs distribution for the 2023 ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon will begin on Wednesday, December 13th, 2023, at the Food Court behind Eagles Square, Federal Secretariat, Abuja. The distribution will run until Friday, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The Chevron Junior Tennis Masters which was the highlight of a coaching and training clinic that impacted close to 1000 school children in seven locations across the country ended with fanfare Saturday at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club. The Masters tournament which...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar -. Delta born athlete, Promise Omoro has won the 2023 HOWSA mini marathon race in the male category while Patience Okon who has represented the state and country in Olympics and Commonwealth Games. While Patience Okon George won the star prize at the...
Jack Grealish ensured Manchester City ended their four-game winless run as the Premier League champions survived a scare from Luton in their 2-1 victory on Sunday. With star striker Erling Haaland absent due to injury, Pep Guardiola’s side trailed to Elijah Adebayo’s goal late in the...
Kano pillars Para-soccer team on Sunday pipped Sokoto team 14-1 to advance to the quarter final of the para-soccer at the ongoing Para-Sports Games in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the para soccer match was played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium,Abuja. The games...
Yemi Alade has said she is proud to be one of the artistes from across Africa to record ‘Akwaba,’ the theme song of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which means welcome in Baoule language in Ivory Coast. Alade said this in an interview with the News...
Manchester United’s shambolic season took another turn for the worse in a 3-0 home defeat to Bournemouth as Liverpool went top of the Premier League on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp admitted the Reds were fortunate to win 2-1 at 10-man Crystal Palace after Jordan Ayew’s harsh red...
FIFA on Saturday confirmed that three bids to host the Women’s World Cup in 2027 had been lodged “across three confederations” before the bidding process closed. From Europe comes a joint bid between Belgium, Netherland and Germany while Mexico and the United States also teamed up as...
Founder of Chess in Slums Initiative, Tunde Onakoya, sits with the host of #WithChude, Chude Jideonwo. On the show, he shared about forgoing his dream to travel abroad to teach chess to children in slums for free, surviving debilitating poverty, the serious medical condition he had to struggle with,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Abuja branch, has emerged winners of the 42nd edition of the CBN Governor’s Cup for the seventh time. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Abuja branch, which is the defending champion of the competition, defeated its counterpart from Lagos...