Athletic

  Benin – Downpour on Sunday disrupted finals of the male and female events of handball game at the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Edo. While Team Edo battled Delta for gold in the female category, Lagos was slugging it out with Kano in the male event. The matches, played one after the […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured of plans by the state government to maintain the world-class facilities used in hosting the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged Edo 2020, in the state.   Obaseki said this when he teed-off the Edo 2020 golf tournament in Benin City, the state capital.   The […]

BENIN CITY – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night in Benin City Edo state emphasised that the National Sports Festival (NSF) remains a major uniting force in Nigeria, just as he urged the participating athletes from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to play by the rules of the game and not deviate […]

BENIN CITY – Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has urged all athletes at the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged “Edo 2020” not to forget to exhibit the spirit of good sportsmanship. Obaseki gave the charge on Tuesday while speaking during the opening ceremony of the festival at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin. “I […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has received the torch of unity for hosting the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged Edo 2020, noting that Nigeria as a country would overcome its challenges and come out stronger and better.   The governor received the torch of unity from the Secretary of the Main Organising […]

BENIN CITY – The Honourable Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has commended the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration for the revamp of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, which he said has raised the bar for sports development for…

Following the meeting between the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development and the Edo State Government, the following guidelines have been agreed for the National Sports Festival and are as follows:1. MOC has decided that all athletes/officia…

Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare says the much postponed  Edo National  Sports Festival will go ahead as planned from  April 2nd- 14th with 8,000 athletes taking part. Speaking in Benin after undergoing a tour of facilities and a meeting  with  Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki,   Dare said: ”On April 2nd, 2021, the camp […]

Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has approved only 7,200 fans to watch the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying match between Super Eagles and Lesotho’s Crocodiles at the Teslim Balogun stadium in Lagos on March 30, 2021. CAF approved in response to Nigeria Football Federation’s request to allow football fans to be allowed to watch […]

Newly elected member of FIFA Council, Amaju Pinnick, has promised to help reposition football globally. Pinnick secured a seat in the FIFA Council defeating Walter Nyamilandu by 43 votes to eight at the Confederation of African Football’s 43rd General Assembly in Rabat, Morocco on Friday. He becomes the third Nigerian to be elected into the council after […]