[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] South African billionaire and Africa’s ninth richest person Patrice Motsepe has been confirmed as the new Confederation of African Football president. His election was announced at the organisation’s 43rd Ordinary General Assembly in Rabat, Morocco on Friday. Motsepe, who is the owner of South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns, was elected unopposed to replace…
Pinnick Goes To FIFA
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Amaju Pinnick, President of the Nigerian Football Federation ,NFF has been elected as a member of the FIFA Council. He was elected at the election that took place in Morocco on Friday March 12, 2021. He will represent Anglophone African countries on the Council. With his election he becomes the third Nigerian to…
Hope Dims for Hosting of Sports Festival as Edo Govt Dissolves Sub-Committees
[responsivevoice] Edo Government has dissolved all the Sub-Committees set up for the organisation of the 19th National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged Edo 2020. The dissolution of the committees now casts doubt over the likelihood of the sports fiesta still holding in spite of billions of Naira that had been committed into its organisation. The news…
Diego Maradona (1960-2020): Exit of a Mythical Football Hero
[responsivevoice] The roller coaster of a year that is 2020 has struck again as the football world mourns the passing of Diego Armando Maradona, the then diminutive Argentine, considered as one of the greatest players to ever grace the sport, and easily one of the greatest athletes that ever lived. On Wednesday 25th November, Maradona…
Maradona Takes a Bow!
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Diego Maradona, one of the world’s most celebrated footballers is dead. He died Wednesday of cardiac arrest, days after undergoing treatment for brain damage. Born on October 30, 1960, Maradona who ruled the world of football and became perhaps the second most adored footballer of skill after now 80-year Edson Arantes do Nascimento,…
Edo Deputy Governor Challenges Sports Administrators on Planning
Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has called on the National Council on Sports and Sport Federations in the country to ensure timely proposals of events for proper planning, training and sponsorship by private sector. Shaibu, in a message to the 2020 National Council on Sports, NSC, meeting held in Asaba Delta state, explained that…
The twists and turns of 13th French Open as Djokovic bows to Nadal and 19-year-old Swiatek kisses first women Grand Slam trophy
It’s been a fantastic two weeks of high-class tennis delivered by players who would simply not be put down by happenings around them, and it ended up serving what has been one of the most enthralling Roland Garros tournaments we have ever had. Starting with the men’s tour, we had some mouth-watering first-round clashes between…
COVID-19 and The Paris Grand Slam Thrill
Welcome to Roland Garros, (Paris, France) the final Grand Slam of the COVID-19 hit season. The French Open event which was originally scheduled for May 2020, had to be moved due to the coronavirus pandemic that has taken the world by storm with millions of lives lost. What was usually the second slam of the…
19 Years After, Edo holds Sports Festival
…As Obaseki Lights Festival Torch After 19 years that the last sports festival was held in Edo State, the state governor, Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki Wednesday lit the festival torch in Benin to herald the third in the series of what was intended to be a regular sports fiesta. The premier sports festival was held in…
1,000 schools compete for trophy as Fourth Edition of Zenith Bank Delta Principal’s Cup kicks off September 30
Still basking in the euphoria of a fifth consecutive win at the just-concluded National Youth Games, NYG, held in Ilorin, Kwara State, the Delta State government has also been upbeat about the dividends of its initiative in developing the game of football through its catch-them-young Principals and Headmasters’ Cup competition. Delta State, Monday, September 16, won…
WhatsApp us