The excellent state of sporting facilities at the Federal University of Technology, FUTA, Akure and the sports loving disposition of the staff and students of the institution have  once again  received commendation. Players and officials of teams which played their matches at the FUTA sports center during the Mimiko U-18 International Soccer Tournament (“Miston 2013”) described the well groomed field and th ...

The crisis rocking the Handball Federation of Nigeria took a new turn today as current and former elite players of the game in Nigeria filed a motion this morning seeking to join the suit filed at the Federal High Court Abuja by the Mega veterans Handball Limited challenging the election into the Board of the Federation. On the face of the motion all the Parties Seeking to be Joined in the suit are variousl ...

President GoodluckEbele Jonathan has restated the importance of sport to the nation.In an address at the launch of the Rhythm N’ Play Campaign for Grassroots Sports Mobilisation ,Thursday, Jonathan said “Sport is an important vehicle for fostering cohesion and nation building. This has been amply demonstrated in the greater attention Government has given to sports development. In National competitions, it m ...

A former Governor of Abia State and Pillar of Sports, Dr. Orji Kalu, has congratulated Hon. Gbenga Elegbede on his appointment as the Director General, National Sports Commission. In a statement by his Special Adviser, Oyekunle Oyewumi, he said the appointment of Elegbede was well deserved and timely. He noted that sports is an important element in Nigeria because of it's unifying factor for Nigerians irres ...

The National Sports Federation Electoral Committee (NSFEC)  has announced that the elections for the positions of President and Vice President in the Boards of Sports Federations will hold on Tuesday, April 14, 2013. Mr  Julius Ogunro,secretary, NSFEC in a statement  said the elections will take place at the National Stadium, Abuja, starting from 10 a.m. All elected members of the various Federations from t ...

By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Nigeria Football governing body, NFF has summoned Nigeria premier league club owners and the Interim Management Committee to an Abuja meeting schedule for Tuesday at the Glass House. The federation summoned the warring parties to the meeting in a bid to salvage the ugly situation that has rocked the league following the dispute between the league organizers, IMC and the club owners. ...

The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) has stepped up preparation for the next edition of the Nigerian University Games, NUGA, taking place at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in June. The team to the event has now made training a daily affair in order to better its performance at the last edition of the championship which took place at the University of Benin two years ago. Part of the s ...

Abdulgafar Oladimeji Members of staff of the  Nigeria  Premier  League now known  as Nigeria Professional Football League are at daggers  drawn with the League management Committee over issues   pertaining their unpaid salary arrears  and the directive  demanding that they reapply for employment with  the LMC. Still pained and demoralized  about the non payment of five months salary,(November, 2012, Decembe ...

President of the Senate, Senator David Mark yesterday laid the foundation for the  Otukpo   township Stadium otherwise called " David Mark Sports Complex" in Otukpo, Benue State ,promising  that when completed the stadium would be centre of sporting activities in the state and environs. The event was put in place to mark his 65th birthday (April 08, 2013) which he said would be dedicated to  thanks giving t ...

The President of Nigeria Olympic Committee, Engineer Sani Ndanusa, has praised the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, on his revolutionary strides in sports. Ndanusa, who was reacting to the just concluded maiden edition of the African Youth Athletic Championship, which Delta State hosted and was won by Nigeria, said that the success of Team Nigeria at the AYAC in Warri was a positive sign that ...