Eidur Gudjohnsen about the 2018 FIFA World Cup: “Iceland Has A Tough Group, But We Are Quietly Confident”

With 75 days left until the start of the biggest football event on the planet, the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ Football Park continue its journey through Russia, giving an early taste of the tournament to fans in each of the Host Cities. After the opening ceremony in Sochi last weekend, today Football Park opened its […]

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ITTF Museum Officially Launched in Shanghai China

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Museum has officially opened today, 31 March 2018, in Shanghai, China, together with the China Table Tennis Museum. The ITTF Museum, which was originally housed at the ITTF Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, made its star-studded opening with ITTF President Thomas WEIKERT, Honorary President XU Yinsheng, Vice Mayor of Shanghai […]

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7 days to go till first FIG Parkour World Cup

The start of the first FIG Parkour World Cup series is just a week away, with the inaugural competition scheduled to take place from 6 to 8 April in Hiroshima, Japan. Some thirty athletes representing 20 nations are expected at this first official FIG Parkour competition, which is taking place as part of the Japanese […]

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Nigeria Judo Federation President Prince Timothy Nsirim Calls For Calm Ahead National Championship

President of the Nigeria Judo Federation (NJF), Prince Timothy Nsirim has called for calm as the board is set to hit the ground running with the national championship scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in May 2018. According to a press release signed by the media and communications director, Phemmy Adetula, when the […]

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Chikwelu, Oparanozie To Lead Nigeria’s Super Falcons Against France

Just days after the Super Eagles concluded the first phase of their 2018 FIFA World Cup actual build–up with useful encounters against Poland in Wroclaw and Serbia in London, and the U20 boys concluded a two-match tour of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Senior Women’s Team, Super Falcons are also having a good kick […]

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Nigeria’s Aigbogun Delighted By Benefits of Egypt Tour

Head Coach Paul Aigbogun has declared that the objectives of his Nigeria U20 boys’ two–match tour of Egypt have been met, despite the Flying Eagles losing narrowly 1-2 to their Egyptian counterparts in the second match in Alexandria on Wednesday. Both teams had played out a scoreless draw at the same Borg El-Arab Stadium in […]

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Commonwealth Games 2018: Team Nigeria Receive Nike Kits

The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) on Tuesday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, presented to her 2018 Commonwealth Games-bound athletes (as well as her elite performers), wrestling kits from sportswear giants Nike. The kits which include wrestling boots/singlets, ear guards and knee pads, are part of a partial sponsorship deal struck by the federation with […]

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Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico Complete 12-Nation Field For WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup 2018

All 12 nations have now confirmed for the WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup® 2018, which will be staged at the USSSA Space Coast Complex from 22-31 August, in Viera (FL), USA. The Women’s National Baseball Team of the Dominican Republic won the Pan Am Women’s Baseball World Cup Qualifier on Sunday to earn the nation’s […]

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AFGHANISTAN WIN ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP QUALIFIER

Off-spinner Mujeeb Rahman upstaged Rashid Khan’s world record of fastest to 100 ODI wickets while opener Mohammad Shahzad produced a sparkling half-century as Afghanistan defeated the Windies by seven wickets to win the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday. Mujeeb returned figures of 9.5-0-43-4, including three wickets in […]

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15-Year-Old Anish Anish Secures India’s Third Individual Gold in Sydney

In the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men Junior event, the young shooter first qualified for the final with the highest score, then prevailing over two of his teammates and over three Chinese participants. Sydney (AUS), 26 March 2018 – The first ISSF Junior World Cup of the 2018 ISSF Season resumed today at the Sydney […]

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Pinnick, Akinwunmi, Sanusi Visit Ikeme In Hospital

The Super Eagles are heading to the FIFA World Cup finals in Russia this summer, but the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation and the team itself have not forgotten one man who toiled for the squad in the early rounds of the qualifying campaign but is now sidelined by illness. Carl Ikeme became the […]

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FIG Introduces The Gymnastics Ambassadors For 2018 World Championships

FIG introduces the Gymnastics Ambassadors for the 2018 World Championships The International Gymnastics Federation is pleased to announce the nine champions who will be the Gymnastics Ambassadors at its 2018 World Championships. “We are delighted that these major names, who in their own way have each made history in their discipline and influenced their sport, […]

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