Both African nations participating in the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship in Japan celebrated victorious on Saturday to write history on the very first day of competition. Cameroon managed a come-from-behind Pool A victory over Mexico in four sets to register the first ever win for an African team in the history of the women’s […]
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Ageing Nigerian tennis star, Abdulmumin Babalola, was a major casualty in the first round of qualifiers at the ongoing Lagos Open Tennis International Championship following a 6-1, 6-2 loss to his compatriot, Emmanuel Idoko. Babalola, with nearly three decades of tennis experience, could not cope with the aggressive play of Idoko who wrapped up the […]
via Lagos Open Tennis: Nigeria’s Babalola Crashes Out In Qualifiers — finixsportsblog
Six months from today, recreational runners from all over the world will have the chance to participate in the IAAF/Mikkeller World Cross Country Championships Aarhus 2019 for the first time. On Saturday 30 March 2019, Denmark will be hosting this spectacular event, where the very best runners in the world, along with recreational runners, will […]
via IAAF/MIKKELLER WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS AARHUS 2019 – SIX MONTHS TO GO — finixsportsblog
The women’s senior national basketball team have vowed to end the 2018 FIBA World Cup on a high note on Sunday when they face world number 5, Canada in the 7th and 8th position classification game. Despite winning the first quarter of their play off against France by 20-18, they eventually lost by 86 points […]
via Nigeria’s D’Tigress Vow To End Women’s Basketball World Cup On A High — finixsportsblog
The Sport Writers Association of Nigeria, Lagos Chapter resumes its annual SWAN week festivities on Friday September 27, 2018 with a visitation to the Randle General hospital Surulere at 10am. As part of the opening ceremony, the draws for the SWAN Football tournament will take place at the Sports Writers Association Secretariat at the National […]
via SWAN Week Kicks Off With Hospital Visitation and Draws. — finixsportsblog
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today unveiled the newly updated WBSC Baseball World Rankings, which weigh a country’s National Team performance — from U-12 to Professional — in official WBSC-sanctioned international competitions over a four-year period (2015-2018). Underscoring baseball’s growing status as a major global team sport, representatives from the Americas, Asia, Europe and […]
Members of the D’Tigress team have attributed their record breaking feat at the ongoing FIBA Women’s world cup to the unflinching support given the team by the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) under the able leadership of Eng. Musa Kida. The team said the solid structure which has continued to cause upsets would […]
via NBBF Deserves Accolades For Our World Cup Feat- D’Tigress — finixsportsblog
The ITF and Kosmos Tennis today announced that the Davis Cup Steering Committee has selected Madrid as the host city to stage the first two editions of the newly-transformed Davis Cup by BNP Paribas finals in 2019 and 2020. The 2019 event will take place at the iconic La Caja Mágica, located in Madrid’s Parque […]
via Madrid Chosen As Host City For 2019 and 2020 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Finals — finixsportsblog
Fifteen media houses have signified their readiness to vie for honours in the fast approaching 2018 Lagos SWAN Cup. Chairman of Sports Committee, Lagos SWAN, Mr. Wale Joseph disclosed this on Wednesday in Lagos. Joseph assured that this year’s edition of the tournament promises to be an exciting one as all logistics have been put […]
via 15 Teams Pick Form For Bet9ja 2018 Lagos SWAN Cup — finixsportsblog
On the eve of the start of the FINA Swimming World Cup’s second Cluster, in Eindhoven (NED), Cluster #1 winners Chupkov (RUS) and Sjostrom (SWE) warm up for more action. After Kazan and Doha, the Swedish star and the Russian ace are the provisional leaders of the 2018 ranking, with respectively 120 and 90 points. […]
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Ecuador’s Andres Chocho and China’s Qieyang Shijie have been confirmed as the overall winners in the 2018 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. The scoring system takes each athlete’s three best marks from the series with points being awarded to the top 10 finishers in category A and B races and the top six finishers in category […]
via CHOCHO AND QIEYANG WIN 2018 IAAF RACE WALKING CHALLENGE — finixsportsblog
Ejidike congratulates D’Tigress on FIBA feats…urges team to beat Greece for q/finals place. Nigeria’s Pillar Of Sports, Chief Donatus Agu-Ejidike has congratulated Nigeria female basketball national team the D’ Tigress on its feats at the FIBA female world ongoing in Tenerife, Spain. The team which started its campaign for honours at the global championship with […]
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