D’Tigress Head Coach, Otis Hughley is confident that his team has chances of successfully defending their FIBA AFROBASKET title when the competition gets underway on August 9, 2019. Following the team’s draw against Tunisia and Cameroon at the official draw ceremony held in Dakar, Senegal, Otis said the team can mount a strong title defence […]
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US trained football coach, Gboyega Adeyemi Olutade has described his recent appointment into the Ekiti Football Association Ad-Hoc Committee on Research, Planning and Strategic Development, as a huge honour. While speaking with the media in a telephone interview, the highly rated youthful but vastly experienced soccer tactician and educator, stated that the appointment came as […]
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Super Falcons captain, Desire Oparanozie has asked that the women’s senior national team be paid the same amount of money paid to the men’s national team, the Super Eagles. She made the call at the 2019 Ladies In Sports (LIS) Conference held on Friday, July 26 at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos. “I think […]
via Super Falcons Deserve Equal Pay, Says Oparanozie At Ladies in Sports Conference — finixsportsblog
Dalilah Muhammad broke the world 400m hurdles record* on the final day of the US Championships, clocking 52.20 on Sunday (28), the final day of action in Des Moines. The Olympic champion, drawn in lane four, went out hard and quickly made up the stagger on the athletes outside her, including 2015 world silver medallist […]
via MUHAMMAD BREAKS WORLD 400M HURDLES RECORD AT US CHAMPIONSHIPS — finixsportsblog
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has advised stakeholders to focus more on the positives being recorded in the sport rather than expending unnecessary energy on the few challenges encountered by the AFROCAN team due to lack of funds. The board said due to the peculiarity of sports budgeting and how funds are released, the only option […]
via NBBF TAKES POSITIVES FROM 2019 AFROCAN — finixsportsblog
The IAAF today announced a list of 45 candidates from across the globe who have put themselves forward for election to the international federation’s governing board, the IAAF Council. The 45 candidates, a six percent increase on the number of candidates in 2015, will be elected into 18 positions on the Council at the IAAF […]
via CANDIDATES FOR IAAF COUNCIL ELECTIONS PUBLISHED TODAY — finixsportsblog
African cadet champion, Taiwo Mati is the surprise inclusion in Team Nigeria for the 2019 ITTF Africa Cup which serves off on August the 3rd and ends on August the 5th at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos. Mati, who also emerged as the best male player at the All African […]
via 2019 ITTF Africa Cup: Teenage Sensation Mati Makes Team Nigeria List — finixsportsblog
Ekiti State Football Association has reiterated its desire for a bigger and grand Bet9ja Football League for teams in the state. The eagerly anticipated football competition which was earlier scheduled to begin 27th July, 2019, with sixteen teams, has been moved to 6th August, 2019 and with the participating teams increased to eighteen. According to […]
Ekiti State Football Association has reiterated its desire for a bigger and grand Bet9ja Football League for teams in the state. The eagerly anticipated football competition which was earlier scheduled to begin 27th July, 2019, with sixteen teams, has been moved to 6th August, 2019 and with the participating teams increased to eighteen. According to […]
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today awarded MEDIAPRO the exclusive broadcast rights across the Americas for all WBSC’s world championships through 2022, as well as the flagship global competition on the calendar, the 2019 WBSC Premier12 — an Olympic qualifier this November which will feature the Men’s National Teams from the 12 best-ranked baseball […]
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President, Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engr. Habu Gumel has revealed that the NOC is committed to uplifting sports administration in the country to global standards through the continuous education of sports administrators. Gumel, made this known at the opening of the Nigeria Association for Physical Health Education, Recreation, Sports and Dance (NAPHER-SD) sports administration course […]
The conference, scheduled to take place at the Finicky Event Center, Jibowu, Lagos on Saturday, 27th July, 2019, comes at the back of a successful maiden edition and is expected to host 400 aspiring footballers alongside football administrators/stakeholders at all levels. Ogu was part of the Super Eagles side that claimed bronze medals at the […]
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