Fiji Hosts AIBA Forum of Oceania on February 22nd 2020

AIBA Continental Forum for Oceania is scheduled for February 22 in the city of Nadi, Fiji. This event would be second continental forum after successful start in Panama City. European Forum is scheduled for February 29 in Assisi, Italy, and the rest two dates for Asian and African forums will be announced soon. There are […]

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2020 CAVB Continental Cup: Men’s Continental Cup Second Round Qualifiers Confirmed

The complete lineup for 2020 Men’s Continental Cup confirmed after the 20 teams participating in this round determined at the end of the Sub-Zonal phase of the competition held in the preliminary 10 pools. The qualifiers for the second round are Tunisia (Pool 1), Gambia, Sierra Leone (Pool 2). Ghana, Togo (Pool 3), Niger, Nigeria […]

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ACCESS BANK LAGOS CITY MARATHON: ValueJet joins the marathon family as Expo begins on Monday

The Central Car Park of the Teslim Balogun Stadium Surulere promises to be a beehive of activity from Monday 27th of January, 2020 as the Expo for the 2020 edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon begins. Similarly, over the weekend in faraway Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Project Consultant for the Access Bank […]

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Nigeria’s Players Union Frowns at Indiscriminate Sack of Players by Nigerian Clubs

The National Association of Nigerian Professional Footballers (NANPF) has frowned at what has been described as indiscriminate sacking of players by some Nigerian football clubs. In a statement released by the union’s communication department and signed its president, Tijani Babangida, MON, it unequivocally regarded the acts of sacking who are contracted to the clubs during […]

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Ekiti Celebrates First National Sports Festival Football Ticket After 22 years

It was celebrations galore in Ado-Ekiti and its environs in Ekiti state, as football fans and stakeholders danced and jubilated the state qualification for the football event of the national sports festival tagged NSF Edo 2020. Ekiti state football team picked the second ticket for the NSF football event alongside Lagos State that hosted the […]

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Italy To Host AIBA European Forum on February 29

AIBA European Continental Boxing Forum takes place in the city of Assisi, Italy on February 29. National Federations are sending confirmations on participation at this important meeting. First AIBA Continental Forum was held on January 18, in the Panama City, Panama. In total, 38 federations attended the event leaded by AIBA Interim President Dr Mohamed […]

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TEN CITIES ACROSS FOUR CONTINENTS TO HOST GOLD MEETINGS IN 2020 CONTINENTAL TOUR

The full ten-meeting schedule for the 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour (Gold level) has been finalised with the addition of Nairobi, which will be the first African host city. The pilot year of the $US2 million Gold meeting series will now visit four continents – Africa, Asia, Europe and North America – with the first […]

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Rugby Union To Return Nigeria’s National Sports Festival 2020

Rugby Union is set to return to the National Sports Festival 2020 after a ten year absence having missed out in the last three editions held in Lagos, Rivers and Abuja. The Nigerian National Sports Festival is a biennial multi-sport event organised by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Sports Commission for athletes […]

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FINA Champions Swim Series 2020: Shenzhen and Beijing Successfully Inspire Swimming Stars

The 2020 edition of the FINA Champions Swim Series was successfully hosted in Shenzhen (CHN, January 14-15) and Beijing (CHN, January 18-19), with 70 stars from 26 nations being invited to this prestigious event. Throughout the two legs – with 28 individual races and two relay events each -, many Olympic and World Championships’ medallists […]

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Wrestling: Oborududu Climbs To Career-High No. 3, Adekuoroye Returns To No. 2 In World Rankings

Commonwealth champion Blessing Oborududu (68kg) has moved up to a career-high No. 3 in the latest world rankings released by the United World Wrestling, following her impressive outing at the recently-concluded Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series tournament in Rome, Italy, where she won a bronze medal. Obourududu (30pts) jumped four places from 7th in the previous […]

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“We’re building for the future” Bayo Olanlege, Ekiti FA Boss…Unveils Management For State Youth Teams

“We’re building for the future” Bayo Olanlege, Ekiti FA Boss…unveils management for state youth teams Akeem Busari The board of Ekiti Football Association ably led by Bayo Olanlege, Saturday, in Ado-Ekiti unveiled the management of the state youth teams. The youth teams which comprises the U13, U16 and the U19, will be lead by a […]

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Robert Keter’s World 5km Record of 13:22 Ratified By World Athletics

Robert Keter’s world 5km record of 13:22 has been ratified. Keter, who was something of an unknown when he lined up for the Urban Trail Lille 5km on 9 November, upstaged a quality field to take seven seconds off the previous world record. Keter made his way to the front before the second pacemaker dropped […]

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