Rivers United technical manager, Stanley Eguma is upbeat about his side’s chances of recording a win over FC Ifeanyiubah in their second game of the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Super 4 tournament in Enugu. United lost 0-2 to NPFL champions, Enugu Rangers in their opening game on Wednesday with Chisom Egbuchulam scoring twice […]
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Nigeria Pillar Of Sports, Chief Donatus Agu Ejidike has charged athletes and officials participating in the National Youth Games on going in Ilorin, Kwara State, to put up their best performances and raise the standards at the games. He made this charge during a telephone chat from his Ilorin base. “I commend the organisers of […]
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Youth and Sports Minister Barrister Solomon Dalung has charged the Nigeria Football Federation to pay the U-23 National team’s Coach Samson Siasia. The Minister gave the charge when Siasia paid him a visit Monday in his office in Abuja. Siasia had visited with his wife Eunice to thank the Minister for his support to the […]
Giwa FC vs Rivers UTD
FC Ifeanyi Ubah vs Shooting
Rangers vs Ikorodu United
MFM vs Sunshine Stars
Lobi Stars vs El-kanemi Warriors
Akwa United vs Heartland
Abia Warriors vs Kano Pillars
Wikki Tourist vs Plateau United
Warri Wolves vs Rangers
Niger Tornadoes vs Nasarawa United
El-Kanemi Warriors vs Dolphins
Heartland vs FC IfeanyiUbah
Rangers Int’ vs Kano Pillars
Wikki Tourists vs Giwa FC
Nasarawa United vs FC Taraba
Kwara United vs Enyimba Int’
Abia Warriors vs Bayelsa United
Warri Wolves vs Lobi Stars
Sunshine Stars vs Abia Warriors
Shooting Stars vs Sharks
MEN’S ROUND OF 64 RESULTS
Enyimba W/O Nasarawa Feeders
Cardinal FC 2 Remo Stars 5
Junior Spotlight 1 Lobi Stars 4
Zabgai 0 Niger Tornadoes 1
Heartland FC 2 Bizi Cashless 1
Idah United 1 Spotlight FC 3
Kurmi Market 1 BJ Foundation 3
Kano Pillars W/O Zara FC (Gusau)
Plateau United 1 Shooting Stars 0
Akwa Starlets 1 Kwara United 2
ABU FC 1 Vs Ajiroba FC 1 (5-3 after penalties)
Giwa FC 2 Kukuruku Dragons 2 (6-7 after penalties)
Kaduna United 1 Enugu Rangers 1 (7-8 after penalties)
Makwada Warr. 2 Jigawa Stars 1
El-Kanemi Babes 0 Abia Warr. 1
Gabros FC 1 Chuson FC 0
Nembe City 0 Bayelsa United 3
J. Atete 3 Sunshine Stars 1
Christ Ambas. 1 Prime FC 2
FC Abuja 0 Wikki Tourists 2
Tornadoes Feeders 8 Shinkafi United 2
Doma United 0 Jalingo FC 2
Inter FC 1 Dolphins FC 2
Moje Queens 0 Golden Babes 0 (4-2 after penalties)
Oginni Queens 1 Rising Queens 1(4-5 after penalties)
FRSC FC 0 Sharks FC 1
Gateway W/O Binani FC
El-Kanemi Warr. 2 Kwara Academy 1
Nasarawa United 2 New Vision 1
Caliphate Warr. 0 Crown FC 4
Papilo FC 3 Gombe United 2
FC Taraba 3 Akampa United 0
Akwa United 6 Dallatu United 0
Peacemaker FC 3 New Stars 0
WOMEN’S FIRST ROUND
Moje Queens 0 Golden Babes 0 (4-2 after penalties)
Oginni Queens 1 Rising Queens 1(4-5 after penalties)
MEN’S ROUND OF 32 FIXTURES
Enyimba Vs Remo Stars
Lobi Stars Vs Niger Tornadoes
Heartland FC Vs Sharks FC
Spotlight FC Vs BJ Foundation
Kano Pillars Vs Plateau United
Gateway FC Vs El-Kanemi Warriors
Kwara United Vs ABU FC
Kukuruku Dragons Vs Enugu Rangers
Makwada Warriors Vs Nasarawa United
Abia Warriors Vs Crown FC
Gabros International Vs Bayelsa United
Papilo FC Vs FC Taraba
J. Atete FC Vs Prime FC
Akwa United Vs Peacemaker FC
Wikki Tourists Vs Tornadoes Feeders
Jalingo FC Vs Dolphins FC
. Matches take place July 8-9
WOMEN’S ROUND OF 16
Rivers Angels Vs COD United Ladies
Ibom Angels Vs Kogi Confluence Queens
Moje Queens Vs Edo Queens
Bayelsa Queens Vs Beautiful Tour Ladies
Osun Babes Vs Fortress Ladies
Delta Queens Vs Nasarawa Amazons
Rising Queens Vs FC Robo
Alberto Queens Vs Sunshine Queens
. Matches take place July 8-9
OSUN- PRIME VS AJIROOBA OONI
OYO- 3SC VS CROWN
PLATEAU- PLATEAU UNITED VS GIWA
SOKOTO- AA STARS VS SOKOTO NORTH
TARABA- FC TARABA VS JALINGO UNITED
GOMBE- GOMBE UNITED VS DOMA UNITED
IMO- HEARTLAND VS PAPILO
JIGAWA- JIGAWA GOLDEN STARS VS CBN CASHLESS
KADUNA- ABU ZARIA VS KADUNA UNITED
KOGI- FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE VS IDAH UNITED
KWARA- KWARA UNITED VS KWARA FOOTBALL ACADEMY
LAGOS- CHRIST AMBASSADORS VS NATH BOYS
AKWA IBOM- AKWA UNITED VS AKWA STARLETS
BAUCHI- WIKKI TOURISTS VS WUNTI
BAYELSA- BAYELSA UNITED VS NEMBE CITY
BENUE- LOBI STARS VS MIGHTY JUNIOR
CROSS RIVER- AKAMKPA UNITED VS BLACK CATS
DELTA- GOD’S TIME VS J. ATETE
EBONYI- CHUSON VS MGBO AMBASSADORS
EDO- BJ FOUNDATION V KUKURUKU DRAGONS
EKITI- NEW VISION VS MARACANA FC
ENUGU- RANGERS VS SAMBA
FCT- FRSC VS FC ABUJA
NASARAWA- NASARAWA UNITED VS NASARAWA FEEDERS
NIGER- NIGER TORNADOES VS TORNADOES FEEDERS
OGUN- REMO STARS VS GATEWAY
ONDO- SUNSHINE STARS VS PEACE MAKERS
*All matchs will be played this weekend across the nation
Formula1
Court Orders Sauber to Allow Van der Garde Race for them
formula1 driver Van der Garde has won a court case against his employers Sauber and the Judge as declared that the Driver has got an existing contract with the Formula1 company so he should be allowed to race for them.
Sauber had already signed Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson as driver for the 2015 season and they have already appealed the decision.
Tennis
Djokovic, Federer, Nadal And Murray Claim Top Seeds at Indian Wells
BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells
Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray have all been seeded in the top four of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
BNP Paribas Open, is an Hard Court competition which is categorised as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, takes place at Indian Wells, U.S.A. from the 12th of March 2015 to the 22nd of March 2015 with a total prize money $5,381,235 dollars.
Roger Federer Loses World Tennis Day exhibition to Grigor Dimitrov
Dimitrov won 6-2, 1-6, 7-5. The World Tennis Day exhibition game was played at the Madison Square Garden. Which also saw a 44 year old Gabriela Sabatini, defeat a 41 year old Monica Seles. This was to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their five-set 1990 WTA Finals match at the same venue.
Boxing
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr To Battle Andrzej Fonfara After One Year Lay-Off
The son of legendary Mexican icon and Hall of Famer
Mexican Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will battle Andrzej Fonfara in a light heavyweight fight on April 18 Carson, California, according to Goossen Promotions.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr who was banned for 9 months after testing positive for Marijuana following his loss to Sergio Martinez 2012 as only fourth twice against the same boxer Bryan Vera, and this will be his major bout after the Martinez loss.
Basketball
NBA
Kobe Bryant To Return For 20th Season
Los Angeles Lakers top man Kobe Bryant has confirmed that he would return for his 20th NBA Season with the Lakers. But he as refused to confirm if he would be playing basketball beyond the 2016 season.
The 36 Year old NBA Star who is Currently nursing a shoulder Injury Believes that he’s still got what it takes to continue playing in the NBA
NBA Fixtures
Kings 7:00 PM
Hornets
Bulls 7:00 PM
76ers
Grizzlies 7:30 PM
Celtics
Nets 7:30 PM
Heat
Clippers 8:00 PM
Thunder
Magic 8:00 PM
Bucks
* all times are Eastern time
Football
UEFA Champions League
Results and Fixtures
Tuesday, March 10
Porto 4-0 FC Basel
Real Madrid 3-4 Schalke 04
Wednesday, March 11
Bayern Munich 8:45 PM
Shakhtar
Chelsea 8:45 PM
Paris SG
Tuesday, March 17
Monaco 8:45 PM
Arsenal
Atlético Madrid 8:45 PM
Bayer Leverkusen
The Opening day of the African Youth Championship, Senegal 2015, saw the host nation fall to the Nigerian Under 20 team fondly called the flying Eagles by one goal to three 1-3, Taiwo Awoniyi got a brace while Ifeanyi Mathew scored the third goal for the Nigerians. the Senegalese goal was scored by Sidy Sarr.
The second Group A game ended ended in a one all draw with goals from Cote D’Ivoire’s Yakou Meite’s in the first half while Congo’s Junior Red Devils Striker Silvere Ganvoula Mboussy drew level in the second half.
Silvere Ganvoula Mboussy of the Congo was also voted the Orange Man of the Match
8 March 2015
Time: 16:30
Senegal 1-3 Nigeria
Venue: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
8 March 2015
Time: 19:30
Congo 1-1 Ivory Coast
Venue: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Below are fixtures for today’s Group B games
9 March 2015
Time: 16:30
Ghana v South Africa
Venue: Stade Caroline Faye, M’Bour
9 March 2015
Time: 19:30
Mali v Zambia
Venue: Stade Caroline Faye, M’Bour
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MOTORSPORT
Michael Schumacher’s 15-year old son Mick, will appear in Formula 4 from April with Dutch team Van Amersfoort. The race format is seen as a stepping stone for young drivers wanting to get to Formula One.
THE seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, Continues His Recovery From A Skiing Accident In 2013.
FORMULA1
McLaren test driver Kevin Magnussen will replace Fernando Alonso at the Australian Grand Prix following his crash during testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
The Albert Park Street Circuit in Melbourne grand prix which starts on the 15th of march 2015 will flag off the new Formula1 season and organisers have also mentioned that this will be the venue for at-least another five years.
BASKETBALL
NBA FIXTURES
Grizzlies 7:00 PM
Pelicans
Kings 7:30 PM
Heat
Pacers 7:30 PM
Knicks
Hawks 7:30 PM
76ers
Suns 7:30 PM
Cavaliers
Trail Blazers 8:00 PM
Timberwolves
Wizards 8:30 PM
Bucks
Rockets 9:00 PM
Nuggets
* all games played at Eastern time
GOLF
17 year old Lydia Ko has become the youngest player to win the LPGA Tour’s rookie of the year award. Ko has bettered the record previously set by
Laura Baugh in 1973, Baugh was 18 when she won the LPGA Tour rookie of the year.
TENNIS
DAVIS CUP
Defending champion Switzerland WHO ARE WITHOUT THEIR TOP PLAYERS LIKE ROGER FEDERER AND STANISLAS WAWRINKA ARE ON THE VERGE OF CRASHING OUT OF THE DAVIS CUP THEY TRAIL BELGIUM 2-1
BELGIUM 2, SWITZERLAND 1
GREAT BRITAIN 2, UNITED STATES 1
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan have provided a lifeline
BRITAIN’S TOP PLAYER Andy Murray will play American John Isner and then James Ward is scheduled to face Donald Young.
FOOTBALL
ITALY
Member clubs of Serie A in Italy have voted to give Parma a five million euro emergency fund to help the club finish their season.
players of the club have spoken out saying that they will pay for their own transport to and from games if necessary.
This lifeline will see Parma host Atalanta tomorrow and also give them the opportunity to honour the rest of their games this season.
Samuel Eto’o scores for Sampdoria
Samuel Eto’o broke his Sampdoria duck and may well end Gianfranco Zola’s Cagliari career, as the Blucerchiati won 2-0. The Cameroon Striker broke his duck in the 72 second minute and it is hoped that he would carrying on from here.
SPAIN
A 26th minute goal by Aduriz was all it took for Athletico to defeat table toppers Real Madrid as the race for the Liga BBVA hots up in spain.
Real Madrid still top the Liga with 61 points but a victory for Barcelona over Rayo Vallecano will the Catalan giants leapfrog Madrid into first place.
GERMANY
A Muller Brace and a lone goal from Xabi Alonso saw Bayern Munich defeat Hannover96 by 3-1. Hannover’s Hiyotake drew first blood in the 25th minute but Bayern showed what champions are made of by pulling one back almost immediately before confirming superiority with to more goals.
FRANCE
PSG Rolled out the big guns as usual when they faced Lens today, David Luiz Scored a freekick, Ibrahimovic scored a penalty while Matuidi and Pastore also registered their names on the scorers sheet it ended 4-1 with Touzghar scoring a lone goal for Lens.
ENGLAND
It was the Harry Kane Show once again as the Tottenham striker bagged a brace as Tottenham defeated BPL Strugglers QPR. Sandro scored QPR’s only goal in the tie. QPR 1-2 Tottenham.
FA CUP
Aston Villa 2-0 West Brom
Aston Villa have booked a place semi final berth at Wembley with their second victory in one week over West Brom. The major talking point of this match however was the pitch encroachment by fans at the end of the game.
NIGERIA
Nigeria’s Beach Soccer Team Popularly Known As The Supersand Eagles Today Lost Narrowly To Senegal.
The Supersand Eagles Put Up A Spirited Performance But Lost 5-6 To Senegal In The First Semi Final Of The Ongoing Power Horse Invitational Beach Soccer Tournament In Durban, South Africa On Saturday.
The Nigerian Under 23 Team Male Football Team
The U-23 National Team, Dream Team, Has Reached The Final Round Of Qualifiers For The Men’s Football Tournament Of The 11Th All-Africa Games, After A 2-0 Win Over Gabon’s U-23 Side In Abuja On Saturday. The Will Now Face Zambia In Their Bid To Win A Ticket For The Men’s Football Tournament Of The 11Th All-Africa Games.
Week 25 games were played in both Division A and Division B of The Nigerian National League over the weekend with only the Dss Fc vs FRSC FC game to come up Today Monday the 25th of August 2014.
Of the seven games played in Division A, and even the eight games in Division B, Plateau Utd’s away victory vs TEAP FC remains the only victory on the road this week. that game ended 1-2 in favour of Plateau Utd.
The Kwara Utd game versus Wikki Tourist In Ilorin Recorded the highest number of gaols in a single game this week in the NNL, with Kwara Scoring 4, while Wikki could only manage 1, to make it a total of 5 goals.
This has now brought Kwara Utd within one point of Wikki who seat on top of the Log with 44 points, while Kwara Utd follow closely on second with 43 points.
The Battle for Promotion in Division B as taken another twist as Shooting Stars lost to First Bank Fc of Lagos 1-0 at the Agege Stadium, while Rivals Gabros Fc Defeated Prime FC 1-0, Gabros and 3SC are now joint first with 41 points each, but Shooting top the league with a Superior goals difference.
The relegation battle is equally interesting if not more intriguing as just like the top of the table nothing much separates six teams at the bottom of both logs.
While its not looking good for Prisons FC, others relegation battlers like FRSC, TEAP and DSS are still in with a shout in Division A.
The Story is not different in Division B as Stationery Stores are now at the bottom of the log with 30 points, same with Unicem Rovers while COD Utd, Prime, Remo and Go Round are caught up in a massive battle for Survival.
DIVISION A WEEK TWENTY FIVE RESULTS
Mighty jets 3 – 0 Nig. Prisons FC
Kogi Utd 2 – 0 Jigawa G’ Stars
Sokoto Utd 1 – 0 Niger Tornadoes
Ranchers Bees 3 – 0 Adamawa Utd
Kwara Utd 4 – 1 Wikki Tourist
TEAP FC 1 – 2 Plateau Utd
Supreme Court 1 – 0 Spotlight FC
DSS FC vs FRSC FC (25/8/14)
SUMMARY
Total Matches Played 7
Total Goals Scored 16
No of Wins 7
No of Loses 7
No of Draws –
Away Wins 1
DIVISION B WEEK TWENTY FOUR RESULTS
Unicem Rovers 2 – 0 Stationery Stores
Akwa Starlet FC 2 – 1 Go-round
Ekiti Utd 3 – 1 Abia Comets
MFM FC 2 – 1 Gateway FC
FirstBank FC 1 – 0 Shooting Stars
Remo Stars 3 – 0 COD Utd
Gabros FC 1 – 0 Prime FC
ABS 0 – 0 Bendel Insurance
SUMMARY
Total Matches Played 8
Total Goals Scored 17
No of Loses 7
No of Draws 1
Away Wins –
No of Wins 7
WEEK 26 Fixtures Division A
ADAMAWA UTD VS KWARA UTD FC
WIKKI TOURISTS FC VS SOKOTO UTD
NIGER TORNADOES FC VS KOGI UTD
JIGAWA G’ STARS VS DSS FC
FRSC FC VS MIGHTY JETS FC
SPOTLIGHT FC VS TEAP FC
PLATEAU UTD VS RANCH BEES FC
NIG. PRISONS FC VS SUPREME COURT FC
WEEK 26 Fixtures Division B
ABIA COMETS FC VS GABROS FC
PRIME FC VS ABS FC
BENDEL INSURANCE FC VS AKWA STARLET FC
GO-ROUND FC VS UNICEM ROVERS FC
STATIONARY STORES FC VS REMO STARS FC
3SC VS MFM FC
GATEWAY UTD VS EKITI UTD FC
COD UTD VS FIRST BANK FC
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This year’s Men Federation Cup competition hits the Round of 16 stage on Thursday with a number of interesting fixtures, including three ties involving Premier League teams.
Two former champions, El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri and Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt will lock horns at the Lafia Township Stadium, while two-time African champions Enyimba FC of Aba trade tackles with Nembe City at the Akure Township Stadium in Akure.
The Enyimba International Stadium, Aba will host the clash between Crown FC of Ogbomoso and Nasarawa FC of Lafia.
Sharks FC of Port Harcourt and Dynamite of Benin City will battle the Kayode Oluyemi Stadium in Ado-Ekiti; Giwa FC, conquerors of Enugu Rangers in the last round will try to get the better of Bendel Insurance in Ilorin and; Lobi Stars of Makurdi take on Plateau United of Jos at the Minna Township Stadium.
Bayelsa United, which pipped FRSC of Abuja 2-1 to get to this stage, will seek a quarter final ticket at the expense of Gateway FC of Abeokuta at the FIFA Goal Project, Abuja, with Prime FC of Osogbo also up against First Bank of Lagos at the Sam Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City.
ROUND OF 16 FIXTURES (THURSDAY, 17TH JULY)
Enyimba FC Vs Nembe City – Akure
Sharks FC Vs Dynamite FC – Ado-Ekiti
Crown FC Vs Nasarawa United – Aba
Bendel Ins. Vs Giwa FC – Ilorin
Lobi FC Vs Plateau United – Minna
El-Kanemi FC vs Dolphins FC – Lafia
Bayelsa United Vs Gateway FC – Goal Project, Abuja
First Bank Vs Prime FC – Benin City
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