Two Commissioners in Lagos State have been summoned by the state House of Assembly over an alleged illegal funding of the Junior League Board. The Commissioners are Enitan Oshodi of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and his counterpart in the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ademorin Kuye. They were invited following concerns [...]
Yaba LCDA has maintained its class in the ongoing Lagos State Sports Festival, tagged “Ibile Games” aimed at preparing athletes in the state for the 18th National Sports Festival, NSF, to be hosted by the state in November. The festival enters its fifth-day today. At the Games, Yaba athletes have maintained their lead since the Festival commenced [...]
Tony Osheku, a member of the coaching crew of Nigeria Olympic Athletics Team, has said that US-based Amaechi Morton will deliver for the country in the coming Olympic Games in London. The Nigerian born athlete last weekend at the Hayward Field in Eugene Oregon, won his first Pac-12 Championship title in a time of 48.95 [...]
The United States Olympic Committee, USOC’s media summit wrapped up recently with no bold predictions but plenty of expectations as American athletes again look to top the medals table in London. The United States has led the Summer Games medal count since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and while the USOC was reluctant to put a [...]
Cuban 110 meters hurdler Dayron Robles will participate in two competitions included in the IAAF Diamond League, scheduled for the US cities Eugene and New York in June. Robles, Olympic champion and current world record holder (12.87 seconds) in the 110 meter hurdles, will then run for the first time in the United States, said [...]
Reigning national 100m champion, Blessing Okagbare will be the only Nigerian athlete that will compete on Saturday in Shanghai, China, where the second leg of the 14-meeting series IAAF Diamond League will hold. The Beijing Olympic long jump medallist will be competing in the 200m event and will attempt to run faster than the 22.70 [...]
Yaba LCDA are leading the Medals table at the on-going Lagos State Sports Festival, Ibile Games 2012 with 7 Gold, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze medals, followed by Ibeju-Lekki LCDA with 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 7 Bronze. Ifako-Ijaiye LGA are in the third position with 3 Gold, No Silver and 1 Bronze. Alimosho LG [...]
