Vice President of Nigeria Judo Federation, NJF, Olakitan De Souza, has expressed confidence in Nigerian judokas to secure tickets to feature at the London Olympics during the African Judo Championship in March. De Souza is convinced that Nigerian judokas will perform well in the African tourney which is also a qualifying championship for the Olympic [...]
Handball Federation of Nigeria, HFN, has postponed the National U-18 Handball Championship, for both male and female, scheduled to hold in Sokoto from 23 February to 4 March, 2012 indefinitely. General Secretary of the Federation, Olusola Luke, said in a statement that the postponement was due to the security situation in the northern part of [...]
Nigeria Cricket Federation, NCF, has approved that Imo State will host the 3rd edition of National Women’s Championship. In a letter to the Chairman of Imo State Cricket Association, dated 25 January, 2012, the General Manager/Chief Operating Officer of NCF, George Wiltshire stated that the federation has approved the request for Imo State to host [...]
Former President of the Nigeria Cycling Federation, NCF, Moses Iloh, has said that it is only revolution that will rescue Nigerian sports from its present quagmire. Speaking Monday on the topic “2012 London Olympic Games: Whither Nigeria?” at a Town Hall meeting organised by the National League of Veteran Journalists, NLVJ at the National Stadium, [...]
A new twist was added to the drama at the public hearing by the National Assembly House Committee on Sports when the National Sports Commission, NSC, revealed in a document submitted to the Committee that N1.2million was spent to get a facebook page for the Commission. Facebook is a social website and it is a [...]
Defending champions, Team Ogun, have issued a warning note to hosts, Team Lagos not to dream of winning the gold medal of the hockey event in the 2012 National Sports Festival slated for November this year. Ogun State hockey male team defeated their counterparts from Rivers State 5-4 via penalty shootouts after one goal a [...]
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has inaugurated a 29-member Local Organising Committee, LOC for the 2012 National Sports Festival, NSF to be hosted by Lagos in November. The LOC is chaired by the Deputy Governor of Lagos, Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, while the Vice Chairman is the Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Social Development, Mr. [...]