All logistics, both human and material resources, to be used for the Inter-Clubs Competitions in Lagos State between now and the end of the year are ready. The Inter-Clubs Competitions, which will be organised by the 36 Sports Associations, are facilitated by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Social Development and the Grassroots Sports Development [...]
Yesterday, elections were held in 21 sports federations to usher in new president and vice presidents to govern sports bodies in the nest four year except boxing which election has been postponed to a latter day. Despite the controversy surrounded the elections held yesterday, it is obvious that the new board members will face herculean [...]
Lagos State is set to engage the services of 82 coaches that will work with the 37 sports associations in the state. The coaches will be on contract. Among them are three renowned coaches; Joe Mensah for Boxing, Suraju Onanuga for Volleyball and Samson Egbeyemi for Badminton. Others are four coaches for Athletics, two for [...]
Nigerian professional wrestlers under the umbrella of Nigerian Wrestling Federation, NWF, have given Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola an award. The honour, Good Governance and Peace Award, the federation says in a statement, is in recognition of Aregbesola’s effort to bring smiles on the faces of the people of Osun State through his good [...]
Ayilo Buraimoh, an Assistant Coach with the Lagos State Cycling Association, has urged incoming board of the association to concentrate on sponsorships, in order to be able to transform the sport. Buraimoh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the poor strides being made in the sport were because of a dearth [...]
Players of the Nigeria’s U-19 national cricket team are currently in camp fighting for shirts to represent Nigeria in the forthcoming ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifying Championship scheduled for Kampala, Uganda from 25-29 May. After a four-day trial, the Nigeria Cricket Federation, NCF, last Friday selected 18 players for a close camp. The players were [...]
The Lagos State Handball Association, LSHA, has said that it would send its coaches and officials on training within and outside the country, in a bid to help the growth of the sport in the state. The association’s Technical Director, Toyin Aluko, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Lagos that the association’s coaches [...]
