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18th Sports Festival Begins In Lagos

The 18th National Sports Festival, tagged Eko 2012 begins in Lagos today. The festival, which will feature over 12,000 athletes,…

La Liga: Barca Not There Yet —Coach

Barcelona boss Tito Vilanova has stressed that La Liga title race is not over, despite his side opening up an…

Benitez Vows To Surprise Chelsea Boo Boys

Rafa Benitez vowed to win over the Chelsea hate mob after a vicious welcome to Stamford Bridge. Fans booed as…

Osaze’s West Brom 3rd On EPL Table

Before Saturday, the last time West Bromwich Albion had won four top flight matches on the bounce, Bryan Robson was…

Gov Ahmed Charges Team Kwara On Discipline

Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed of Kwara has advised the athletes who would represent the state at the 18th National Sports Festival…

Karate’ll Dominate Nigeria Sports —Kurumeh

Although a new sport in Nigeria, Head Coach of the Golden Martial Art Academy, Henry Kurumeh, has predicted that karate…

Congo club win CAF confederation cup

AC Leopards of Congo Brazzaville completed a CAF Confederation Cup fairytale on Sunday by defeating visiting Djoliba from Mali 2-1…

In Pictures: Body builders flaunt muscles

Body builders are taking part in the World Classic Bodybuilding championship organised by the International Federation of Body Building and…

West Brom spank Sunderland to go third

West Bromwich Albion continued their superb start to the Premier League season with a 4-2 win at Sunderland on Saturday…

Bolt, Allyson win athletes of the year

(AFP) – Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix were named the International Amateur Athletics Federation’s athletes of the year on Saturday.…

Reports: Redknapp to take charge of QPR

Harry Redknapp hopes to be confirmed as the new Queens Park Rangers manager very shortly, he told Sky Sports television…

Bolt eyes more gold at Commonwealth Games

Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt now wants to add Commonwealth Games gold to his medal haul after…

Nadal to make Abu Dhabi, Doha return

Rafael Nadal will end his six-month, injury-enforced absence from tennis by playing back-to-back tournaments in the Gulf before launching his…

Referee Clattenburg in Mikel Obi’s case returns

Referee Mark Clattenburg will return to action this weekend after being cleared of racially abusing Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel, the…

Brazil sack Mano Menezes

Mano Menezes was sensationally sacked as coach of five-time world champions Brazil on Friday, dealing a hammer blow to the…

Ebonyi’ll Adhere To Rules –Utobo

The Director, Ebonyi Sports Council, Dr Emma Utobo, said that participating in the bi-ennial National Sports Festival (NSF) is of…

‘Elite Athletes Bad For Games’

Cecilia Arinye, an International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Blue-Badged Umpire decried the use of elite athletes by the states in…

Ekiti’s 150-Man Team Ready

The Ekiti State Director of Sports, Olukayode Adewunmi, said that Team Ekiti’s compact 150-man contingent for the 18th National Sports…

National Sports Festival: Plateau To Present 399 Contingent

The Plateau Commissioner for Sports Development, James Yakubu, said that a contingent of 399 athletes and officials would represent the…

Ondo Volleyball Team Vow To Defend Title

The Ondo State Volleyball team said that they ready to defend the title they won at the 17th National Sports…

Lagos SWAN Cup: TheNews Draw NTA, Vanguard

The football team of THENEWS/P.M.NEWS, have been drawn to play in Group D of the 2012 Lagos Sports Writers Association…

Nwankwo Kanu: I can’t be a coach

Former captain of the Nigerian national team, Nwankwo Kanu has revealed that he will never become a coach. Reports in…

Man City out of Champ League: Match reports

PARIS(AFP) – Manchester City’s second flirtation with the Champions League ended as the first on Wednesday in a deeply frustrating…

Benitez replaces Di Matteo at Chelsea

Chelsea appointed Rafael Benitez as their interim first team-manager until the end of the season on Wednesday after the European…

Boxing legend Macho Camacho battles for life

MIAMI (AFP) – Former three time world boxing champion Hector “Macho” Camacho was fighting for his life Wednesday after being…

Henry Returns To Arsenal

Former Arsenal skipper, Thierry Henry could make a sensational return to the Emirates, for a loan spell when the Major…

Ideye Dreams Kiev’s Progress

Dynamo Kiev forward Brown Ideye is dreaming that his side qualify for the next round of the EUFA Champions League.…

Pistorius Vows To Break Rival’s Leg

Oscar Pistorius returned from the London Olympic games to find that his girlfriend had allegedly cheated on him. Enraged by…

Man City Dread Real’s Ronaldo

The fear of Cristiano Ronaldo is the beginning of wisdom for Manchester City stars, as the English champions face a stern test…

Nigeria Ready For African Scrabble Tourney

President of Nigeria Basketball Federation, Engineer Toke Aka, tells Bamidele Olowosagba about the state of preparedness of Nigerian players to…