Tag: National Sports Festival
‘Team Taraba To Prepare For Calabar 2014’
The Coach of Taraba female football team, Lasisi Salihu, said that their presence at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival…
National Sports Festival: Anambra Athletes Protest Poor Treatment
Members of Team Anambra at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos on Wednesday protested what they called the…
Ogbukwo Wants Shotput Properly Funded
Gold medalist for Team Delta State in the shotput event of the ongoing National Sports Festival, NSF tagged ‘Eko 2012’,…
I’m Glad To Make Delta State Proud
Brume Ese, 16, won a gold medal in the long jump event at the ongoing National Sports Festival, tagged ‘Eko…
National Sports Festival: Ogun Coach Hails Cricket Team
Kehinde Olabiwonnu, coach of Team Ogun Cricket squad, has commended his team for winning a gold medal at the ongoing…
National Sports Festival: Lagos Boxers Cruise To S/Finals
Having promised to surpass their 7 gold medal feat at the Garden City Games in Port Harcour, Rivers State, Five…
How Boxers ‘Duped’ Lagos To Compete For Other States
Although, Team Lagos are featuring a dazzling array of talents in the male and female boxing events of the ongoing…
SPORTS FESTIVAL: Team Delta Rule Games With 53 Gold
The race to the top spot of the 18th National Sports Festival, tagged ‘Eko 2012’ is getting tougher, but Team…
Adeyemo Eye Olympic Medal
David Adeyemo, who won two gold medals for Bayelsa State in the weightlifting event of the National Sports Festival holding…
Nigerian sports festival: Day 7 Round up
Delta, Kano fined N50, 000 each for using ineligible weightlifters The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) on Tuesday fined Delta and…
Weightlifting: Okonkwo Dedicates 3 Gold To Rivers People
Carol Okonkwo, a Team Rivers weightlifter, has dedicated the three gold medals she won to the people of the state…
Games In Crucial Stage, As Athletics Begins
The 2012 National Sports Festival enters the crucial stage today, as the athletics event commenced at the tartan tracks of…
Olanrewaju Dreams Wheelchair Gold
One thing that Olajumoke Olanrewaju wants is to claim a gold medal in the wheelchair athletics event of the ongoing…
Eko 2012 Winners For Rio Olympics
The Technical and Performance Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Deji Aliu has hinted that the AFN is…
Gombe Fans Beat Up Kwara Coach
Hell was let loose on Sunday when irate football fans of Team Gombe descended on the coach of Kwara State…
Squash Gold Excites Ondo Coach
Aina Ojo, the Head Coach of Squash Racquets, Team Ondo, is happy for contributing to the state winning a gold…
NCF Official Applauds Players’ Enthusiasm
George Wiltshire, General Manager of Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), on Sunday applauded the level of enthusiasm being exhibited by cricketers…
Sports Festival: Anambra Disgraced Over Cameroonian Mercenary
Team Anambra have been disgraced for fielding a mercenary and breaking the rules of the ongoing National Sports Festival. The…
Team Lagos Can Not Intimidate Edo State
Adeleke Safiat scored four goals, as Edo State ran riot against Team Kaduna State in a female football event of…
Eko 2012: Delta walkover Adamawa
Team Delta on Saturday continued its dominance of the male football event of the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival in…
Foreigners In Festival, A DisgraceTo Nigeria –Oshikoya
The 18th National Sports Festival, which enters the fourth day on Friday, 30 November, 2012, may not yield the expected…
Athletes Rue Blackout At Unilag Hostel
The athletes at the hostels of the University of Lagos are not finding it easy with life, as epileptic supply…
Cricket: Lagos, Rivers In 2nd Round
Hosts, Lagos State, Rivers and Ogun have qualified for the second round of the cricket event of the ongoing 18th…
Usman Eyes Dambe Gold
Amoo Usman, who is representing Lagos State in the 65kg of Dambe event of the ongoing National Sports Festival has…
I’m Ready To Play For National Team
Elizabeth Ike is representing Plateau State in the female hockey event at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival, tagged ‘Eko…
Federation Hunts For 8 Judokas
The Nigeria Judo Federation (NJF) said that it would discover just eight talented judokas at the ongoing 18th National Sports…
Agege Stadium’s Scoreboard Dead!
Fans have expressed disappointment over the non-functioning of the scoreboard at the Agege Stadium venue for the Women Football event…
Lagos Traffic Shifts Matches At Onikan
Due to traffic congestion on the Lagos Island, the Main Organising Committee, MOC of the Eko 2012 National Sports Festival,…
Why Team Ogun Rejected Yabatech’s Hostel –Official
The Ogun Sports Council has said that the reason behind its rejection of the Yaba College of Technology, Yabatech’s hostel…
Andy Warns Opponents
Collins Andy, a Para Table Tennis Player for Team Akwa Ibom has warned his opponents not to underrate him in…