Tag: Sports Festival
Ambode orders sports festival for physically challenged athletes
Taiwo Adelu Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has ordered that from next year, an annual sports festival mainly for physically challenged athletes…
Ekiti state postpones sports festival
The western Nigerian state of Ekiti State has postponed till next year a sports festival scheduled for next month. The…
Table Tennis Coach Advises On Players’ Contracts
Michael Oyebode, Coach of Lagos State Table Tennis Association (LSTTA), has urged state associations to involve the Nigeria Table Tennis…
Sports Festival: Food Vendors Make A Kill At Venues
Traders at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos and other centres hosting the 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos State have…
Bisiriyu Promises Lagos 11 Gold Medals
Wasiu Bisiriyu, the Head Coach of Lagos State Amateur Boxing Association, says his team are good enough to win 11…
Sports Festival: Team Akwa Ibom Will Make An Impact
The Director of Sports, Akwa-Ibom State Sports Council, Anedi Dickson, said on Monday that Team Akwa Ibom would be the…
Sports Festival: LOC Drills Security Volunteers
In an effort to ensure that all its security personnel, functions well, the Local Organising Committee, LOC, of the 2012…
Festival Has Lost Its Glamour —Obajimi
With three weeks remaining before the start of the 2012 National Sports Festival in Lagos, Nigeria’s foremost athletics administrator, Mrs.…
Sports Festival: 16 Govs Storm Lagos For Flag Hoisting
Sixteen serving governors have confirmed their readiness to storm Lagos tomorrow for the hoisting of the 18th National Sports Festival,…
SPORTS FESTIVAL: Team Lagos Eye 18 Gold Medals
Edet Ibanga, Head Coach of Lagos State Traditional Sports Association, has reiterated the team’s determination to win 18 out of…
Sports Festival: Ogunjobi Targets Football Final
Chairman of Osun State Football Association, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi has disclosed that his target is to play Team Lagos in…
Eko 2012: Hope Rises For Edo Chess Team
The hopes of Edo State Chess team hauling medals in the forthcoming National Sports Festival (NSF) billed for Lagos was…
Balogun Targets Gold In Judo
Lagos State Judoka, Gideon Balogun says he will win a gold medal in the Judo event of the forthcoming National…
Yaba LCDA Honours Ibile Games’ Champions
More than hundred of athletes who represented Yaba Local Council Development Area, LCDA in the last Lagos State Sports Festival…
Lagos Volleyball Coach Boasts Ahead Of Sports Festival
By Sunday Akintoye Head Coach of Lagos State Volleyball Association, Taiwo Oladipupo, has expressed confidence in his teams, boasting that…
Nwamuda Targets 3 Boxing Gold
By Jordan Olanipekun Professional boxing coach, Sunday Nwamuda believes some of his trainees would make him proud at the National…
Judoka Calls For More Tourneys
A female Judoka and silver medalist in the weightlifting event at the recently-held Lagos State Sports Festival, Adewunmi Akintunde, has…
‘Lagos Cricket Team’ll Win Two Gold Medals’
Lagos has been assured two gold medals in the cricket events of the National Sports Festival, which the state will…
Adijat Targets Kick-Boxing Glory
A National Sports Festival bronze medalist, Atanda Adijat, has assured Lagos State that she will win a gold medal at…
No More Mercenaries In Lagos Sports —Fashola
The Lagos State Sports Festival, tagged Ibile Games 2012 came to an end on Saturday with the State Governor, Babatunde…
We Discovered Talents At Ibile Games —Adedimeji
Chairman, Lagos State Weightlifting Association, LSWA, Navy Captain Babatunde Adedimeji (retd) in this interview with BIMBO AJAYI, spoke about the…
Curtain Falls On Ibile Games
The grand finale of the Lagos State Sports Festival, tagged Ibile Games 2012 will hold tomorrow at the Teslim Balogun…
Ibile Game 2012: ‘Judo Has Helped Me In Weightlifting’
A silver medalist in weightlifting at the ongoing Lagos State Sports Festival, tagged Ibile 2012, Adewunmi Akintunde, has revealed that…
Akerele Applauds Wushu Kungfu
Presisident of the Lagos Wushu Kungfu Association, Olusesan Akerele, has rated high the standard of wushu kungfu at the ongoing…
Ibile Games: Yaba LCDA Maintains Top Spot
Yaba LCDA has maintained its class in the ongoing Lagos State Sports Festival, tagged “Ibile Games” aimed at preparing athletes…
I’ll Make Lagos Proud At Festival —Shogbesan
Former skipper of the Lagos State U-18 boxing team, Sikiru Shogbesan, has vowed to do the state proud at the…
Ibile Games Hot Up In Lagos
The Lagos State Multi-Sports Festival, Ibile Games which kicked off on Monday produced medal winners on the first day as…
2012 National Sports Festival: Shooting Federation Promise 5 Gold Medals
Despite the uncertainty that surrounds their participation at this year’s National Sports Festival, the Lagos State Shooting Federation, LSSF, have…
Lagos To Host Successful Ibile 2012
Lagos State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Enitan Oshodi has reiterated government’s commitment to host a successful Lagos State Sports…
Lagos Sports Festival: ‘Ibile Games For Senior Secondary Schools’
The Lagos State Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Social Development, Wahid Oshodi, has cleared the air on the eligibility of…