Africa: Handball Team Set for Bamako Championship

The Gambia U-20 female handball team are expected to participate in the second edition of the Africa Challenge female Zone II competition in Bamako, Mali,...

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Nigeria: Team Reach U-20 Women’s Final

Nigeria national U-20 women's team, the Falconets yesterday continued their impressive run in the FIFA organized football tournament by edging out hard fighting Colombians 1-0...

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Nigeria: Our Women Rule the World

NIGERIANS are in celebration after the scintillating performance of the Falconets in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The 4-2 (penalty shoot outs) defeat of the...

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Nigeria: The Real Amazons of Nigerian Football

Sunday, July 25: Nigerians returned from the Sunday Mass to the cheering news of the national Women U-20 football team that outscored their USA counterparts...

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Nigeria: Fifty-Six Battle for the Soul of the Nation’s Football

The Nigeria Football Association, NFA, no doubt remains one of the most attractive jobs in the land. And as the zero hour to the election...

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Nigeria: Senate President Launches Foootball Club Tomorrow

The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark will tomorrow present to the general public a new football club, Apa United Football Club of Otukpo...

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Nigeria: Adamawa Denies Moniedafe Nomination

A former Nigerian international, Francis Moniedafe has also been denied nomination for the forthcoming NFA election by Adamawa state FA. The Bendel Insurance central defender...

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Africa: Okagbare, Adigun Deliver Gold, Metu, Ogho Fail

Nigeria's greatest hope for a medal at the African Championships, Blessing Okagbare lived up to expectation when she blew away the field to win the...

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Nigeria: Country Wins Pepsi-ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifying Series

The Nigerian U19 team to the Pepsi ICC Cricket World Cup qualifying series Africa Division 2 tournament currently holding in Swaziland has emerged winner with...

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Nigeria: Delta FA Decides Fate of Okocha, Eselemo

As activities hot up for positions into the board of the Nigeria Football Association NFA, the board of the Delta State Football Association will on...

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Nigeria: Okagbare, Adigun Deliver Gold, Metu, Ogho Fail

Nigeria's greatest hope for a medal at the African Championships, Blessing Okagbare lived up to expectation when she blew away the field to win the...

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Nigeria: At Last, NOC Election Holds Sept 16

The Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC) has scheduled September 16 as the date for its Annual General Meeting, where elections into the various Executive Committee positions...

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Nigeria: Falconets-First African U-20 Women Side to Reach a World Cup Finals

Nigeria yesterday became the first African team to reach the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup final as they overcame Columbia with a 2nd-minute strike by...

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Four fined over SA ‘racist video’

Four white South Africans are fined $2,700 (£1,700) each after making a video humiliating black university...

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Nigeria: ETB Presents Cars to 17th National Sports Festival LOC

Equitorial Trust Bank, the Lead Bank sponsor of the 17th National Sports Festival (Garden City Games 2010) holding in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital,...

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Nigeria: African Championships -Nation Set to Sweep Sprint Medals

Nigerian women sprinters lived up to their rating in the opening day of the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi, Kenya...

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Nigeria: Injury Stops Uche, Again

Ikechukwu Uche has suffered a setback in his bid to return from injury and will miss his country's forthcoming friendly with South Korea. But the...

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Nigeria: The Nation Benefits From London 2012

Nigeria joined twelve other countries in the world when she launched the British Council International Inspiration, a United Kingdom led school sports development programme inspired...

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South Africa: Impact of the Recession on the Hospitality Industry

The recession has plagued both the domestic and international economies for almost three years. We are regularly bombarded with a slew of statistics regarding the...

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Nigeria: We Did It for Africa

Proprietors of Southern Sun Hotel in Lagos has defended the reason they did so much to bring the recently concluded World Cup Finals of South...

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Nigeria: Today is ‘Thunder’ Balogun Memorial

Nigeria's legendary footballer icon, late Teslim "Thunder" Balogun will be the subject of celebration today, which marks his anniversary of his transition. Activities of the...

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Nigeria: Sports Commissioners Demand New Date

The prospect of the board election of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) holding in Lagos on August 21 now looks unlikely after sports commissioners from...

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Nigeria: Nation Pick Sole Ticket in Swaziland

With 149 runs recorded to beat Swaziland in their last match of the ICC Africa Division 2 Cricket World Cup Qualifier going on in Swaziland...

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Nigeria: Another in Plan to Return the Sport to Old Popularity Ratings, Says Federation

Arrangements have been concluded for the successful hosting of the National Under-18 and Under-21 Handball Championship slated to kick off tomorrow in Minna, the Niger...

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Nigeria: Best Western Partners Lagos for Youth Cup

The Public-Private Partnership initiative of the Lagos State Government received a big boost with the partnering of Best Western Island Hotel with the Government on...

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Nigeria: Falconets Fly On to the Final

Nigeria became the first African team to reach the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup final as they overcame Columbia with a 2nd-minute goal in Bielefeld....

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Mugabe’s sister dies in Zimbabwe

Sabina Mugabe, the younger sister of Zimbabwe's president has died, aged...

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Rwanda: Mukasakindi 8th in 5000m

CLAUDETTE Mukasakindi clocked 16 minutes, 27 seconds and 92 micro seconds to finish 8th in the women's 5000m at the on-going African Championship in...

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Rwanda: Tumaine Unfazed By First Leg Defeat

20 football captain Tumaine Ntamuhanga does not doubt for one second that the Junior Wasps will knock out Congo Brazzaville in the return leg of...

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Rwanda: PSD Candidate Promises to Transform Tourism Industry

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) Presidential aspirant, Dr. Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo, has promised to step up efforts to promote tourism once he is elected as...

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