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Blessing Okagbare’s experience and bright performances will be a tonic to the track and field athletes of Team Nigeria when they begin competing from the July 30th. Alongside Blessing Okagbare are Eleven other athletes namely : Oluwatobi Amusan; Ese Brume; Divine Oduduru; Grace Nwokocha;Chukwuebuka Enewechi; Enoch Adegoke; Usheoritse Itshekiri; Patience Okon George; Imaobong Uko and Emmanuel Ojeli. Favour Ofili and Ruth Usoro both US based NCAA collegiate athletes, who came into the Nigerian Olympics radar late in the qualifiers have completed two of the three mandatory out of competition tests, OCT, required and are awaiting final clearance.   Ten Nigerian athletes  most of whom are alternates who have not fulfilled the three mandatory OCT tests required are in the process of taking their tests. They must take the final tests one day before competition. The process to get them tested has since been activated by the AFN. Athletics will commence on Friday, July 30 and Team...

President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) Engineer Habu Ahmed Gumel has urged the Nigerian contingent, "Team Nigeria" who will participate at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan to be worthy ambassadors of the country. Engineer Habu Ahmed Gumel President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC)  Gumel, on his arrival at the Narita Airport in Tokyo on Sunday spoke with the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Phemmy Adetula, that all our athletes and officials are most important. In his word, "I have to congratulate every athlete representing Nigeria at this games. They are our worthy ambassadors who have toiled day and night to bring glory to our great country. As you are representing Nigeria, you are representing yourselves and your families as well. So, it's very important that you represent well. Your whereabout before, during and after the games is key to us as Nigeria Olympic Committee and we implore you to stay clean and win clean medal...

The Soccer Temple Agege stadium came alive as Team Ikorodu emerged champions of the U-15 Eko Football/FCAAN tournament as they defeated Team Badagry 4-1 on penalties after both sides couldn`t find the back of the net at regulation time in a scintillating final.  The 4 day football tournament which included a Youth Coaches Training Program had Team Ikorodu goalkeeper Azeez Fatai stopping two of the Team Badagry's spot kicks. Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi who also double as the 1st Vice-president of the Nigeria Football Federation and the Chairman Youth Development Committee of the NFF was full of joy at witnessing the players exhibit quality skills and talent in the games played. The final was witness by top football personalities including LSFA Chairman Barr Seyi Akinwunmi, Mr. Lanre Said Board Member Lagos State Sports Commission, Mr. Mojeed Adegbindin Board Member LSFA, Mr. Dotun Coker Board Member LSFA, Coach Haruna Ilerika U-15 National Team Coach and Chairmen of Ikeja, Badagry, Lag...

  Governor, host assure of security Hon. Bukola Olopade, CEO, Nilayo Sports Marketing. With the maiden edition of the Airtel Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon just few hours away, the Headline sponsor of the race, Airtel Nigeria Limited and partner, Rite Food, the official beverage for the race, has urged the athletes to go for the ultimate prize as they welcomed them to the Ijebu Ode community and Ogun State. Speaking during the world press conference to herald the race, the CEO of the consultant for the race, Bukola Olopade, praised all the people that made the race happen especially the organisers, Ijebu Heritage Club. The former commissioner for sports in Ogun State started that all the Road Races in the state, starting from the Abeokuta 10km Race to the Remo Ultra Marathon and now the Ijebu Race were all babies of the state governor, Dapo Abiodun. "Road Races in Ogun state are all the governor babies as he agreed for the race to go round the state," Olopade said "I am ex...

With just 10 day to the  commencement of the Tokyo 2020  Olympics, Nigerians have been  assured  of an impressive  outing by Team Nigeria. Speaking during the Unveiling  of Team Nigeria kits and handing over  of the athletes to the Nigerian  Olympic committee at the State House Abuja on Monday,  Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr Sunday Dare said "As you all are aware, the preparations for the Olympics and Paralympics began long before the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the organizers of both events to postpone the Games to 23 July and 24 August 2021, respectively. These athletes will be flying the colours of our great country, Nigeria, in Tokyo in the coming days." "I want to use this opportunity to sincerely thank Mr. President and the members of the National Assembly for the unwavering support in terms of resources and provision of an enabling environment that made it possible for these athletes to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olym...

With the big kick-off now just 500 days away, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Regional Supporter and Official Logistics Provider GWC (Q.P.S.C.) has marked the milestone by highlighting the scale of its work surrounding the tournament. A fleet of GWC trucks made their way to the iconic Al Bayt Stadium to form an oversized number 500 in celebration of the occasion. The Qatar-based specialist in supply chain solutions is collaborating with FIFA, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy and the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC to implement logistics services before, during and after the competition, which will take place from 21 November to 18 December next year. “Strategic partnerships will play an essential role in a successful FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. We are very grateful to GWC for their support,” FIFA Director of Marketing Jean-François Pathy said. “It is also great to see one of our Regional Supporters deploying its expertise and infrastructure in such a creative way to celebrate th...

The Nigeria Football Federation and the Government of Maryland have highlighted and agreed on a number of co-operation programmes designed to enhance the development of football in the country Nigeria and the State of Maryland, an important mid-Atlantic State in the United States of America. At a meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday, 30th June 2021, President of the NFF and a Member of the FIFA Council, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick and the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, Boyd Rutherford agreed on a number of collaborative areas including but not limited to minimum of one friendly match with Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Super Falcons in FIFA window opportunities; utilization of the platform to create a symbiotic economic relationship in broader areas of economic development; leveraging of the Baltimore-Maryland 2026 platform/assets to create added value for NFF Sponsors for broader activations; focus on youth development programmes and; the development of a formal sister city relations...

Gombe State will on Saturday, 3rd July 2021 host football bigwigs in Northern Nigeria and the country at large. In a statement released by the media department of the State Football Association, the Association has concluded arrangements to honour men that have distinguished themselves in contributing to the development of the game of football in Gombe State and the country at large. The day long activities will include a courtesy visit on the Emir of Gombe, HRH Abubakar Shehu Abubakar III in his palace and Balah Waja, HRH Alhaji Muhammad Danjuma Muhammad. The draws for Gombe State League Two and Statewide League will be followed by the final of the 2020/2021 Gombe State FA League. The climax of the events will be the Award ceremony which His Excellency, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, the Executive Governor of Gombe State will be decorated with the award of Distinguished Leadership Award. Other award recipients include HRH Abubakar Shehu Abubakar III, Emir of Gombe, HRH Muhammad Danjuma Muham...