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Nigeria’s Wahid Enitan Oshodi has been elected as the Executive Vice President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Wednesday November 24 in Houston, Texas, in the United States. Wahid Enitan Oshodi, Executive Vice President, International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)  From the 136 votes casted, Oshodi polled 116 which is the 85.29% of the total vote to emerge top among the 14 candidates that vie for the office of the Executive Vice Presidents. Oshodi is the second Nigerian to be elected to the world body after Segun George and he will serve along seven other Executive Vice Presidents elected at the AGM. Sweden’s Petra Sorling became the first woman to be elected as President of ITTF. She clinched the office of the 95-year-old international federation unopposed having been nominated by the Swedish Table Tennis Association and accepted by all the 226 member associations across the world. Egypt’s Alaa Meshref was reelected ...

As countries begin countdown to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next year, the Commonwealth Sports Foundation, Commonwealth Games Nigeria and School Sports Federation will be organising a Commonwealth Quiz competition for Secondary Schools in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. The objective of the programme is to educate the students on the history of the Commonwealth Games, promote social interaction amongst students, provide opportunity for them to meet new friends and encourage healthy competition. Two students and a teacher from twelve schools within the Surulere community will participate in the exercise. The programme will take place on Wednesday, November 24, at the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Hall, National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) hasfinally reached an agreement with the Gernot Rohr to terminate his contract which was was expected to run to December, 2022, on mutual grounds.  The NFF also agreed with Gernot Rohr's representatives to pay all his outstanding salaries and his total severance package on installmental basis.  Now there is a good news. The Nigeria football federation have concluded plans to employ 47 year old former Serbian National team coach Mladen Krstajić as new coach of the Super Eagles. NFF president Amaju Mekvin Pinnick will arrive London on Monday to seal the deal.  Krstajic led Serbia to the 2018 world cup in Russia where they failed to proceed beyond the group stage of the competition  After Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Cape Verde that saw the Super Eagles sail through to the final round of the world cup qualifiers, NFF president Amaju Melvin Pinnick and other board members met in the room of one of the Vice presidents.  Also at that m...

Foremost basketball exponent, Samuel Oguche says he was inspired to refurbish and renovate the Lokoja basketball court by an amazing gentleman called Mutari Bello. Murtari Bello, a philanthropist and respected gentleman, has been one of the major stakeholders in Kogi state basketball.     Oguche told news men that Mutari has kind of paved the way for this generation to do what they know how to do best. "He kinda gave me the encouragement to keep doing what I’m doing and he inspired me to build and renovate basketball courts across the state". Oguche shares how his collaboration with the iconic Mutari came to be and how the relationship with his basketball youth camps continues to evolve. "The game of basketball is evolving and necessary steps are needed to fast track the development of the game. Mutari made himself available for the sport to thrive and he's doing his best to assist private investors like us". He stated further that Mutari Bello inspired him to r...

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) President, Engineer Habu Ahmed Gumel has commended the Bayelsa State government led by His Excellency, Governor Douye Diri for accepting the offer to host the Nigeria Olympic Committee's Annual General Meeting (AGM) which is slated for 15-17, December 2021 in  Yenagoa. In a release issued by Phemmy Adetula, the NOC Public Relations Officer (PRO), Gumel extolled the sport loving governor for his massive support in sports development and the achievements recorded by Bayelsa State in 2021. Gumel said, "All roads lead to Yenagoa in December for the Nigeria Olympic Committee's Annual General Meeting. It was a seamless decision by the Bayelsa state government to accept the offer to host the two days event and I will like to specifically thank the Governor, His Excellency, Governor Douye Diri on behalf of the Nigeria Olympic Committee for the unflinching support. "Governor Douye Diri has demonstrated once again to be a pacesetter, and the ...

Striker John Okoli is optimistic that Al Mokawloon will recover from their unlucky loss to ENPPI in the last round of the Egyptian Premier League. Their last outing ended in a 3-2 defeat at Petrosport Stadium (al-Qāhirah (Cairo)) and the forward feels his team will redeem the situation on Thursday. While disclosing that his team will keep working hard to reverse their form, he is upbeat that Al Mokawloon can get things ticking again. "The main thing is that we are aware of what we are going through and what our situation is. We have three points and can perform better," Okoli told the Media. "Al Mokawloon is an intense team, which fits in goals and especially strong defensively. We have been working every day to win always. "We all know what we have to contribute, we are totally confident, we are all a pineapple.  "We have to win the game [against Tala'ea El Gaish]. It is not even a matter of choice or the team we are playing but we have to win on Thursday....

Board member of Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Major General Taritimiye Gagariga says he is passionate about the growth and development of volleyball at the grassroots level. Major General Gagariga disclosed this at the end of the three days Kontagora Volleyball Challenge, grassroots tournament held in the Nigerian Army Cantonment, Kontagora in Niger State from 27th to 31st October 2021. He revealed that his focus is to ensure youths who are yet to have the opportunity to participate in the centralised top level volleyball competitions in the Country would have an avenue to play the game in their various localities. He said, "I am passionate about the growth of volleyball at the lowest level which is the grassroot. No sporting nation can excel without the continuous production of players at the grassroots level. "All the elite players you see today did not just become star players; they started from the grassroots and this is why my focus is the continued organization of loca...

Rohr calls Musa, Ekong, Ndidi, 21 others for Liberia, Cape Verde   Head Coach Gernot Rohr has listed team captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain William Ekong, defenders Kenneth Omeruo and Leon Balogun, midfielders Wilfred Ndidi and Alex Iwobi, forwards Moses Simon and Victor Osumhen, as well as 16 others for Nigeria’s closing Group C games of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African race against Liberia and Cape Verde this month.   The Super Eagles will tackle the Lone Star of Liberia at the Grand Stade Tangier in Morocco on Saturday, 13th November and then fly into Lagos for the final group game against Cape Verde’s Blue Sharks at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Tuesday, 16th November.   Top of their pool with nine points but hotly chased by seven-pointer Cape Verde who host Central African Republic on the island of Mindelo, the Eagles need the three points against the Lone Star on the neutral turf of Morocco’s principal northern city to remain on firm ground when hosting the Bl...