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Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
Coach Jose Mourinho and his Real Madrid players were last night in Moscow denied the opportunity of going into the second leg of the round of 16 matches of the European Champions League at the Bernabeu with the comfort of a first leg victory by hosts CSKA Moscow. In the first leg match played under [...]
Libyan soccer fans are celebrating the first international matches played since the conflict that ousted former strongman, Muammar Gaddafi. CSKA Sofia, the 31-times Bulgarian champions, were the first foreign team to play in Libya after the uprising against Gaddafi’s rule erupted on February 17 last year. Although the “Benina Martyrs” stadium in the eastern city [...]
A former Commonwealth Long Jump champion, Yusuf Alli, has advocated the need for a sustained grassroots sports development programme in the country, to nurture budding talents. Ali told our correspondent yesterday in Lagos that the Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s (AFN) current drive to reposition athletics was a step in the right direction. Ali was recently [...]
A multiple gold medalist for Rivers State in swimming at the 17th National Sports Festival, Garden City Games 2011, Dino Ebaracunmo, has said that he is looking forward to representing Nigeria in an international swimming competition. Ebarakunmo made this disclosure over the weekend during an interview with Tidesports in Port Harcourt. According to him, his [...]
Supporters of Wikki Tourist FC of Bauchi have expressed dissatisfaction with the team’s performance in the on-going Nigeria Premier League. The supporters, led by Haruna Gadau, met with the club’s management last weekend in Bauchi, and demanded the recruitment of experienced attackers to enhance the team’s goal-scoring ability. Gadau, who spoke on behalf of the [...]
The Lagos Liaison Officer, National Sports Commission (NSC), Taiwo Oreweme, has descried the vandalism of government property at the National Stadium by hoodlums who posed as sportsmen. Oreweme told newsmen in Lagos that measures had been taken to beef up security at the stadium to apprehend those who engaged in the act. She said that [...]
The Minister of Defence, Dr. Mohammed Bello, the armed forces would continue to promote sports and use it to build better military-civil relationship. Bello made the assertion last weekend in Abuja at the flag-off of the 2012 “International Military Sports Council (CISM) Day Run.” He described sports as a unifying factor that could bring people [...]
Victor Moses’ agent says the Wigan winger is finally ready to commit his international future to Nigeria. Moses is part of the Super Eagles squad to face Rwanda in a qualifier for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The 21-year-old was born in Nigeria but moved to the UK when he was 11 and played [...]
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba says he wants to stay at Stamford Bridge despite rumours of a move to China. The 33-year-old, who joined Chelsea in 2004, has been linked with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua, where former Blues team-mate Nicolas Anelka now plays. But Drogba told Tidesports source,: “I’m really happy where I am. I belong [...]
Asamoah Gyan has been urged by the Ghana Football Association to reconsider his decision to take a break from international football. The 26-year-old Sunderland striker, currently on loan at Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates, is unhappy at the “verbal abuse” that came his way during the recent CAF Africa Cup of Nations. “The [...]
