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...”
The Benin U-16 Coca-Cola Football team has lifted the zone C trophy – the Coco-Cola Copa Cup. To emerge champions, the Benin team defeated Enugu, 2-0 in the finals played at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium. The organisers of the tournament said they used the FIFA Youth Football competition format of a round robin and knockout, [...]
Co-sponsors of the Intels cup football competition in Ogu, Intels Nigeria Limited is set to commission the Ogu mini stadium, constructed by them for the community tomorrow as the first edition of the competition rounds off. The epoch – making ceremony slated for Ogu, the headquarters of Ogu/Bolo Local government Area will have the finals [...]
The Delta State Government has inaugurated an 18-member Central Organising Committee to ensure adequate preparation for 18th National Sports Festival, tagged “Eko 2012’’ in Lagos. Inaugurating the committee in Asaba early in the week, the state’s Deputy Governor, Prof. Amos Utuama, said its primary function would be to oversee the preparation of “Team Delta’’. Utuama [...]
Manchester United FC of Ahoada West has beaten Young Boys FC of Port Harcourt 2-1 to reach the finals of the ongoing Kala Mega Soccer Championship at No. 6 Field, Port Harcourt. The match saw both teams display a lot of zeal to outwit each other from the start of the game. In the 23rd [...]
The President of Nigeria Colleges of Education Games (NICEGA), Sanusi Mohammed has said that no fewer than 40 talents were discovered at the 17th NICEGA Games. The Games tagged ‘Akalaka 2012’ was held from April 11 to April 22 at the College of Education (Technical), Omoku, Rivers state. Mohammed told newsmen that the discovered athletes [...]
Enugu State won eight gold, six silver and two bronze medals to win the maiden Late Dr Akanu Ibiam Athletics Championships for secondary schools in the National Sports Commission (NSC) South-East Zone I. Anambra came second with four gold, six silver and four bronze medals, while Ebonyi won only six bronze medals to clinch the [...]
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has lauded the Cross River State government for agreeing to host a one-month camping programme of the U-17 national team, the Golden Eaglets. The NFA said in a statement by its chief media officer, Ademola Olajire, that sport-loving Gov. Liyel Imoke had approved an all-expenses-paid camping that began in Calabar, [...]
The 2012 Rivers State public service football competition enters its 10th and 11th matches today at the Sharks FC Stadium with the Ministry of Information and Communications confronting their Civil Service Commission counterparts and Ministry of Energy engaging Ministry of Environment. However, in the nine matches decided so far, four were decided via penalty shoot-outs [...]
Both Rivers State flagbearers in the 2012 Federation Cup competition in Nigeria, Dolphins and Sharks FCs are hoping to write the name of the state in gold once again in the competition. After emerging state finalists with Dolphins successfully defending the state title via a 4-1 penalty shoot-out victory over Sharks on Sunday, after a [...]
Fernando Llorente will hold the key for Spanish side Athletic Bilbao when they meet Atletico Madrid in the Europa League final on Wednesday. While much of the focus this season has been on Barcelona and Real Madrid’s utter dominance of La Liga, both Marcelo Bielsa’s Bilbao (10th in La Liga) and Diego Simeone’s Atletico (fifth) [...]
