The organisers of the annual Sportsville Special Recognition Awards, have announced the appointment of Arise Tv Anchor, Oseni Rufai, as the Chairman of the Day for the 2025 edition of the ceremony. The appointment of the highly sought after Rufai was made public via a release signed by Frank Ilaboya , the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sportsville Comm Services, the organisers of the yearly award. He says: “We’re extremely delighted to announce Oseni Rufai as the Chairman of this year’s edition of Sportsville Special Recognition Awards. We want to use this opportunity to express our thanks and…
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We wish to announce that we have mutually agreed to part ways with Technical Director, Kabir Dogo, effective immediately. This decision has been made following a thorough review of the Club’s performance in the 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League Season, where we have fallen short of our expectations. Despite the efforts of the Coaching Staff and players, results have not improved to the level required, and we have taken the difficult decision to make a change. We want to specially thank Coach Kabir Dogo who has taken our Club and members as a family for his commitment and hard work…
Pamodzi Sports Marketing, organiser of the historic Okpekpe international 10km road race, has congratulated Nilayo Sports Management, Access Bank, and Lagos State Government on the successful organisation of the 10th edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. Zack Amodu, the Okpekpe international 10km road race director, is thrilled organisers of the Lagos Marathon have been steadfast and focused on delivering an event that grew from bronze to a gold label race. ‘We at Okpekpe international 10km race can only be happy that organizers of Lagos Marathon have been able to successfully navigate the path we cleared as the first…
BY: OSABUOHIEN IMUETINYANOSA Aryna Sabalenka is a three-time Grand Slam winner, while Coco Gauff won the US Open in 2023 World number one Aryna Sabalenka and world number three Coco Gauff are out in the second round of the Qatar Open. Sabalenka dealt with by Ekaterina Alexandrova at the WTA 1,000 event in Doha, and Gauff crushed by Marta Kostyuk. Russian Alexandrova, who beat Emma Raducanu in the first round, came from a break down twice in the third set and held serve twice against three-time Grand Slam champion Sabalenka. The world number 26 then held her nerve in the…
By Femi Fasetiire The director of Distinction Gate College, located along Igando Road in Ikotun area of Lagos, Mr Davi Gilbert Sosi has opined that the best way to celebrate Valentine’s Day is by engaging in acts of charity and sharing gifts to less privileged children. Mr Sosi, who is fondly called ‘DG’ by his associates and staff, declared further that love is best expressed in interactions with people who are socially disadvantaged, not necessarily among friends, and he further stressed that it should not be done in an amorous manner on Valentine’s Day. ‘DG’ added that tutors and educationists…
By: Chinedum Ohanusi The Director, of the Department of School Sports in the FCT, Mallam Hashimu Adamu has expressed his gratitude to all zonal coordinators of the 2025 Barrister Nyesom Wike Renewed Hope Sports Fiesta, for their enormous support during the zonal preliminaries. The multi-sport festival which began on Monday, February 3rd with Zonal Preliminaries, at eight centers spread across the FCT; and was calibrated into three categories – Primary, Junior Secondary, and Senior Secondary; is now on break, to resume on Monday February 18th with the FCT finals. Mallam Hashimu further reminded the Games Masters of the various schools…
By Ogo Clarkson In a bid to enhance the skills of its youth team coaches, Enyimba Football Club has launched a 5-day development program in partnership with HamKam FC of Norway. The program, which commenced on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba, features a coaching clinic where coaches are being trained on modern football techniques using video clips. According to Enyimba Chairman, Kanu Nwankwo, the partnership aims to identify and nurture talented young players while providing training and development opportunities for grassroots coaches. “The program includes a player scouting phase to uncover promising young talents and…
Unfolding Oborevwori’s N275bn Bumper Projects For Deltans By Festus Ahon THURSDAY, February 13, 2025, remains a great day for Deltans as history was made since the state’s creation 34 years ago when in one single State Executive Council meeting, projects worth N275 billion were approved for construction across all sectors in the three senatorial districts of the state. In his opening remarks at the meeting, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori said his administration was poised to deliver life- changing projects for the people ahead of his second year anniversary. He said his administration had lined up humongous projects across the three senatorial…
BY: OSABUOHIEN IMUETINYANOSA Vinicius Jr’s contract has one bln euros buy-out clause. Real Madrid are close to agreeing a contract extension with Vinicius Jr after discussions began in January amid interest from Saudi Arabia to sign FIFA’s Player of the Year to a record-breaking deal, multiple sources told Reuters on Thursday. Despite the Brazil forward’s current contract running to the end of the 2026-27 season, the Spanish champions contacted the player’s agents last month to rework his deal and put an end to the Saudi interest that has rumbled on for over a year. A source close to Vinicius Jr…
Par: Osabuohien Imuetinyanosa L’Agence mondiale antidopage (AMA) a finalement conclu , “accord de règlement” avec le n°1 mondial de tennis Jannik Sinner après un contrôle positif en mars 2024, une issue critiquée par plusieurs joueurs. samedi 15 février, avoir conclu l “Selon les termes de l’accord, M. Sinner purgera sa période d’inéligibilité du 9 février 2025 à 23 h 59 au 4 mai 2025”, quatre jours ayant déjà été purgés par l’Italien à titre provisoire, a détaillé l’agence basée à Montréal. L’AMA a aussi “formellement retiré” l’appel qu’elle avait interjeté en septembre auprès du Tribunal arbitral du sport (TAS), après…