NIGERIA Professional
Football League champions, Plateau United will host USM Alger of Algeria in the
elimination fixture of the CAF Confederations Cup at the Agege Stadium in Lagos
on Saturday, April 7, 2018, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
Management of Monarch Events
and Promotion have declared their readiness to give Nigerian Professional
Boxing a big boost beginning with an International Boxing Carnival on April 7,
2018.
TEAM Nigeria wrestling are
expected to depart the shores of the country on 2nd April for the 2018
Commonwealth Games which runs from 4th to 15th April in Gold Coast, Australia.
THE Nigeria Wrestling
Federation (NWF) will officially unveil her 2018 Commonwealth Games team to the
media in a brief and colorful ceremony in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State on Friday,
30th March, 2017.
NEWLY appointed Technical Adviser of Kwara United, Coach
Abubakar Bala says winning his first game in charge of the team will go a long
way in motivating the players as they continue their quest to escape the drop
this season.
Kenya’s Michael “Shaka” Nyawade, who is billed to fight
Nigeria’s Waidi “Skoro” Usman for the African Boxing Union (ABU) featherweight
title at GOtv Boxing Night 14, has boasted that he will make his opponent dizzy
within the first three rounds, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
THE 14th edition of GOtv
Boxing Night will hold at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium,
Surulere Lagos on Saturday, April 14, 2018, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
FORMER Nigeria
international, Julius Aghahowa has urged the Super Eagles not to focus on
Argentina but concentrate on the preparations towards the 2018 FIFA World Cup
in Russia.
World silver-medalist and
2014 Commonwealth Champion, Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg) tops the list of 12
wrestlers (six male and six female) that will represent the country at the 2018
Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia scheduled to be staged from April 4
to April 15 2018, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
GOTV subscribers will today watch the highly
anticipated UEFA Champions League round of 16 return match between Barcelona
and Chelsea on SuperSport Select 2 (channel 32) at 8:40pm on GOtv.
AHEAD of his unveiling at
the conference room of the indoor Hall of the Kwara State Stadium complex in
Ilorin on Wednesday, newly appointed Kwara United Technical Adviser, Coach
Abubakar Bala says it will not be an easy task guiding the team out of the
present situation.
FORMER Flying Eagles attacker,
Chukwuma Akabueze says Boluspor Kulübü are still in the race for promotion
despite suffering a 0-1 home loss to Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü in the Turkish TFF
First League last weekend.
SUPER Eagles and Osmanlispor
FK midfielder, Raheem Lawal has resumed full training with his teammates after
missing two games due to injury, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
The Founder/Chairman of Jandor
Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, Olajide Adediran says the need to give talented youths the opportunity
to exhibit their skills is one of the reasons for sponsoring the Under-14
Jandor Foundation Cup soccer competition, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
NIGERIAN
golfer, Mohammed Safiyanu won his first tournament as a professional of the
West Africa Golf Tour after emerging winner of the Eko Challenge Cup at the Lakowe
Lakes Golf and Country Estate in Lagos on Friday, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com
reports.
THE coach of Mountain of
Fire Ministries (MFM FC) Fidelis Ilechukwu has revealed that his side can do
the unthinkable by beating Mouloudia Club D’ Alger in the return leg of their CAF
Champions League first round match in Algeria.
GHANIAN Vincent Torgah lost
his 4 shots advantage after scoring 3 over par 73 in the second round at Eko
Challenge Cup in Lakowe Lakes Golf and Country Estate in Lagos, Nigeria.
VINCENT Torgah made a brilliant opening 69 on the first
day of Eko Challenge Cup at Lakowe Lakes Golf and Country Estate in Lagos ,the
new host venue of the West Africa Golf Tour, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
A total of 40 professional
golf players from eight West African countries will be on parade when the maiden
Eko Golf Challenge Cup on the 2018 West Africa Golf Tour tees-off on Wednesday at
the Lakowe Lakes Golf Club in Lagos, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
THE Nigeria Custom Service
(NCS) female volleyball team began their campaign at the 2018 Women's African
Volleyball Club Championship by coming from a set down to beat Injis Volleyball
Club of Cameroon 3-1 in the opening match in Pool D at Ahly Halls in Cairo,
Egypt on Tuesday, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
NIGERIAN boxer, Larry 'The Natural' Ekundayo returned to title-winning
form at the weekend, and promptly revealed that he is looking to get a major
title fight very soon.
NIGERIA international,
Junior Ajayi has described his invitation to the Super Eagles squad for the
upcoming friendlies against Poland and Serbia later this month as a dream come
true, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
THE Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) female volleyball team
will begin their campaign against Injis Volleyball Club of Cameroon on Tuesday in
their opening match in Group D of the 2018 Women's African Volleyball Club
Championship holding at Ahly Halls in Cairo, Egypt, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com
reports.
IT was a mixed feeling for Super Eagles defender, Leon
Balogun after being sent off in a game that saw FSV Mainz 05 secure a vital 0-0
draw against relegation-rival Hamburger SV in a German Bundesliga match at the
Volksparkstadion on Saturday, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
CSKA Moscow forward, Ahmed Musa has expressed gratitude
to Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr for paying him a visit in Russia, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.