Chukwueze donates gifts to Valencian foundation

By Akeem Lawal 

Super Eagles and Villarreal attacker Samu Chukwueze visited the Casa Ronald McDonald in Valencia on Thursday as part of Endavant Solidaritat event.

Minister promises to restructure Dambe into a national sports

By Akeem Lawal 

MINISTER of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has promised to restructure Dambe (tradition boxing) in order for it to compete favourably with other sports in Nigeria, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.

2019 Rainoil Tennis Open: Emmanuel, Quadre emerge champions

By Akeem Lawal

TOP seed Sylvester Emmanuel defeated Joseph Imeh to claim the Rainoil Tennis Open men’s singles title, while Nigeria’s No. 1 female tennis player, Oyinlomo Quadre defeated Christie Agugbom in the women’s singles finals held at the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja on Sunday.

Rainoil Tennis Open: Imeh to face Emmanuel in men’s singles final

.As Aiyegbusi book final date with Quadre

By Akeem Lawal

JOSEPH Imeh will take on top seed Sylvester Emmanuel in the final of the men’s singles at the Rainoil Tennis Open Championship scheduled to hold today (Sunday) at the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja.

Joshua reclaims heavyweight world titles back from Andy Ruiz Jr.

By Our Reporter
Anthony Joshua has reclaimed his heavyweight world titles after producing a masterful boxing display against Andy Ruiz in Saudi Arabia.

Rainoil Tennis Open: Imeh, Sylvester target final spot

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As Quadre faces defending champion, Samuel

By Our Reporter

THE players left in both the men’s and women’s singles draw will go all out for a place in the final of the Rainoil Open on Saturday.

Rainoil Tennis Open: Top seed Quadre begins quest for title

.As Imeh, Sylvester go for third round

By Our Reporter

AT the Rainoil Open on Wednesday, first round action still holds in the women’s singles field, while in the men’s field, players will be looking to make the third round.

Rainoil Tennis Open: Oparaoji, Paul, others ease into second round

By Our Reporter 

TOURNAMENT’S 3rd seed, Uche Oparaoji, Emmanuel Paul, Oche Adehi, Matthew Abamu and Ajang Sylvanus have secured their place in the second round of the ongoing Rainoil Tennis Open holding at the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja.

Esther Ajayi Foundation sponsors Oshoala Football4girls camp

By Akeem Lawal 

THE fifth edition of the Asisat Oshoala Football4girls scheduled to hold at the Campos Mini Stadium from 4th to 24th December, 2019 will be sponsored by sports philanthropist Rev. mother Esther Ajayi.

2019 Nigeria Masters: Torgah wins 3rd straight title

By Our Reporter

WALKING off the 18th green as the Nigeria Masters Champion, Vincent Torgah kept on looking fixedly at all the greats on the most sort after trophy on the African Tour.

National Volleyball Premier League: Customs, NSCDC emerge champions

By Our Reporter 

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) men team and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) women teams both emerged winners of the 2019 National Volleyball Premier League in Abuja.

Civil Defence defeated the all conquering Customs male team 3-2 (21-25, 25-18, 22-25, 25-22, 15-9), but it was too little, too late as Customs retained their title, having won their four previous games with 30 points.

NSCDC narrowly finished second after their performance against Nigeria Customs Service with 24 points while Kano Pillars placed third position with 23 points after beating Nigeria Police Force who finished fourth place with 22 points. 

Nigeria Immigration Service came fifth with 19 points while UCEM of Enugu placed sixth with 2 points.

In the female category, NSCDC outclassed the sleeky Customs ladies 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-18) to dethrone them as champions.

The NSCDC ladies emerged champions with 32 points followed by Customs-28 points, Army-20 points , immigration -10 points, Kada Emeralds-9 points and Benue queens-3 points.

Captain of the NCS team, Sunny Akapson expressed his joy for winning the championship adding that they will put up an impressive performance when they play at the continental club championship next year.

“We promised to win the title at the end of the tournaments and we have done that all thanks to the Nigeria Customs service for their support,” he said.

“We are now going to shift all our attention to the continental club championship coming up next year and we promised to do the nation proud” he added.

The premier league which started on November 21 ended on Saturday at the Indoor Sports Hall, Package B of the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja.

The male teams that participated in the league are NCS, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), police, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kano Pillars, Plateau Rocks, UCEM and Famous spiders.

The female teams are: NCS, NSCDC, NIS, COAS-Army, Benue Queens, Delta Force and Kada Emeralds.