Category: Sport

The GTBank Lagos principals cup 2017 is set to kick start this week with no fewer than 400 schools, comprising boys and girls teams. The tournament, the 8th in the series, is aimed at engaging the students through sports and also creating an avenue for the discovery of young talented footballers for the future. Speaking at the pre-tournament press conference Friday, a top official of GTBank, Oyinade Adegite said, apart from helping in identifying and nurturing budding talents, “the competition also promotes the core values of excellence and competition in the…

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Bash Alli, Former World Cruiserweight boxing champion, has accused Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, of luring him to his office to assault him and treat him like a common criminal. But the office of the minister has denied the allegation, saying Alli is seeking attention. Alli alleges that the minister lured him to his office to conclude plans with officials of the Bank of Industry (BOI) on his pet project, the Guinness Book of World Record boxing bout to be staged in Nigeria. “After waiting for over three hours, I and…

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MTN Nigeria has become the official mobile telecommunications partner of Arsenal Football Club in Nigeria. According to the agreement, the partnership will see MTN offer a number of exclusive Arsenal related benefits to the club’s large following in Nigeria, as well as to MTN’s vast subscriber base. MTN will offer its customers access to a range of match and player exclusive content including match highlights, club news, interviews and club imagery. According to a statement by MTN, through Arsenal’s digital platforms, the telecommunications outfit will also be able to engage directly…

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Organizers of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, have said they are committed to organizing a world-class event.This year’s Access Bank Lagos City Marathon will hold on February 11 with top marathoners from different parts of the world already jostling to participate. The Chief Executive Officer of NILAYO Sports Management Ltd, Bukola Olopade, said that they would host a tournament that the whole of Africa will be proud of. Olopade, whose Marketing outfit is the official consultant to the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon spoke yesterday to clarify issues raised…

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The Asian Football Confederation has confirmed that John Mikel Obi, Nigeria midfielder has become the latest big name player to join the Chinese Super League gold rush after leaving Chelsea for Tianjin Teda. Mikel had a medical in the port city some 130 kilometres from Beijing on Thursday and the Asian Football Confederation confirmed the deal on Friday. The 29-year-old, who spent more than a decade at Stamford Bridge, was given a free transfer by the London club and will earn 140,000 pounds (173,432 dollars) a week in China, according…

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Super Falcons and officials were eventually paid yesterday, the Nigeria Football Federation announced after they received the cash from the government. A breakdown of the Super Falcons’ monies showed that each player got the sum of N5,494,500, less the sum of N600,000 that was earlier paid to each of the players at various times by the NFF. The amount is at the rate of $17,900 (converted to Naira at the official rate of N305 to $1), plus the sum of N15,000 camp allowance and N20,000 transport allowance. All the monies…

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The immediate payment of benefits accrued to the Super Falcons who won the just-concluded CAF African Women Cup of Nations in Cameroon, has been ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. The Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Kyari, who just returned from a medical trip said he had conveyed the President’s directive to the players who staged a protest to the gate of the Presidential Villa earlier in the day. He said the Minister of…

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