Edo State contingent to the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, began their quest to reclaim their rightful place in Nigerian sports by winning four gold, 2 silver and one bronze medals in the opening day events Wednesday.

COMMISSIONER for Police Rivers State command, who is also the Chairman of the Garden City Games security sub committee, Mr Suleiman Abba mni has assured all the participants at the Sports Festival of adequate security.

Organisers of the friendly international between Nigeria and Argentina on September 6 are considering providing a chartered aircraft to fly the Super Eagles from Madagascar to Dhaka.

No fewer than 52 athletes were disqualified by the Main Organizing Committee of the on-going National Sports festival holding in Port-Harcourt Rivers State, in the combat sports from almost all the 36 states and Abuja on the ground of being over weight at the weigh ins.

The  German female team have defeated the Nigerian Super Falcons 1-0 in the onging FIFA Women Football  in Frankfurt Germany.

The Super Falcons who are the African champions put up a good fight but it was not enough as the German team scored in the 54th minute of the 2nd half through the foot of [...]

Football’s governing body FIFA has criticised Falcons coach Eucharia Uche for branding homosexuality as ‘dirty’ and admitting she forced lesbians out of her team. “FIFA is against all forms of discrimination,” Tatjana Haenni, FIFA’s head of women’s competitions, told German television channel ARD.