The 37th Nigerian Breweries International Open Chess Championship received a major boost yesterday, following the 50 percent increase in the prize monies in all the categories.

Gabriel Friday from Kaduna and Dubai based Angel McCloud won titles in two age categories as the weeklong SNEPCo Junior Tennis Championship ended with fanfare at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club. Twelve year old Friday easily beat Solomon Adesida from Ogun State 9-3, in the boys 14 finals and then struggled to overcome Emmanuel Jebutu from Lagos, 9-7, in the boys 12 finals to win the two age categories.

The Nigeria union of journalists NUJ ,Delta state council has described the election of the new president of Nigeria football federation ,Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick as the beginning of a glorious era in the nation ‘s soccer history.

Mesut Ozil will miss Germany’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Poland on Saturday and faces up to 12 weeks out with a knee injury, the German Football Association (DFB) confirmed Wednesday.

Super Eagles safe hands Vincent Enyama has assured Nigerian soccer fans that the country will qualify for Morocco 2015 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) despite her slow start to the on going qualifiers.

Newly elected President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Melvin Amaju Pinnick, on Tuesday stormed the training session of the national team, who are preparing for a game against Sudan on Saturday, declaring that he will bring the much desired changes to Nigerian football.

As speculations over the future of Coach Stephen Keshi with the Super Eagles continue to make the rounds, the former Nigeria international has sworn to revive the team’s dream of qualifying for the Afcon 2015 tournament in Morocco.

Former Nigeria defender Taribo West has boasted that the Super Eagles will beat their Sudanese counterparts on Saturday, when both countries play each other for places at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.

The Guild of Sports Editors yesterday congratulated members of the newly-elected Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board over their victory at the federation’s elective congress held in Warri last week.

Super Falcons coach, Edwin Okon has expressed satisfaction in his team’s readiness to win the African women championship in Namibia.