Former disabled athlete, Aliu Adebayo, has decried the attitude of state governments in attaching unequal values to medals won by physically challenged athletes and their able-bodied counterparts. Adebayo, who won a gold medal in 100m at the All Africa Games in South Africa in 1999, lamented a situation where gold medal won by a disabled athlete is described as a disabled gold, adding that this attitude has helped to kill their fighting spirit and morale more than their physical challenges.

By Tony Ubani FEDERATION Cup champions Enyimba of Aba still savouring their victory over Sharks may still break the hearts of the Port Harcourt side in going continental. The Aba Elephants finished third in the Globacom Premier League to win a ticket to carry Nigeria’s cross in the Confederations Cup. The Federation Cup victory also […]

SPORTS in Anambra state may have suffered neglect in the past due to lack of commitment from the previous administrators who relegated sports to the background. Governor Peter Obi hopes this should be a thing of the past with the new stadium he built in Onitsha and his resolve to re-engineer sports in the state.

SUPER Eagles Captain Nwankwo Kanu and former Africa’s fastest female sprinter, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi were the toast of the youths in Anambra state at the commissioning of the newly constructed Onitsha North Mini-Stadium by Governor Peter Obi.

By Tony Ubani President of Nigeria Football Federation, Sani Lulu Abdulahi has praised Governor Babatunde Fashola and indeed Nigerians for trooping out in their thousands to watch the Federations cup final at the Teslim Balogun Stadium. The absence of fans in stadia have been a major headache to the NFF and sponsors but at the […]