Borno athletes absent from North-East zonal elimination games
Five out of the six states in Nigeria’s North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria have converged in Taraba State for the North-East zonal elimination games.
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Chelsea confirm Lukaku’s £30m exit as Antonio Conte hails ‘unique’ star
Romelu Lukaku’s permanent Chelsea exit has been confirmed with the “unique” striker joining Antonio Conte’s Napoli in a £30m deal yesterday. The Blues have been desperate to offload the Belgium international for a long time and have finally managed to get him off the books at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea signed Lukaku for a club-record £97.5m three years ago – in what was his second stint at the club – but it didn’t work out and he was sent out on loan twice.
Winners to get N1m as Lagos Scrabble Classics hold Sept 28
Organisers of this year’s Lekki Scrabble Classics have announced that the event will hold on September 28 and 29, at the Peninsula Hotel, Lagos. They have also announced a N1 million prize money for the winner of the classics.
Salah out to ‘enjoy’ final year of Liverpool contract
Mohamed Salah said he is not focused on his future beyond this season, with less than a year to run on his contract at Liverpool.
Fatodu: We’re ready for South-West zonal preliminaries
Lagos State has declared its readiness for the forthcoming National Youth Games’ South West zonal preliminaries for the ball games, which began in Oshogbo, Osun State, yesterday and will end on September 1, 2024.
Niger approves N25m for 8th national youth games
The Niger Government has approved N25 million for the 8th National Youth Games (NYG) zonal elimination slated for Aug. 28 to Sept.1, in Jos, Plateau.
Paralympics: Nigeria lose in two doubles events
Team Nigeria’s para-table tennis players had a torrid time on Thursday as they lost their matches in two events of their competition at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
Paralympic swimmer Ugo Didier wins France’s first gold
Swimmer Ugo Didier won France’s first gold medal of the Paris Paralympics on Thursday.