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A man-of-the-match performance by Faruk Yusuf was the motivation needed as Nigeria’s U-23 national handball team defeated Moldova 25-22 yesterday to seal a semifinal place at the ongoing Fifth IHF Emerging Nations Championship in Varna, Bulgaria.
The Founder/CEO of Making of Champions (MoC), Bambo Akanni, yesterday, disclosed that over 2,000 athletes are participating in the three-day MTN Champs Athletics Competition, which begins in Benin, Edo State today. The MTN Champs, a track and field athletics competition organised by Making of Champions (MoC), will end on Saturday. Akanni said that the MTN Champs Athletics Competition will be held in two different locations – the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium and the University of Benin (UNIBEN) Sports complex, noting that the three-day event sponsored by MTN Nigeria is aimed at empowering and discovering young athletes at the grassroots level. Akanni added that all the events holding in Benin City are with support from the Edo State government, which has provided support in terms of security, logistics, and accommodation for the athletes and officials, adding that 1,000 of the athletes will converge on the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, while the other 1,000 athletes will compete at the UNIBEN Sports Complex.
Akwa Ibom State, yesterday, showed that it is ready to make a big statement at the maiden Niger Delta Sports Festival, tagged UYO 2025. At the state’s trials, which began yesterday, the officials were pleasantly surprised by the level of skills displayed by the young athletes battling to be selected for the team.
The chairman of the Unified Supporters Club of Nigeria, Vincent Okumagba has described as a “setback,” the failure by Amaju Pinnick to retain his FIFA Council seat. Pinnick, a former NFF President, lost by a single vote at the poll held yesterday, in Cairo, Egypt, as part of the 14th CAF Extraordinary Congress. He scored 28 votes, only one short of both Ahmed Yahya of Mauritania and Souleman Hassan Waberi of Djibouti, who each scored 29 votes to make it to the exalted panel.
South Africa’s U-17 girls, Bantwana, were scheduled to arrive in Lagos yesterday evening, ahead of Saturday’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup second round, second leg qualifying match against Nigeria’s Flamingos.
Borussia Dortmund recovered from losing an early goal to fight back and beat Lille 2-1 in France in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday, sealing a 3-2 aggregate victory and a place in the quarter-finals.
Organisers of the Cycling Lagos competition have announced plans for the fourth edition of the event slated for May 31.
A total of 40 players, made up of 20 boys and 20 girls took part in the second Junior NBA Elite Camp, which was hosted by NBA Nigeria for U-16 basketball players. The camp took place last weekend at the University of Lagos, and it coincided with International Women’s Day.