Sports

Sports enthusiast in Rivers State, Chief Christopher Okonkwo, has praised the CEO and Managing Director of Keves Global Leasing Ltd, Chief Sir Ikenna Okafor, the sole sponsor of the annual Keves Swimming Classic in the state. Making the commendation in an interview, Okonkwo noted that Chief Ikenna Okafor’s commitment to …

Bayelsa State Commissioner for Sports Development, Honourable Daniel Igali, has praised Team Bayelsa for their exceptional triumph at the inaugural Niger Delta Sports Festival, held in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital — where they emerged overall champions, finishing ahead of Delta and Edo States. In a statement signed on …

Founder of SamKay Athletics Club, Dr. Samuel Kolawole Oredipe, says the outstanding performance of Team Bayelsa in athletics at the ongoing Niger Delta Sports Festival is as a result of the several investments and commitments made by the Governor, Senator Douye Diri, in the sports sector. Dr. Oredipe who is …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The 5th annual inter-house sports competition of Unenurhie Primary School, Unenurhie in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has come and gone with Yellow House emerging in the first position as the overall winner of the sporting event. Yellow House won with 147 …

Lucky Baratuapre has scored the first hattrick of season seven of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football showpiece, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament tagged the Prosperity Cup. Playing at the Twon Brass centre in Brass Local Government Area on Wednesday, Baratuapre’s hattrick helped Water Strikers FC to whitewash New Strikers 6-0, thereby …

… Receives Bayelsa Athletes who represented Nigeria at ECOWAS African Wrestling Tournament The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Sports Development, Dr Daniel Igali, has called on the National Sports Commission and the Main Organising Committee of the National Sports Festival in Ogun State to include traditional wrestling, known as ‘Kuwa,’ and …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Sangana FC have moved into the next round of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football fiesta, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament christened the “Prosperity Cup”. In a keenly contested encounter at the Sangana center in Brass Local Government Area, Sangana FC beat Mini City FC 2-1 to secure …

Preliminary round matches in season seven of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football spectacle, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament christened the Prosperity Cup got off to a flying start in Brass and Nembe local government areas over the weekend. Playing at the Nembe City stadium on Sunday, Nembe FC outclassed Fantuo FC …

A coaching clinic for grassroots coaches in Bayelsa State put up by the organizers of Nigeria’s biggest football showpiece, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament tagged the “Prosperity Cup” has commenced in Yenagoa, the state capital. The exercise, which is in its 3rd edition, is in collaboration with Nigerian Football Federation …

By Amos Odhe ‎The Main Organizing, And the Local Organizing Committees Required For The Successful Hosting Of The Maiden Edition Of The Niger Delta Sports Festival Have Been Inaugurated In Port Harcourt, The City Capital Of Rivers State.‎The Niger Delta Sports Festival; A Flagship Sport Development Program Of The Niger …