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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 …

Bayelsa Queens Technical Adviser, Whyte Ogbonda has praised his players for not losing focus at the crucial moment in Wednesday’s 19th February, 2025, 2-1 home win over visiting Naija Ratels in a NWFL Matchday 6 fixture in Yenagoa. The Prosperity Girls defeated Naija Ratels through Dooshima Tarnum and Delight Isaac …

Organizers of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football fiesta, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament christened the Prosperity Cup will hold a two-day training for the state referees that will participate in the season seven of the tournament. This was contained in a statement by the Director General of the tournament, Mr. Ono …

The draw for the season seven of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football fiesta, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament tagged the Prosperity Cup has been completed in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The draw, which was held at the main bowl of the Samson Siasia Stadium had representatives and officials from the …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt In a bid to boost human capital development in the Niger Delta region, especially through sports development, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is set to organise the maiden edition of the Niger Delta Sports Festival. The multi-sports festival, which is being planned for the …