Bayelsa United have emerged champions of the Governor Douye Diri Pre Season Football tournament. The prosperity boys beat Bendel Insurance 7-6 on penalties to clinch the trophy and the prize money. The Yenagoa-based side pipped Benin Arsenal 7-6 on penalties after a 1-1 stalemate at the end of regulation time …
Read More »Wrestling Federation Hosts Nigeria’s Olympics Contingent, Apologises over ‘Poor Outing’
By Amos Odhe The Nigeria Wrestling Federation has welcomed back Nigeria’s contingent to the recently concluded Paris Olympics despite the poor outing at the games. The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, who is also a board member of the Wrestling Federation noted that the reception was a …
Read More »Governor Diri’s Pre-Season Tourney to Kick off Monday
Seven top-flight Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) teams and a non-league side, Krusaders, will participate in the Governor Douye Diri pre-season tournament in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Organizers of the tournament, led by Director General of the Prosperity Cup, Mr. Ono Akpe, gave the hint at a press conference …
Read More »Bayelsa Queens: Coach Whyte Resolved to Surpass Last Season’s Achievements
As Bayelsa Queens Football Club gear up to take to the pitch in the forthcoming Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Premiership, Coach Whyte Ogbonda has expressed resolve to surpass their last season achievements. Whyte Ogbonda told Bayelsa Queens Media after training at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, on Monday …
Read More »SWAN, Major Instrument for Sports Development ~ Daniel Igali
The Commissioner for Sports Development, Bayelsa State, Hon Daniel Igali, has reiterated his support for the overall activities of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN). Igali stated this on Thursday, when the new executive of SWAN Bayelsa paid him a courtesy visit in his office, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State …
Read More »Bayelsa: International Scouting Program, Coaching Clinic, Yielding Good Results ~ Akpe
… As MVP Sports Selects 18 Players for U17 Tournament in Portugal By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A week after the completion of the 5th Governor Diri International Scouting Program/Coaching Clinic, organizers of the exercise have announced the selection of eighteen young players for camping in Lagos. Director General of the …
Read More »Bayelsa Queens unveils Whyte Ogbonda as New Coach
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa Queens Football Club has unveiled Whyte Ogbonda as their new head coach. During the unveiling ceremony in Yenagoa, on Tuesday July 16, 2024 at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri, who was represented by his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, said the appointment of …
Read More »Bayelsa: NDU Queens, Afini Ladies Qualify for Semi-Final
… As Stardom Life FC, Igbogene Girls Lose Bid By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Samson Siasia Stadium on Friday, came alive as the quarter finals of Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament, got underway. Stardom Life FC and NDU Queens locked horns to decide which team will qualify for the semi-final, but …
Read More »Bayelsa: International Scouting, Coaching Clinic Ends as Women’s Tournament Begins
It was an eventful week in Yenagoa as the 5th Governor Diri International Scouting Program/Coaching Clinic climaxed in a pulsating final match involving twenty-seven players screened from over five hundred players selected during the preliminary round of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football tournament, tagged the Prosperity Cup. It was a memorable …
Read More »Olympics: Nigerian Wrestlers depart Spain for Germany for Final Camping
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Nigeria Wrestling contingent left Madrid, Spain for Germany in what is their last camping before the Olympic Games in Paris, France. The wrestlers which participated in Spanish Grand Prix, a pre-Olympic tournament in Madrid, had Esther Kolawole 62kg and Ogunsanya Christinah 53kg record bronze for …
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