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 …
Read More »Prosperity Cup: Krusaders Feeders FC, Nembe City FC, Movers FC Qualify for Round of 16
… As Peremo Soccer Academy, Niger Delta Queens, Boro Queens Win in Women’s Tournament … Movers FC, Bayelsa United Feeders, Agbere FC also Secure Round of Sixteen Ticket Defending champions, Krusaders Feeders FC, Afini FC, Anyama FC, Petroleum Boys FC, Rose of Sharon FC, Ogboinbiri FC, Nembe City FC and …
Read More »Bayelsa Pledges Commitment to Sports Devt as Prosperity Cup Holds Women’s Draws
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government says it will continue to use sports as a veritable means to develop youths of the state as well as dissuade them from crime and criminality. The Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, stated this during a courtesy visit by members of the Central …
Read More »Wrestling Federation Unveils six Wrestlers for Paris Olympics
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Nigeria Wrestling Federation has unveiled 6 athletes who will fly the nation’s flag at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. The team, which comprises five female wrestlers, one male freestyle wrestler and three coaches, was presented on Monday in a colourful ceremony at the Dynamite …
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