Author: Brila

Nigeria’s Black Stallion player Azeez Oladipo has stated that players are distraught after the correspondence from Rugby Afrique placed Nigeria on suspension owing to what is interpreted as government interference.

President and caretaker Chairman of the Handball Federation of Nigeria Sam Ocheo has stated that the action of dissolution of Sports Federations by the Minister of Youths and Sports hasn’t created any problem yet but revealed that the Confederation of Africa Handball reached out to him to confirm whether his board was affected. 

Striker Victor Osimhen trained with the rest of his Napoli teammates, on Tuesday after sustaining a head injury on Sunday.

Former Tanzanian coach Emmanuel Amunike has hailed forward Paul Onuachu for his goalscoring prowess.

Enyimba and Super Eagles goalkeeper John Noble has stated that Egyptian club Pyramid should be wary of the People’s Elephants after both teams were drawn to face each other in the quarter-final of the CAF Confederation cup slated for the 15th and 22nd of May 2021 respectively.

Director-General of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria recognized  by World Athletics and the Confederation of Africa Athletics Pepple Young has stated that the Ibrahim Gusau lead board of the AFN stands undissolved despite the dissolution of Sports Federations by the Honourable Minister of Youths and Sports because the ministry cannot dissolve a board they don’t recognize.

Newly signed Rivers united forward Sunday Adetunji has expressed delight after a goal-scoring debut in the colors of the Port Harcourt-based side helping his new team record a 1-0 win against his former club Enyimba in Sunday’s outstanding Nigeria Professional Football League clash.

Enyimba striker Victor Mbaoma has backed the People’s Elephants to bounce back and make the most of their remaining outstanding games in the league after Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to rivals Rivers united in Port Harcourt.

Technical director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria recognized by the World Athletics and the Confederation of Africa Athletics Sunday Adeleye has stated that Nigeria’s failure to send athletes to the World Athletics relays in Poland is a big blow already to Nigeria’s chances of having athletes at the relays of the Athletics events in the Tokyo Olympics.

President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria recognized by Nigeria’s Ministry of Youths and  Sports, Olamide George has stated that his board will explore more Olympic qualification avenues for Athletics in the coming months.