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Former Rangers International of Enugu chairman, Davidson Owumi has been elected chairman of the Nigerian Premier League (NPL). The election which, took place in Abuja, however, went ahead yesterday despite a Federal

AS a mark of respect for the late President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua, players and officials of Warri Wolves, who are in Harare, Zimbabwe for their CAF Confederations Cup match, will wear

It was in July 2002 that Lucio and Juan were first aligned together as Bayer Leverkusen’s first-choice centre-back pairing, a partnership which has since become an integral part of a Brazil side

FOR the second time since its renovation, jackpot the Teslim Balogun Stadium will be agog as the curtains are drawn on this year’s Lagos Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Principal’s Cup. The stadium

A FINAL year student of Demonstration Secondary School, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Micah Katuka, led two other players to win Sprite Triple Slam (STS) basketball competition at the basketball court of

NIGERIANS with interest in sports will soon be rewarded with huge prizes as Ideas Quotient International gets set to stage the first Nigerian all-sports television reality show, where participants’ sports knowledge will

THIRTY-NINE home-based players selected by the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) are now competing in the ongoing National Sports Commission (NSC)-organised Commonwealth Games trials holding at the Liberty Stadium in Ibadan, the

* Iceland pulls out of friendly SUPER Eagles’ midfielder John Obi Mikel’s fitness has become a source of worry for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), which fears that he might not be

THE Federal Government has approved a budget of N1.25 billion (over $8 million) for the country’s participation in next month’s World Cup in South Africa, according to MTNFootball.com. The breakdown of the

NIGERIA’S quest for promotion to the elite division was thwarted yesterday, as Sunday Emmanuel fell to Algeria in the second match of the ongoing Europe/Africa Zone Group III of the Davis Cup