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Edo Boys High School, Ugbowo, Edo State, has won the 24th edition of the Howzat National Junior Cricket League, which gave them the Philip Asiodu Trophy.

Contrary high hopes that the country may finally win another gold medal at the forthcoming Paris 2024 Games, Nigeria Wrestling Federation President, Daniel Igali, has said that the country is not prepared to break that jinx.

Nigeria’s former number one golfer, Sunday Olapade, was at his imperial best at the Lakowe Lakes Golf Resort as he beat the field, comprising some of West Africa’s best players, to win the Second Custodian Classic at the weekend.

The National Association for Physical Health Education, Recreation, Sports and Dance (NAPHER-SD), Lagos State chapter, has said that it would, in conjunction with the National Institute for Sports (NIS), hold a three-day seminar/workshop from April 16 to 18 at the Gymnasium hall, National Institute for Sports, National Stadium, Lagos.

This year’s Ikoyi Club 1938 Veteran’s Invitational Kitty, which celebrates camaraderie, skill, and the enduring values of golf, among its veterans, will champion inclusivity and charity, the organisers have said.

Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alex Krassyuk, is still not convinced that the Ukrainian’s highly anticipated fight with Tyson Fury will hold on May 18, reports dazn.com.

Technical director of the Nigeria Mixed Martial Arts Federation (NMMAF), Shihan Victor Akhimien, is thrilled by the strides the country’s fighters recorded at the just-concluded African Games in Ghana, saying it has shown that the sport is developing in the right direction.

One of the expected gains from the Acropolis Golf Course, which will be launched on April 6, according to the Professional Golfers’ Association of Nigeria, is that it will help groom more professional golfers in the country.

Some of West Arica’s biggest stars have started arriving for the second Custodian Classic, which tees off at the Lakowe Lakes Golf Club, Lagos today and ends on Friday.

Rafiu Kolawole and Austin Aigbotsua were, at the weekend, among winners in the various categories of the Ikeja Golf Club’s 2024 Captain’s Day tournament.

The tracks of the Ilara Mokin, Ondo State, have been primed for the 2024 Ondo Auto Rally, which will feature the newly commissioned X-kart race series from March 29 to 30, the organisers have said.

Twenty-one female students of Tare Pet Montessori Group of Schools, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, have graduated from the Sporting Coders pilot programme, organised by Community Sports and Educational Development (CSED) Initiative and the management of the school.