By Taofeek
Babalola
The organizer
of the Nigerian Sports Award has announced a new award panel following the
dissolution of the Ikeddy Isiguzo led panel, which has been in charge for the
past five years.
By Taofeek
Babalola
Rivers
United’s poor form away from home continued on Friday as they suffered a 0-1
defeat to Lobi Stars in a rearranged Nigeria Professional Football League
(NPFL) game decided on Friday at the Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi.
CNN Sport’s
Amanda Davies spoke to Russian Football’s Head of Anti-Racism, Alexey Smertin,
in Russia yesterday. He told her, “I can guarantee” the safety of fans from all
backgrounds at this year’s Confederations Cup and next year’s World Cup. They
went on to speak about the issue of racism in Russia and said he had been
educating himself about racism since taking up his new job role.
Real Madrid
forward Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave the club and Spain after being accused
of committing tax fraud in the country, a report in Portuguese sports daily A
Bola said on Friday.
By Taofeek
Babalola
Abubakar
Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, has concluded the signing of another teenage
sensation Mubaraq Gata. The 14-year
old Gata is a younger brother to Ismaila Gata of Enyimba FC of Aba and Adeshina
Gata of the Saraki Boys.
By
Taofeek Babalola
Barely
48 hours after the Sports Federations election in Abuja, Nigeria Olympic
Committee (NOC) Secretary General, Tunde Popoola, has declared that the NOC did
not play a major role in the election, insisting that the poll did not meet
international best practices.
The
African Cycling Foundation, in partnership with The Bells Secondary School, is
organizing a cycling competition for private secondary school students in Ogun
State, tagged Ogun State Cycling Challenge (OSCC).
The
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has paid the salaries of Super Eagles’
Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr up-to-date and other 27 national team coaches. All
the payments were made direct to the accounts of the beneficiaries through
NFF’s Financial Consultants (Financial Derivatives Company).
.Goalkeeper
Ariyo handed 12-match ban
By
Taofeek Babalola
Cristiano
Ronaldo is set to face charges from Spanish prosecutors for an alleged €14.7m
of tax evasion, according to reports.
