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The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development  has joined family and friends to mourn the sudden death of , Arch Katmwan Dungse, Former Director, Facilities & Stadia Management Dept. who slumped and died in his house on Sunday evening, 5th April, 2020. according to the sports ministry’s  Permanent Secretary, …

The FCT Golf Association Chairman, Engr Oladapo Olaide Mohammed said, the golf team will have a clean sweep of medals at the upcoming National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged “EDO 2020”. The festival is scheduled to hold in Benin City, capital of Edo State from Sunday, March 22 to Wednesday April …

Tyson Fury produced a brutal and brilliant masterclass to batter Deontay Wilder to a seventh-round stoppage, becoming world heavyweight champion again. Fury comprehensively outfought the previously undefeated and big-punching Wilder in their Las Vegas rematch to capture the WBC title and make a resounding statement about divisional dominance. Fury knocked …

The former Chairman of Sports Writers Association FCT Chapter,Kayode Adeniyi has been appointed into highly referred NUJ media games committee by the President of Nigeria Union of Journalists,Mr. Chris Isiguzo  According the appointment letter Kayode Adeniyi and eight others are saddled with the responsibility of organising sporting events periodically for …

Nigeria’s national handball team, Technical adviser, Rafiu Salami, said that Nigeria stand a chance to qualify for the 2021 IHF World  Cup despite the team defeat against Angola in their opening game of the ongoing 2020 Africa Nations Cup (AFCON) in Tunis, Tunisia yesterday.   The senior male handball team, who started …

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, through its Legal Department, has written to boxer Bash Ali to desist from peddling false claims about a non-existent approval from the office of the Minister to embark on a world fight, reiterating that no such approval was given by the President, contrary …

The head coach of Nigeria beach volleyball team, Francis Imoudu said the women’s team is one step away to secure qualification for the  Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games in Japan. Nigeria women’s beach volleyball team finished first at the zone 3 2020 Olympic qualifiers in Laboma, Ghana. In the women championship …

Nigeria’s volleyball women national team will today begin their quest for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games when they lock horns against Cameroon at the ongoing qualifiers in Yaoundé.  The head coach of the Nigeria senior women’s Volleyball team, Samuel Ajayi said the team will go all out for maximum points against  …

Nigeria’s fast rising Junior golfer Iyene Essien, has revealed that, her targets is to deliver the country’s first gold medal for golf at the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics in Dakar, Senegal. Essien who is the Nigeria’s top junior player, as her golf medals has already outnumber her 13 years of …

President of the Badminton Federation of Nigeria, Francis Orbih, says the federation hopes to consolidate on their achievements in 2019 by qualifying for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In an interview with Punch correspondent on Wednesday, Orbih said the federation is putting plans in place to ensure their players …