The Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has named renowned sports journalist, Mr Dapo Sotuminu as the Director of Media for the event. Chief Executive Officer of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Chief Bukola Olopade, who made the announcement over the weekend, said that Sotuminu would double as the Director of Media for Nilayo Sports Management Limited, the owners of the Access Bank …

For the second time since they reached the final in Canada 2014, Nigeria’s Falconets failed to advance beyond the first knockout phase – the quarterfinals of the FIFA U20 Women’s Cup. Against popular predictions, the team crashed to The Netherlands 0-2 on Sunday (earlier hours of Monday back home). Nigeria had exited at the same stage in the last edition …

Anthony Joshua was brutal with himself after he lost his heavyweight championship fight to Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk in Saudia Arabia on Saturday. The Nigerian lost by two judges to one as Usyk defended his heavyweight titles, beating Joshua for a second time. In Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, United Sates, another Nigerian star, Kamaru Usman lost the Ultimate Fighting …

Oleksandr Usyk has beaten Nigeria’s Anthony Joshua by a split decision to retain the heavyweight title. In the rematch in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Usyk landed more solid jabs on Joshua in the final round, while the former champion tried to counter with punches of his own. Usyk was awarded 115-113 and 116-112 by the two judges, while the third judge …

By Ojomu Idowu, Sportspro News Akwa United’s lack lustre performance last season will not be repeated  in the coming season, coach Deji Ayeni has assured. Winners of the Nigeria Professional Football League for the first time in their history the season before, Akwa United not only failed to defend their title in the recently-ended season at No 9 with 25 …

Nigeria’s Falconets have reached the quarterfinals of FIFA World Cup U20 Women’s World Cup for the fifth time in the 10 editions of the tournament. The girls did that in style in the early hours of Thursday by achieving a perfect result at the group phase beating Canada 3-1 after overcoming France and Korea Republic by a lone goal each …

By Yemi Sodeeq, Sportspro News The Special Adviser on Sports and Youth Development to the Kwara State Governor, Mallam Attahiru Ibrahim has donated Gotv decoder and Mp3 musical radio set to the winners on the Sportspro News flagship radio show on Gerin FM. Ibrahim explained that his support to the programme was borne out of his desire to support the …

The Squash Section of Lagos Country Club on Sunday ended a three-month Squash Training Clinic for both its new and junior members with Gbenga Olayemi winning the training session, Akin Akinkugbe was runner up. The Squash Clinic, which was sponsored by West African Lifting Equipment Service, also produced Darasimi Bamkole as the most promising junior player, followed closely by Hazel …

… excites consumers with over N400 million rewards As part of efforts to delight Nigerians with a unique experience of the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup, Coca-Cola Nigeria has kicked off a consumer-reward campaign for football lovers. Tagged the Coca-Cola Believe and Win Under-the-Crown promo, with rewards worth over N400 million, will see five lucky consumers across the country win to …

On paper and going by pedigree, Remo Stars have been presented with the most challenging fixture among the four Nigerian teams jostling for continental honours in the 2022/23 season. The draws for both the CAF Champions League and the less fancied Confederation Cup were made on Tuesday and continental debutant Remo Stars, who recently finished third in the Nigerian topflight …