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Football Associations (FAs) in UK outlaw primary school children from heading in training

Heading the ball in training sessions has been outlawed for primary school children under the age of 12 in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This...

Aruna, Omotayo, Edem win first games at ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup

Highest-ranked African player Quadri Aruna, Olajide Omotayo and Offiong Edem on Monday all won their first games at the ongoing International Table Tennis Federation...

Gov. Obaseki flags off countdown to Edo 2020

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Friday flagged off the countdown to the 2020 National Sports Festival (NSF) holding in Benin, saying the festival...

Liverpool captain Henderson out for three weeks with hamstring injury

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson will be out for three weeks with a hamstring injury sustained in their 1-0 midweek Champions League defeat by Atletico...

Top-4 finish for Spurs will be incredible, Mourinho says

Jose Mourinho says it will be “incredible” if his Tottenham Hotspur side finish in the top four of the 2019/2020 English Premier League (EPL),...

NSF: 11,500 athletes expected for Edo 2020

No fewer than 11,500 athletes are expected to participate in the 20th edition of the National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged, “Edo 2020” between March...

Zidane says he’s in support of Ramos’ Tokyo Olympics dream

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane says he will back his La Liga club captain Sergio Ramos if he decides to represent Spain at the...

Sports: Gov. Matawalle dissolves state-owned Football Club

The Zamfara State Directorate of Sports Development, on Friday announced the dissolution of the state’s Football Club. Ahmad Bagu, the Special Adviser on Sports Directorate...

Basketball: before the Olympics-2020, the Blues in qualification mode for Euro-2021

Before thinking of the Tokyo Olympic Games this summer, French basketball players, without their NBA and Euroleague stars, must get into qualification mode for...

Sports, education crucial for girl-child’s devt.–YEF

Iwalola Akinjimoh, the Executive Secretary, Youth Empowerment  Foundation (YEF), says sports and education are crucial in the development of the girl-child. Akinjimoh told the News...

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