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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the use of four national stadia and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camps as isolation centres for suspected Coronavirus patients. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, disclosed this on Friday via his Twitter handle. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four
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The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has directed the temporary shutdown of all activities at four national stadia in the country to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Mr John Joshua-Akanji, Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, said this
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By Orkula Shaagee, Abuja Chairman of the League Management Company (LMC), Shehu Dikko has expressed shock at the accident involving players of Rangers International on Sunday morning killing one. The accident led to the death of the Enugu-based clubside’s striker and CHAN Eagles International, Ifeanyi George. A statement by the LMC said Dikko,
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UEFA has announced the postponement of Euro 2020 until the summer of 2021. A statement confirmed the delay, with the dates of June 11 to July 11, 2021 proposed, in the wake of Covid-19 taking a grip across Europe and much of the world. The official announcement from European football’s governing body
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Shanghai Shenhua has placed a £15million price tag on Odion Ighalo, the UK Mirror reports. Ighalo is currently on a six-month loan deal at Manchester United. The Nigerian striker has impressed United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer since his arrival. In eight appearances, Ighalo has netted four goals for the Red Devils. It has led
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Enugu Rangers, yesterday defeated Rivers United 1-0 in a Nigeria Professional Football League game decided in Enugu. Chinonso Eziekwe scored the lone goal shortly before half time The goal on 39 minutes came off a devastating counter attack as United failed to make the most of a free kick won deep in
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Nigeria’s national under-17 female football team, the Flamingos, were dominant as they trounced their counterparts from Guinea 5-1 at the Agege Stadium in Lagos on Saturday. Victory helped them to reach the final round of the African qualifying series for this year’s FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup, after an 11-2
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Management of Nasarawa United Football Club have approved the conduct of an autopsy on late Chineme Martins to unravel the remote cause of his sudden death recently. This is contained in a statement signed by Eche Amos, Media Officer of the club, and made available to the News Agency of
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Nigeria’s Funke Oshonaike, Offiong Edem and Olajide Omotayo have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the table tennis event. Oshonaike would be making her seventh appearance at the Games, a feat which would see her become the first African woman to participate in seven editions of the Games. It was also
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Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, has reacted to the appointment of former Super Eagles defender Joseph Yobo as the team’s Assistant coach. Rohr aimed a dig at the former Nigerian captain, saying that he heard Yobo has no coaching qualifications. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), announced the appointment of the
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