Expect more fireworks as former Prosperity Cup champions, Eternal Grace Ministry FC and Krusaders FC, clash in their semifinal tie in the Bayelsa State Governor’s Cup. Tournament favourites, Eternal Grace Ministry, fondly called EGM were 2022 champions, while Krusaders claimed the top prize a year later, in 2023. Fate …
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SPORTS BUSINESS REVIEW Director-General of the National Sports Commission, Bukola Olopade, speaking at a World Press Conference during the Gateway Games. By OJEIKERE AIKHOJE It’s time for the closing ceremony of the Gateway Games 2024, which unarguable enters the record books as the best organized and festival with …
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Chelsea have become the first club to win each of the five major European trophies after defeating Real Betis to be crowned Conference League champions! Stadion Wroclaw was the venue for our latest European triumph, and Enzo Maresca‘s side did it the hard way as the Blues battled back from …
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SPORTS BUSINESS REVIEW The quartet of Eternal Grace Ministries, Bayelsa United Feeders, Youbolobo and Krusaders will continue their semi-final battle in Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football tournament, the Bayelsa Governor’s Cup, as the race for the N10million jackpot in the men’s category continues, on Thursday. Sponsored by Nigeria’s fastest growing bank, …
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Prosperity Cup discovery, Precious Benjamin, made an impact with Nigeria’s Under 20 National Team at the just concluded CAF Under 20 Africa Cup of Nations, in Egypt. Director General of the Bayelsa Governor’s Cup, Ono Akpe (right) having a chat with Bayelsa State Governor, His Excellency, Senator …
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The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), has opened an exciting chapter in the legacy of Africa’s premier club competition, with a new Trophy for its premium club competition, the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League trophy, in partnership with sponsor, TotalEnergies. The unveiling ceremony took place at TotalEnergies’ South Africa headquarters …
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By Aniekan Ezekiel What happens when legacy meets preparedness? What results from such a combination? Let us not be in a hurry to put forward any answers yet. Instead, let us consider first the opposite situation: When legacy meets unpreparedness. The world abounds in examples of this …
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Newly-installed President of the West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau (MON), has outlined his vision and mission for the regional football-supervising body, emphasizing on the need to develop the game through the grassroots by focusing on youth competitions, articulating an aggressive marketing strategy to …
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Sports is big business. With multi sports event like the National Sports Festival, it is guaranteed that thousands of people will converge on the host city. Athletes and officials from the 36 states of Nigeria, the Federal Capital Territory as well as Invited Junior Atheletes as the “38” state, …
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By OJEIKERE AIKHOJE The quest to unearth fresh talents for the country plays a significant part of Premium Trust Bank’s sponsorship of the 22nd National Sports Festival, in Ogun State, South West Nigeria. Premium Trust Bank, Nigeria’s fastest growing bank occupies its pride of pace as Lead Sponsor of …
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