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The Bayelsa State Athletics Association will on Monday, 31st August, 2026 hold a state trial to select track and field athletes that will represent the state at the forthcoming maiden National Intermediate Games in Lagos.
In its efforts to boost football career in Kano state and Gwarzo local government area to a higher level in Kano state Kutama United FC has unvailled Muhammad Akilu Kutama as it's coach saddles with the mandate to upgrade the club to state football career level makes the town and local government area and state level a proud .
Stakeholders in Nigerian table tennis has asked for increased sponsorship of the sport, at the grassroots,in the country to enable young talents compete globally and develop the country’s generation of future champions. Offiong Edem made the call while answering reportere questions at the just-concluded sixth edition of the Offiong Edem Table Tennis Championship in Calabar.
Bayelsa Starlets Academy of Yenagoa, affiliated to FC Barcelona of Spain, came from two goals down to beat Uchenna Kanu Football Academy of Akwa Ibom State 3-2 in a Matchday One fixture of the ongoing Nationwide League One U-19 Youth League decided at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa on Sunday, 16th August, 2026.
The Zamfara State Universal Basic Education Board (ZSUBEB), under the leadership of the Executive Chairman, Professor Nasir Garba Anka, Makaman Sokoto South, has successfully concluded the state-level final of the 2025/2026 Basic Education Sports Tournament held at the Zamfara State College of Arts and Science (ZACAS) sports ground in Gusau.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has set up a fact-finding committee to investigate the country’s recent struggles in international football, with particular attention on the Super Falcons’ failure to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The decision Triumph gathered in a statement follows Nigeria’s disappointing campaign at the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, where the Super Falcons were eliminated in the quarter-finals before suffering a 2-1 defeat to South Afri
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Ibrahim Musa Gusau, has received a significant continental recognition following his appointment by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to the Africa Nations League Advisory Committee. Triumph gathered that appointment was contained In its official letter dated 11 August 2026, CAF announced the composition of the Advisory Committee, established to help advance the Africa Nations League Continental and Africa Nations League Pan-African
The Commissioner for Sports Development in Bayelsa State Chief Baraladei Daniel has lauded the state chess team and described the team as astute. The Commissioner made the statement on Tuesday in his office while receiving them on behalf of the State Governor Senator Douye Diri.
