Nigeria’s young boxer, Badoo wins GOtv Best Boxer Raheem ‘Badoo’ Animashaun last Thursday at Tafawa Balewa Square knocked arch-rival Hammeed ‘Ese’ Ganiyu to emerge the winner of the 32nd edition of the GOtv Boxing night. Badoo had also emerged as the Best Boxer in May 2024 winning Moji Ogunsanya Trophy. Raheem Badoo Animashaun the West African Boxing Union (WABU) Champion got a record of 6Kos in 12 fights with no loss, while his rival on the night, Hammeed Ese Ganiyu has 4 wins, 7 loses in 11 bouts. Speaking with sports writers , Badoo cautioned Ese, who had protested against…
Author: Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Abdulgafar Oladimeji is a sports writer with over two decades experience in the industry. As a reporter , he has worked with top major Nigerian newspapers, freelancer with newspaper and broadcast media organizations in Africa, Europe and America. He is a well travelled sports journalists reporting major sports events across the globe.
D- Day: 8th CHAN Final Qualifier: Ogunmodede, Dramani goad Eagles, Galaxies to flaming war Both Coaches Daniel Ogunmodede and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani of Nigeria and Ghana respectively, have stiffened their muscles further on the sticks as they beat the drums harder ahead of Saturday’s 8th African Nations Championship qualifying tie-breaker in Uyo. At the pre-match press conference on Friday evening, Dramani insisted his boys created the greater chances in the first leg in Accra and will not be sitting ducks for the Eagles to peck relentlessly at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium. “We created far more chances and were unlucky not to score. No…
CAF U17 Girls Integrated Football Tournament (“GIFT”) to kick-off in CECAFA region in January aimed at developing women’s football in Africa The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) is to organise the inaugural CAF U17 Girls Integrated Football Tournament (GIFT), a pioneering pilot initiative to promote the development of women’s football across Africa. The historic event will take place at the Azam Complex Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and brings together eight teams from CECAFA Member Associations (MAs) from 7-18 January 2025. The tournament provides a platform to showcase young female footballers, build player capacity and promote women’s football at…
Sports is the fastest growing economy – VC KHAIRUN The vice chancellor of Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu University, Professor Abdulrashid Garba has described sports as the fastest growing industry in the global economic circuit. The University don said sports is now a lucrative business , stressing that it could go hand in hand with education. According to him, sports has taken a strategic place in the socio economic development at the global stage Professor Abdulrashid Garba dropped the hints while launching the newly constructed basketball and tennis courts at a ceremenong held at KHAIRUN university campus in Kano. He disclosed that …
Kano Pillars Fans club elect new exco Kano Pillars football club fans club, Dala chapter, Wednesday sworn in the new set of executive members to elected to steer the affairs of the chapter. The newly installed exco members took an oath of office in a ceremony held at the Musabaka hall located in Dala local government. The oath of officer was administered by , barrister Jelani Sani Dalhatu. The occasion also featured the launching of the almanac of the chapter. Prominent football stakeholders, who witnessed the occasion includes, former chairman, Kano Pillars football club, Tukur Babngida, former chairman KPFC fans…
Victory, to qualify for CHAN finals, is our watchword for Ghana clash – Ogunmodede Stand-in Head Coach Daniel Ogunmodede said on Thursday that the big focus of the Super Eagles B players and officials ahead of Saturday’s African Nations Championship qualifying game against Ghana’s Black Galaxies is to attain victory that will spring Nigeria to the finals of the competition early next year. Both illustrious regional rivals battled to a scoreless stalemate in Accra on Sunday and the final qualifying fixture is delicately poised ahead of the decider at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Saturday. “We are doing everything…
NSC unveils “RHINSE” to reset Nigeria’s ailing sports Sector The National Sports Commission (NSC) has flagged off the Renewed Hope Initiative for Nigeria’s Sports Economy (RHINSE). The commission, Thursday said the move is a bold plan initiated with the motive to transform Nigeria’s sports industry through the Reset, Refocus, and Relaunch (RRR). Adding that the initiative seeks to reset Nigerian’s sports echo-system from been driven by competition to be driven by developmental tenets . NSC director information and public relations , Ajayi Kehinde , in a statement issued Thursday in FCT Abuja, disclosed that the RHINSE strategy brief has been…
Menstrual period: Women’s football teams should not play in white shorts if they want to win In football, a number of women’s teams have stopped playing in white shorts because the players are worried about leakage during the time of their period. And they are right do so, says a Norwegian professor of economics whose research shows that teams playing in white shorts receive fewer points than opponents playing in non-white shorts. The professor is Alex Krumer from Molde University College in Norway. During a session at Play the Game 2024, he spoke about his decision to address the issue…
Nigeria set to establish new sports management board- Dikko By Abdulgafar Oladimeji The chairman National Sports Commission, NSC Shehu Dikko has revealed that the commission has set in motion the process to establish Nigeria’s first Sports Infrastructure Development Management Board. Dikko in a television chat titled Reshaping Democracy aired on NTA, last Tuesday disclosed that the moves to create the new board is as a result of the efforts to revive the decaying state of sports infrastructure in Nigeria. He added that the creation of the planned board is targeted at refocusing Nigerian sports from sole reliant on taking part…
FIBA celebrates more than 610 million players globally on second edition of World Basketball Day FIBA is proud to mark the occasion of only the second-ever World Basketball Day by celebrating the popularity of the sport and its participants. Some 12 months after the inaugural World Basketball Day, FIBA is thrilled to announce the number of people that play regularly worldwide. More than 610 million people between the age of six and 54 years play basketball at least twice a month around the globe. China alone has over 200 million people participating and is one of the top three markets…
