WTN powers 2025 ITA Summer Series Collegiate Tennis The ITF World Tennis Number (WTN) is the exclusive rating system for the ongoing 2025 ITA Summer Series, a nationwide collegiate tennis circuit. Running from June 13 until July 27, the Series features over 50 tournaments across US college campuses, culminating in the ITA National Summer Championships in Memphis, Tennessee, from August 9 – 12. The ITA Summer Series provides competitive match play opportunities primarily for college athletes, high-level juniors, and former collegiate players. All tournament results are integrated into the WTN system, which serves as the basis for seeding and entry…
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.
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FIFA World Cup 26 Volunteer work recruitment Starts The FIFA World Cup 26 Volunteer Programme starting June 11, 2026 in Canada, Mexico, and the USA recruitment exercise has commenced. FIFA Volunteer news said “ We’re inviting passionate football fans like YOU to join us as we welcome the world to Canada, Mexico, and the USA. If you’ve got the passion, team spirit, and energy to bring this historic event to life, we want you on the squad. Adding that prospective volunteers must be “ Aged 18 or older at the time of application .Eligible to volunteer in your chosen Host…
Nigeria to host 2nd African School’s Games The president of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), Mustapha Berraf has communicated the decision to award the hosting rights of the second Africa School’s Games to Nigeria. Tony Nezianya , NOC public relations officer, said, according to a statement sent to Engr Habu Ahmed Gumel, president of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), the historic decision was made during the Extraordinary of the Executive Committee of ANOCA. ”We are pleased to officially award the hosting rights for the 2nd African School Games in 2027 to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. ”ANOCA has…
All set for FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments 2026 in Germany With the successful conclusion of all the Women’s Continental Cups – the Women’s AfroBasket, Women’s AmeriCup, Women’s Asia Cup and Women’s EuroBasket – the 24 teams that will participate in the four FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments in March 2026 are now known. Africa Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and South Sudan qualified as the Top 4 teams at FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2025. Americas Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Puerto Rico and USA qualified as the Top 6 teams at FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2025. Asia and Oceania Australia,…
World Athletics announces Hisamitsu as official supplier for WCH Tokyo 25 Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical has been announced as an official World Athletics supplier for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25. The Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company specialises in topical pain relief and cooling therapy products, such as the Salonpas® pain relief patches – which has been named the world’s leading over-the-counter topical analgesic patch brand* for nine consecutive years. The WCH Tokyo 25 will see more than 2000 athletes from some 200 countries head to Japan from 13-21 September to compete in one of the world’s biggest sporting events. Through Hisamitsu’s activities…
Kinshasa to host 47th CAF Ordinary General Assembly on 6 October The Confédération Africaine de Football’s (“CAF”) 47th Ordinary General Assembly will be held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, 6 October, 2025. The Ordinary General Assembly will bring together leading figures in African football, including the presidents of CAF’s 54 Member Associations, representatives from the six Zonal Unions, and senior football officials from across the continent. CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe will chair the 47th Ordinary General Assembly.
CAF announce date for interclub preliminary draws . As CAF Champions league kicks off September 19 The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has officially confirmed two iconic figures in Tanzanian football as Draw Assistants for the 2025/26 CAF Interclub Preliminary Draw, scheduled to take place on Saturday, 9 August in Tanzania’s capital, Dar es Salaam. The draw will be held at the state-of-the-art Azam Media Studios, home to CAF’s strategic broadcast partner in East Africa, a region showing remarkable growth in both cumulative audiences and stadium attendance across all CAF competitions. The event will be broadcast live at 13:00 local…
Nduka, Chelle draw on Nigerian sporting excellence ahead of blockbuster Senegal clash As anticipation builds for Tuesday’s TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship 2024 showdown between Nigeria and Senegal, Super Eagles coach, Éric Chelle and Junior Nduka have shared insight into their mindset heading into the opening clash of Group B. Nduka, seen as one of the Super Eagles’ leaders going into the continental tournament, touched on the emotional weight of national pride and recent sporting momentum Nigeria carries into the tie. “To our fellow Nigerians, I know the expectations are high because we have been doing well in sports and…
Congo, Sudan face off in Group D opener at TotalEnergies CAF CHAN, PAMOJA 2024 Congo and Sudan will meet for the first time at the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) when they clash in the opening match of Group D on Tuesday. Both teams are looking to improve on their past performances and make a strong start to the tournament. This will be Congo’s second meeting against East African opponents; their only previous game was a 1-0 win over Ethiopia in the 2014 group stages. Sudan’s only previous matches against Central African opposition came in 2011, when they defeated Gabon…
Concacaf: Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Dominican Republic win big in League B kickoff The 2025 Concacaf Boy’s Under-15 Championship continued Monday with six League B matches in Aruba. Groups C and D played their matches at Stadion CD Guillermo Trinidad in Oranjestad, Aruba, while Groups E and F action took place at Stadion Centro Deportivo José Wever in Savaneta, Aruba. Group C Puerto Rico 3-0 Cayman Islands Puerto Rico began its campaign with a 3-nil win over the Cayman Islands in Group C. Los Boricuas took the lead in the 12’ after Myles Johnson sent a great ball over the top…
