Barau fc new stadium takes shape ahead of NNL season By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Nigeria National League, NNL debutants, Barau fc have concluded plans to stage their upcoming NNL debut campaign at the newly constructed Maliya stadium in Dambatta located in Kano north senatorial district. Barau fc had gained promotion ticket from the Nationwide League One, NLO, to the second most prestigious club football competition in Nigeria. Kano state Football Association, KSFA, Kano north representative , Hassan Abdullahi Garo confirmed that major requirements have been fulfilled to bring NNL actions to the district. Garo in his words said “I am happy…
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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.
REVEALED; World Athletics publishes findings of study into online abuse of athletes covering Paris Olympic Games Fourth major study into online abuse raises concerns over continued levels of abuse of a racist or sexual nature Key findings: Racism and sexualised abuse continue to be used to target athletes, making up more than 48% of the results 809 total posts were verified as abusive, with 128 posts and comments (16%) escalated to the relevant platform for additional action 1,917 athletes with at least one active account were monitored for online abuse during the Paris Games across four social media platforms –…
Julien Alfred and Letsile Tebogo named best athletes of Paris 2024 at ANOC Awards 2024 The best athletes and NOCs from the Olympic Games Paris 2024 were celebrated tonight in Portugal at a spectacular and memorable ANOC Awards 2024 ceremony at the Estoril Congress Center. The best female and male athletes, as well as the best female and male teams and the best female, male and mixed teams in individual sports were all honoured in front of a packed auditorium in Cascais. Finally, the best National Olympic Committee (NOC) and breakthrough NOCs of Paris 2024 were recognised, while there were…
AFC Member Associations and Regional Associations Presidents’ andGeneral Secretaries’ Conference 2024 concludes on high note The AFC Member Associations (MAs) and Regional Associations (RAs) Presidents’ and General Secretaries’ Conference 2024 concluded today after three days of world-class speakers and global football leaders lending their strength to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s continuous efforts to develop the Asian game. The Conference’s line-up of experts and key industry spokespersons culminated with a presentation by Haroon Ahmed Malik, the Normalisation Committee Chairperson of the Pakistan Football Federation on the decades-long challenges football faces in the South Asian nation. The event then closed with a panel…
Cibao FC and Cavalier FC to face off in 2024 Concacaf Caribbean Cup Final Concacaf has confirmed the schedule and venues for the Final of the 2024 Concacaf Caribbean Cup. The two-legged Final between Cibao FC (DOM) and Cavalier FC (JAM) is scheduled for November 26 (first leg) and December 3 (second leg) in Kingston, Jamaica, and Santiago, Dominican Republic, respectively.Cibao FC has advanced to the Final and qualified for next year’s Concacaf Champions Cup after securing a 1-0 victory against Real Hope FA in the second leg of their Semifinal series, resulting in a 4-2 aggregate score. Prior to…
Houston’s NRG Stadium awarded 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Final Concacaf has announced that the Final of the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup – the 18th edition of the Confederation’s flagship men’s national team competition – has been awarded to NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. In addition to hosting numerous Gold Cups, the FIFA World Cup 2026 host venue is home to the NFL’s Houston Texans and has hosted some of the world’s most important sporting and entertainment events, including two Super Bowls, the College Football Playoff National Championship, and WrestleMania, among others. This will mark the first time that Our Gold…
Shehu Dikko and his gang, the good, the bad, the ugly By Abdulgafar Oladimeji The massive felicitation messages that have continued to herald the announcement of the appointment of mallam Shehu Dikko, by Tinubu’s government , as the chairman of the resurrected National Sports Commission, NSC has left me somehow perturbed . Disturbed because , in Nigeria, it is trite that when you are assigned to man public office and everyone is crying aloud hurray, hurray, hurray, then the public expectations are usually very high, the odds are often higher that you may end up leaving office as a villain.…
Kejelcha breaks world half marathon record in Valencia Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha broke the world half marathon record* at the Medio Maratón de Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich on Sunday (27), clocking 57:30 at the World Athletics Gold Label road race. In his sixth appearance over the distance, the 27-year-old world indoor mile record holder set off behind the pacemakers before taking command of the race just before the third kilometre. From then on, he started running at 2:43/km pace in pursuit of the world record. The two-time world indoor champion went through 5km in 13:38, 10km in 27:12 and 15km in 40:56. It…
Nigerians in diaspora thank Tinubu for appointing Dikko chairman NSC, advocates for the principles of federal character By Abdulgafar Oladimeji A coalition of concerned sports stakeholders have urged the federal government of Nigeria to consider the principles of federal character in making further appointments into strategic sports public offices . The stakeholders under the aegis of Concerned Sports Stakeholders in Diaspora , CSSD expressed worries over what it described as the present lopsided occupation of public sports offices. The group thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his courageous and well appreciated recent moves to heal the ailing sports sector.…
Nigeria wins West Africa deaf football championship The Nigeria National Deaf football team , Deaf Eagles have been crowned as the new West African champions. The Nigerians outshone their opponents from neighboring Niger republic to lift the trophy for a record 5th time at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena popularly known as Onikan Stadium in Lagos. The Deaf Eagles thrashed Niger Republic 4-0 in the final of the 12th edition of the West Africa Deaf Football Championship to be crowned as the reigning champions for the fifth time running.
