Author: Abdulgafar Oladimeji

The 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships will be held from 16 to 20 October 2024, at the Ballerup Super Arena in Ballerup, Denmark.  It will be the 121st edition of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Women’s  Cricket: India ease to victory over Pakistan to boost T20 World Cup hopes India produced a solid all-round display to beat Pakistan in Dubai in a big-stakes encounter at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 on Sunday. Harmanpreet Kaur’s India needed a win after the loss to New Zealand in their opening game, and they got exactly that against neighbours Pakistan, who were slightly off the boil at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Arundhati Reddy (3/19) and Shreyanka Patil (2/12) starred with the ball as a rebalanced India lineup kept Pakistan tied down in the first innings, for…

WAFU B U20 Tourney final camping : Flying Eagles to relocate to Ikenne Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, will move to Ikenne, Ogun State for a final camping programme ahead of their participation at this year’s WAFU B U20 Championship in Togo. The 2023 FIFA World Cup quarter-finalists will camp at the high-grade Remo Sports Institute for a week before departing for Lome, where they tackle Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire in a three-team Group B, in their quest to defend the title they won in Niger Republic two years ago. Hosts Togo will battle Ghana, Benin Republic and Niger…

Former NFF vice president , Bar Baribote accuses NFF of disinformation, fault moves to amend statues Former vice president of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Victor Baribote has accused the Nigeria Football Federation of misleading the general public in its moves to amend the federation’s statues. Baribote in a statement that has gone viral on social media platforms   said “Greetings all, I have perused the Communique of the NFF Ordinary General Assembly 2024, in Asaba Delta State and regret to state as follows . “that point 9 of the NFF communique is disingenuously crafted to mislead the general public, for…

FIFA stand still over  Israel football association,  Palestine football federation face off,  calls for peace By Abdulgafar Oladimeji World football governing body FIFA is in a stalemate in finding solutions to the lingering  crisis between Israel Football  Association , IFA versus Palestine Football Federation . PFF. IFA was affiliated to FIFA in 1948. PFF  had a Provisional affiliation to FIFA in 31 May 1995, became full member in  1998 FIFA has continued to hold its breath from  taking a definite decision on the matter  involving both football governing bodies. Palestine Football Federation  had asked FIFA to suspend or expel of…

NFF  GS appointment brouhaha: FG, Odegbami, Pinnick, speak out By Abdulgafar Oladimeji The monster roaring to consume  the Nigerian sports sector is the outcry and tussles surrounding  the upcoming appointment  of the next  General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, NNF, Nigeria’s federal  minister of sports development, senator John Enoh has stated. The minister  in his remarks , while addressing  NFF Annual General Assembly, AGA  held last Friday in Asaba, Delta state capital , Enoh  admitted that in the aftermath of the loud decry against Team Nigeria’s  performance at the  2024 Olympics,  NFF is now  swimming against  the tempest that…

Rwanda set to host 2025 World Cycling championship, 5000 cyclists set for action Rwanda’s capital city, Kigali  is on the verge of  making history as the first African country  to  host  the  2025 UCI Road World Championships. The 2025 UCI Road World Championships would take place from September 21 to September 28, 2025. The championship is anticipated  would  be historic as Rwanda would  become the first African country to host the Road World Championships.  5,000 cyclists and 20,000 delegates are expected to converge on the city for the event,  from September 21 to September 28. It is  predicted that the…

Macron is the new Concacaf sports equipment and apparel partner Macron and Concacaf have agreed to six-year partnership with Italian sportswear brand becoming the official sports equipment and apparel partner for all Concacaf national team and club competitions  Macron will provide extensive support to Concacaf referees as part of confederation-wide agreement running 2024-2030 The renowned sportswear brand Macron, which has partnerships across a range of global sports, and Concacaf, the Confederation for football in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, have announced a long-term partnership that will include Macron becoming the official sports equipment and apparel partner to Concacaf…

Nigeria’s inter schools  U-15 boys football competition kicks off, October 24, Team Kano  set to do battle Nigeria School Sports Federation, NSSF U-15 national football; competition will kick on October 24 in FCT Abuja. The final match of the competition will be played on November 1. Sahel Sports News reports . The president of the federation, Olabisi Joseph has cautioned that the organizers would adopt  zero tolerance over acts that contravenes  the rules guiding the competition.  He further warned the participating schools to shun the attempt to field ineligible players, specifically warning against the fielding of over aged players. Meanwhile,…

Football Match commissioners must  pass examinations, digitally literate  -NFF All individuals presently serving as match commissioners in Nigeria football will have to undertake an examination to retain their places, as the Nigeria Football Federation moves to ensure that only capable hands are left in the vocation. This was disclosed on Wednesday by President of NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, while addressing the match commissioners on the wing of their annual seminar, at Merit House, Abuja. “We want only the best hands to continue to function in the very important role of match commissioner in this country. Apart from the fact…