Minister moves to avoid repeated Olympic failures, inaugurates Tokyo 2020 preparation committee

In furtherance of his avowed commitment to a purposeful and outstanding podium  performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare has inaugurated 

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Tokyo 2020: Chairman, committee on Nigerian preparations, Olusade promises top notch preparation

The Chairman of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games preparation Committee and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Adesola Olusede has promised a top notch preparation for

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Okowa attributes Delta’s sports greatness to Ogbemudia’s seed

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday attributed the sterling prowess of the state in sports to the initiative of late Samuel Ogbemudia as military governor of defunct Bendel

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Minister identifies absence of political will as the bane of sports development in Nigeria

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare has said that Nigeria is not bereft of ideas for sports development to take place in the country, but the

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Rohr receives NFF query for talking too much

The Nigeria Football Federation says it has asked Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Mr. Gernot Rohr to explain reasons behind several breaches of the contract that he signed with the body,

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Minister urges private schools involvment at National Sporting Tournaments

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has urged private schools in the country to participate in national tournaments in order to widen the pool of potential athletes

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Nigeria set to battle South Africa in WBSC Africa Qualifiers

Team Nigeria is set slug it out against South Africa in the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Africa Qualifiers on Nov. 30. Nigeria, who will be participating in softball for

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(Photos)How 2019 YSM Abuja School Games closing ceremony attracted the High and the Mighties

It was a gathering of the high and the mighties during the closing ceremony of the YSM 2019 Abuja School Games which took place at the main bowl of the

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Ogbomoso indigenes urge Sports Minister to reshape Nigeria‘s sports

The Abuja-based chapter of Egbe Ogbomoso Ajisegiri, a socio-cultural group, has urged Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, not to relent in carving a niche for himself.

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Nothing like poaching in sports, athletes must move from one place to another, Ebewele says

Former national athlete, Brown Ebewele on Sunday in Benin said the use of the term “poaching of athletes’’ in Nigerian sports circle is totally wrong. Ebewele said there is nothing

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