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The former Secretary Sunshine Stars FC of Akure Clement Olagundoye has enjoined Ondo state football agency to name replacement For erstwhile media officer Chris Okunnuwa who voluntarily resigned last week. He made this disclosure in a chat with Sportgister Nigeria in Akure. “We implore the management of Ondo State Football Agency to unfold the new Media Officer of the Sunshine Stars FC to the public since the former officer had voluntarily resigned from the club” “The job of Media officer in a club is very important as he / she intimate the public on the happenings in the club and we don’t be in darkness”. He added”we have good hands in the state and as a matter of urgency,the management should employ one and make it known to the public” Once again,we thank and appreciate the State Government for her moral, psychological and financial support given to our darling team at this on going football season.

Real Madrid will face bitter rivals Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semi-finals after the draw was made at the Spanish FA's headquarters on Monday. Osasuna will clash against Athletic Bilbao in the other semi-final. The matches take place on four different dates in February, March and April with the Spanish FA having a schedule headache as Real Madrid play in the FIFA Club World Cup early in February and then two legs of the Champions League last 16. Real and Barca meet in the first leg at Camp Nou on March 1 and will play the second leg at Santiago Bernabeu on April 4 or 5. Osasuna will play Athletic on Feb. 8 and March 1. The semi-final represents a chance for LaLiga and European champions Real to get revenge for their 3-1 loss two weeks ago in the Spanish Super Cup against Barcelona. Barca are currently the league leaders after they moved on to 47 points with their 1-0 win at Girona on Saturday. Real are second, five points behind.

NPFL Match Day 4 Roundup: Shooting Stars Pick 1st Win, As Lobi Stars Wallop Bayelsa United Sampson Adedeji The concluding part of Matchday 4 of the Nigeria Premier Football League was held on Sunday and it was a good outing for Shooting Stars as they picked their first win of the season, BSNSports.com.ng report. The Oluyole warrior had secured just 2 points in the last 3 matches after drawing 2 games and losing 1. El Kanemi Warriors proved too difficult for the host at the Adamasingba Stadium and were able to secure a goalless draw in the first half. Shooting Stars had to rely on a late strike from Tiza Samuel to earn the maximum points. Lobi Stars secured one of the biggest wins of the day with a 3-0 win over Bayelsa United. Suurk scored twice in the 67th and 78th minutes before Abba sealed the game with the 3rd goal in the 84th minute. James Ajako continued his impressive performance in the season as he netted a late goal to give Akwa United 3 points against Plateau Unite...

  Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, will aim for their first victory of the season when they play host to topflight returnee, El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri.. The 2022/23 NPFL match day four encounter, slated for the Lekan Salami Stadium, is a must win for the Oluyole Warriors, having drawn two and lost one in their previous fixtures. After the midweek loss to Remo Stars, the coach Gbenga Ogunbote tutored lads, shifted their focus to Sunday's match, which they have have dubbed 'must win'. From the final training session and the expression on the faces of the coaches and the players, the Ibadan soccer lords are definitely poised to grab the maximum points, which will definitely serve as a turn around and change of fortune for the team. Knowing the importance of securing the maximum points on Sunday, coach Gbenga Ogunbote, addressed his players after the final training session ahead of the encounter. "We must put behind us the results of the previous games. We...

 The chance of Nigeria’s Men basketball team D’Tigers to participate in the final window of the 2023 FIBA Men’s World Cup Qualifier in Luanda, Angola, is hanging in the balance as the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) is cash strapped and waiting on the Federal Ministry of Sports to come to the team’s rescue. The 2023 FIBA Men’s World Cup is scheduled to be held from August 25- September 10 in Japan, Indonesia and Philippines while the final window for qualifiers is to be held from February 20-28, 2023. Daily Trust investigation has revealed that with less than 25 days to the dunk-off of the final window, the NBBF is yet to get funds from either the sports ministry or any of its sponsors for the national team. Meanwhile, D’Tigers are expected to win all their remaining matches in Group E and hope other results go their way for them to stand a chance of picking one of the four tickets in Africa.  Already, Cote D’Ivoire has picked the first of the five tickets for the contine...

Remo Stars of Ikenne on Wednesday defeated Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan 2-0 in the first installment of a South West derby, that saw Coach Gbenga back in Remo land, for a duel against the side helped to finish in a respectable 3rd position, which secured for them a slot in one of CAF's Inter-Club Championships, the Confederation Cup. First, the convincing victory in Ikenne was courtesy of two second half goals, and it means Remo Stars is now the only team in the 2022/2023 Abridged Nigeria Premier Football League, that has yet to concede a goal thus far. After three weeks of breathtaking football from the side, they are now, only the second team, along with promoted Insurance of Benin, with 9 maximum points from three opening fixtures, at the summit of the Group A table. Aside the 100 percent win record, Remo Stars also has the bragging right of being the only team, not to have conceded a goal, in the over 270 minutes duration of those games.  The Coach Daniel Ogunmodede tut...

  The Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti has emerged the winner of the 21st edition of the Nigeria Polytechnic Games Association , NIPOGA hosted by Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo Ondo State. Forty Polytechnics participated in nine different sports at the NIPOGA. The Lagos State Polytechnic finished second while the Polytechnic Ibadan finished third in the overall medals table. Declaring the game closed,Ondo State governor Mr Oluwaroimi Akeredolu represented by the commissioner for youths and sports development Mr Bamidele Ologun commended the organisers and called for consistency to ensure that the game help in harnessing talents. The President of NIPOGA and Rector Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo Mr Adebola Ogundahinsi said the aim of the game was achieved which was uniting Nigerian youths and providing a platform for talents to showcase their skills through sports. In the final football match played at the school sports complex , federal Polytechnic Nasarawa defeated federal Polytechnic Ede Osu...

 Nigeria representative at this year’s edition of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), Kwara Falcons will begin preparation on Monday 23rd January 2023. A Club statement confirmed through it media department that players will report to the club training court on Monday morning to meet Coach Baba Jubril and the rest of the backroom staffs to discuss on the clubs camping exercise and create a road map for the forthcoming event. It added that the management are putting heads together to work on proposed move for foreign professionals to join the current group and strengthened the rooster for the camping exercise. The Kwara Falcons became Nigeria second representative at African biggest basketball tour schedule for March in Senegal after emerging winners of the NBBF Men’s Premier League.

The basketball event came to a successful ending at the ongoing Nigeria Polythenic games (NIPOGA) 2022 tagged Owo 2022 with The Federal Polythenic Nasarawa winning gold in the male category and Kaduna state polythenic won the female category. The event started on monday 16th January 2023 ended on the Friday 20th January 2023 with much fun and tension as the two finals Yaba polythenic from Lagos and Federal Polythenic Nasarawa gave the fan the beautiful game to behold. Earlier, Polythenic of Ibadan defeated Delta state polythenic Otefe Oghara in the female category to win bronze, while Kaduna state polythenic show superiority over Isa Mustapha Agwai polythenic LAFIA to win the gold medal. Kaduna state polythenic overrun Ibadan polythenic to win bronze while Yaba polythenic gave a good account of themselves but lost narrowly to Federal Polythenic Nasarawa. Addressing the the coaches and officials after the 5days even, Dr. Akeredolu who is the Director of coaching and head coach of Ibadan...

 Following the successful hosting of the maiden edition of the southwest under17 male and female basketball championship by Hope Basketball Academy Nigeria tagged "Play against drug abuse". The organizers are planning on having the second edition of the most educative southwest program. Answering questions from report the organizer and convener of the basketball championship said " the fight against drug abuse is not a fight we can win at once but with consistency and persistence the war will definitely be won" The event that is slated to hold towards the middle of the year is said to follow another pattern as the organizers are putting all hands on deck to make it educative, innovative and entertaining.