Isiaka Magaji, Head Coach of Kwara’s squash team which have won four medals at the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin, says they could have done better.
Ondo state boxer, Adedeji Adegbola, on Friday, knocked out his opponent, Oluwafemi Adetoye of Yobe state, in a record 15 seconds at the National Sports Festival in Benin.
Edo State Government on Thursday afternoon made good its threat, as it shut down the office of the Main Organising Committee (MOC), of the ongoing National Sports Festival, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, in Benin City.
Contrary to the threat by the local organizing committee of the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival, Edo 2020, to bring it to an abrupt close, the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has said that the sports fiesta will go on as planned.
Defending champions Delta maintained their lead on the medals table of the ongoing 2020 National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin on Wednesday, with hosts Edo slipping to third.
The number of athletes diagnosed with COVID-19 has jumped from two to seven as screening continued at the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin.
Kaduna State Ministry of Sports said it will begin COVID-19 test for the 426 athletes and officials who will represent the state at the National Sports Festival in Edo.
The 20th National Sports Festival billed for Edo State will go ahead as planned from April 2 to April 14, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare said.
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin
The much belated National Sports Festival, tagged ‘Edo 2020’, has been scheduled to hold between April 2 and 14, 2021.
The date was...
The National Council on Sports has recommended Dec. 3 to Dec. 18 for hosting of National Sports Festival tagged “Edo 2020” which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gbenga Elegbeleye, a former Director-General of the defunct National Sports Commission (NSC), on Tuesday, commended organisers of the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) for postponing the event following the outbreak of coronavirus.
With less than a week to the hosting of the 20th edition of the National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin City, the Edo State capital, the state government said it will deploy five scanners and infrared thermometers to be stationed at the stadiums and the Benin Airport to check for high body temperature of athletes and spectators during the games.
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has flagged off the countdown to the 2020 National Sports Festival (NSF) holding in Benin, the State capital on Friday, 21st February, 2020.
The General Manager of the Ondo State Sports Council (OSSC), Wande Fabuluje, has expressed joy as the state puts its name on the medals’ table at the 19th National Sports Festival in Abuja.
The Nigeria's Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung has identified misplacement of priorities as the reason states are unable to host the...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday received the Torch of Unity to herald the forthcoming 19th National Sports Festival coming up in Abuja next month, saying that sports remains a veritable tool to engender the unity and cohesion the nation actually needs.
The Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung has apologised to Nigerians, especially sportsmen and women over the ministry’s inability to host the National Sports Festival since 2012.
A coach, Austin Chima, says the uncertainty over the staging of the 19th National Sports Festival in Calabar in November is disrupting preparations by...
