An Iranian chess player who defected to Spain after she competed without a hijab and was warned not to return to her country met with Spanish Prime Minister...
An Iranian chess player arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving what a source close to her said were warnings not to return to Iran for...
An Iranian chess player on Wednesday took part in an international tournament in Kazakhstan without a hijab for the second day running, according to a Reuters...
An Iranian chess player has taken part in an international tournament without a hijab, according to media reports, the latest of several Iranian sportswomen to appear...
Flagship Nigerian Breweries brands, Gulder and Maltina, have jointly added an enormous boost to the ongoing Africa Individual Chess Championships (male and female) in Lagos. The...
The President of World Chess Federation, Arkady Dvorkovich, will arrive Nigeria this Friday night for the much-anticipated African Individual Chess Championship (AICC) which is expected to start...
Nigeria bounced back to front line at the on-going World Chess Olympiad in Chennia, India with a massive win by the male and female teams against...
After almost 17 hours of air travel, the Nigerian team to the 44th World Chess Olympiad arrived Chennai, India Tuesday night ahead of the opening ceremony...
The University of Ilorin, venue of the sixth National Youth Games is already in competition mood as the commencement date for the games approaches. The Federal...
Nigeria’s youth and sports development Minister, Sunday Dare has remarked that his ministry will ensure fairness and a level playing field for all those aspiring to...
The Nigeria Ministry of Youth and sports Development has released the time table for election into the boards of sports federations in the country. The elections will hold...
Less than 12 hours after the Nigerian government announced an indefinite suspension of twitter in Nigeria, the action has been effective as the tweets by sporting...
Only the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) which has a special status as a parastatal under the sports ministry is spared as 31 of 32 sports federations...
A record number of 592 athletes drawn from nine Nigerian military and paramilitary agencies are taking part in 15 sports at the fourth edition of the...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA The National Sports Festival in Nigeria will be held in Benin in two phases owing to the observance of the Covid-19 prevention protocols....
BY SMARTS EBHODAGHE It is no longer news that the 20th National Sports Festival tagged Edo 2020 was postponed just a few days to the commencement...
All is now set to honour 60 Nigerian sports icons and personalities that have won laurels for Nigeria and those that have made meaningful impact on sports...
The chairman of Edo 2020 National Sports Festival Committee, Tonobok Okowa has debunked the story making around concerning the new day for the National Sports Festival...
Captain of Nigeria’s men’s national team – D’Tigers, Ike Diogu has revealed that he is closer to the end of his journey with the team than...
Nigeria Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has relocated his office to the M.K.O Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. According to a press release from...
One of Nigeria’s brightest prospects in chess, International Master Daniel Anwuli, will begin another quest in his blossoming career when he leads other top chess players...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Rabat 2019 African Games reached the crescendo as the skies of the Prince Moulay Abdella Stadium in Rabat were ignited. The 12th edition of...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, RABAT. As the curtain falls on the 12th African Games tonight in Rabat, Team Nigeria places second as at close of most events...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, RABAT, MOROCCO Just one week on the saddle, Nigeria’s new Sports Minister has promised a holistic reform in the sector that unites all...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, RABAT On the occasion of his first week in office as sports minister of Nigeria, Sunday Dare arrived Rabat, the host city of...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Veteran journalist and former media adviser and Chief of Staff to the former Lagos State governor and national leader of the All Progressives...
Nigeria’s world Chess Olympiad veterans, Bomo Kigigha (2317), Dapo Adu (2299) and Bunmi Olape(2252) with Oluwafemi Balogun (2275) and Anwuli Daniel (2267) have all qualified in the open...
Seven years after his maiden visit to Nigeria, top British chess Grand Master and former World Champion Challenger, Nigel Short is expected in Nigeria on Tuesday....
Last Sunday was another milestone to dominant National Female Champion, Toritshemuwa Ofowino, as she emerged as the winner of the First Lady’s Chess tournament organised for...
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