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By NAN The e-Sports Federation says preparations for the 2020 On-line National League Games has begun in spite of the coronavirus pandemic affecting sporting activities in the country and beyond. Mr Christopher Yaba, Secretary of the federation said on Wednesday in a statement after the federation’s virtual board meeting on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that e-sports ...

Referees and Coaches of Match Officials (CMOs) drawn from across the continent are following a series of online workshops run by Alain Rolland, High-Performance 15s Match Official Manager for World Rugby. This initiative will help upskill match officials in the key focus areas of the game, and the programme will run for over two months. With 42 participants (including 11 ...

By Chris Ugwuja, Nsukka A Member of the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation and Chairman of the Nigeria National League, Hon. Chidi Ofo Okenwa, died on Tuesday morning at the age of 50. Okenwa, also the Chairman of the Enugu State Football Association, had been diagnosed as having leukemia, and was said to have been restless throughout the ...

…Plus Many of TB Joshua’s Controversial Football Prophecies Football prophecies by spiritual leaders have been once again come to the fore with the news of Prophet TB Joshua’s influence in the victory of the Ghanaian team at the Under 20 World Cup in 2009, let us cast a glance on his previous prophetic involvement in football. The Street Reporters Newspaper ...

Indications have emerged that air of uncertainties surrounding hosting of games ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympics rescheduled for next year. The developments became evident after the International Olympic Committee (IOC)  and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the games disagreed that hosting the games hinges on the development of a vaccine to prevent contracting COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Japanese ...

Domestic competitions across Europe already on hold over Coronavirus Outbreak The quarter-finals of this year’s Champions and Challenge Cups have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, tournament organizers European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) said on Monday. Four of the matches originally scheduled for April 3-5 were set to be played in France, where the government has closed schools, bars, ...

The BBC reports that the spread of coronavirus around the world has impacted the staging of sporting events around the world. This is what has been affected so far: 14 March: ATHLETICS: The Edinburgh Marathon, scheduled to take place on Sunday, 24 May, is postponed with organisers aiming to announce a new date on Monday.   BOXING: The World Boxing Super ...

Yobo Would Learn on the Job Two sports administrators, Alhassan Yakmut and Adam Mohammed, have hailed the appointment of former Super Eagles skipper, Joseph Yobo, as assistant coach of the team. While Yakmut is a former Director General of the defunct National Sports Commission (NSC), The Street Reporters Newspaper learnt, Mohammed is the current FCT FA boss. The Nigeria Football ...

Yorke convinced Mourinho will re-invigorate United’s squad Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke hopes one of Jose Mourinho’s first acts as manager will be to bring Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Old Trafford. Mourinho has officially signed his contract to become Louis van Gaal’s successor late on Thursday afternoon, before United made an official announcement on the Portuguese’s appointment on Friday morning. ...

Manchester United may have to pay Chelsea for the right to fully exploit Jose Mourinho’s name when he is confirmed as their manager later this week. Chelsea still own the rights to Mourinho’s name and signature having registered it as a trademark with the Intellectual Property Office in 2005, during his first spell at Stamford Bridge. As well as being ...

The 34-year-old Sweedish scored twice and set up another in the 4-2 win over Marseille, giving him the perfect ending to his career in the French capital, but he has much more to offer. Zlatan Ibrahimovic brought the perfect ending to his time at Paris Saint-Germain in Saturday’s Coupe de France final with another impressive display. The striker was the ...