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...Draw holds Thursday at Samson Siasia Stadium Yenagoa  By Maxwell Kumoye with additional agency report       The organizers of one of the biggest grassroots football competition, the Bayelsa Governor's Football Tournament tagged the Prosperity Cup have fixed Thursday, April 17, 2025 for the draws of the women's version of the tournament.  This was contained in a statement signed by the chairman of the female tournament committee, Mr Ebi Avi. We understands that the draw will take place at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa, immediately after the weekly Prosperity walk at the to be graced by the governor of Bayelsa, State His Excellency Senator Douye Diri. The statement advised participating teams to send a representative each for the draws session, while also urging the teams to submit their registration forms before 5.00p.m. on Tuesday 15th of April, 2025.  Mr. Ebi Avi explained that failure to comply with the directive means that such a team...

...Ezinore, Etuwa, Akanbi eye NSF Green Jacket as Asaph Zadok National Championship ends Sunday in Benin City  By Maxwell Kumoye in Benin City One of the proactive and forward looking sports bodies in Nigeria, the Edo State Sports Commission (ESSC), says they are fully backing the biggest scrabble event in the country, the Nigeria Scrabble Federation Festival going on at the Florence Hotel and Suites, Benin City, Edo State, South South, Nigeria. The Executive Chairman of ESSC, Honourable, Amadin Desmond Enabulele made this known in a chat with the Organizers of the Festival, the Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF), in Benin City. The Executive Chairman of ESSC, Honourable, Amadin Desmond Enabulele, explained that the Sports Commission is working with various Sports Associations, including the Scrabble Federation, to fast track the development of sports and help secure the future of the teaming youth population in the State and Nigeria. Honourable, Enabulele, a very passi...

...Showers praises on Dunamis Icon, NDDC, others for the groundbreaking event By Maxwell Kumoye with additional agency report   The Director General of one of Nigeria's biggest grassroots football competition, the Bayelsa Governor's Football Tournament tagged the Prosperity Cup, Mr. Ono Akpe has congratulated Team Bayelsa over their emergence as the overall winners of the inaugural edition of Niger Delta Sports Festival.  Bayelsa State secured eighty-six medals, made up of forty-two gold, twenty-nine silver, and fifteen bronze medals to finish top of the table ahead of beating Delta and Edo State at the just concluded Festival in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. Mr. Akpe commended the athletes for their resilience and show of determination throughout the week-long event, describing them as worthy ambassadors of the State.  “Bayelsa's triumph at the Niger Delta Sports Festival was a reflection of the huge talent and massive investment made in sports by t...

By Oluwatobiloba Zeal-Adepetu Kumoye            Coach Idowu Timothy Abimbola, organiser of the eminent Lekki Summer League promises that the Linen edition of the renowned youth basketball event is going to be hair-raising and action-packed. Idowu Timothy Abimbola, the Head Coach of Hoops N' Read BBC made this public on Tuesday in an interview with your authoritative and award-winning news channel, FIRST ZEALMEDIACAST BLOG . Coach Abimbola stated that the objective of Linen edition is to give kids mostly secondary school age students in Lagos State, the Centre of Excellence, the platform to showcase their talents to the world. He added that Season 4 of the Lekki Summer League is not just an opportunity to be showcase their talents but also an avenue to understand the game better, network and to be scouted. The Lekki Summer League, which is the first youth focused basketball event tournament on the Island is breading champions as various...