Heritage Bank Plc has restated commitment to improved youth and sport developments in the country, thereby attaining rapid growth in these areas, through sponsorship of sporting activities in tertiary institutions. The MD/CEO of Heritage Bank, Ifie Sekibo affirmed this at the just concluded 14th edition of the West African Universities Game (WAUG) held in Port…
Ethiopia’s controversial Olympic silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa will make a welcome return to the Middle East when he lines up in the elite field at the 2019 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on January 25. The 28-year-old had been in exile in the USA since making an anti-government gesture while crossing the finish line and clinching…
Team Manager of El Marino Sports Club Lagos, Mr Anthony Akamagwuna, has made a strong case for home players, appealing to the Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, to include them into the national team. According to Akamagwuna, the Super Eagles coach may not need to always rely on foreign-based Nigerian players to prosecute matches…
This weekend, leading payTV platform, StarTimes Nigeria, will air live matches of Ligue 1 on ST World Football as Paris Saint German looks to add to its 15 points as the team slugs it out with Marseille who is only 5 points behind on the league table. Last weekend, PSG defeated St-Etienne by 4 goals…
The participants and judges for the first-ever African Freestyle Football Championship have all arrived in Lagos for the continental competition billed to start on Thursday, this week. Judges that have arrived in Lagos for the epoch competition are Tobias Brandal Busaet from Norway, Gautier Fayolle from France and Szymon Maciej Skalski. They were joined by…
Organisers of the first ever African Football Freestyle Championship in Africa, Feet and Tricks International, have named former professional English footballer, John Fashanu; former Nigerian defender and former Head of Lagos State Football Association, Waidi Akanni; and former Super Eagles Coach, Samson Siasia, superstar actresses, Kate Henshaw and Tonto Dikeh as brand ambassadors for this…
Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative banking service provider, has signed a partnership agreement with Feet ‘N’ Tricks International Limited to make the premier edition of Africa Freestyle Football Championship a resounding success. The premier edition of the tournament which is scheduled to hold from September 13 to 15, 2018 at the Balmoral Convention Centre…
Leading chain of hypermarket stores, SPAR, in this spirit of the global football festive season, has introduced its football challenge. Called the SPAR Football Challenge, the innovative platform is aimed at engaging its shoppers, their families and friends. SPAR Football challenge is a unique platform around basic skills of football and gives a nice opportunity…
Queens College Yaba, Ansar-Ud Deen Girls High School Itire, King’s College Lagos and Igbobi College progressed to the Finals of the 2018 Master’s Cup football competition after semi-final games played at the Agege stadium on Tuesday 26th June 2018. The semi-finals began with matches in the female category; the first game saw 2017 Champions Queen’s…
The 2018 edition of GTBank-sponsored Principals Cup football competition has entered the group stage with the draws held last Thursday at the Corporate Head Office of the bank in Lagos. The season began on April 17, 2018 with zonal preliminaries which featured 594 Teams from 335 Schools in the male and female categories. The competition…