An ambassador for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the tournament’s organisers said on Thursday. Retired Qatari midfielder Adel Khamis, 54, “was unfortunately diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19,” the Supreme Committee for the organisation of
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By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA Perturbed at the rising rate of playing group football activities across various fields and open spaces, Ogun State Football Association (OGSFA) has warned all those involved during this global challenge of Coronavirus, to desist from the act or face severe punishment. OGSFA Chairman, Alhaji Ganiu Majekodunmi, stated this is a statement […]
Vice President of the Africa Table Tennis Federation Waheed Oshodi has stated that international Federations will also be meeting later in the month to decide on dates and process for sports and events that are yet to be qualified for in the Tokyo 2021 Olympics after International Olympic Committee released an official date for the […]
Nigeria’s Powerlifting Gold medalist at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro Ndidi Nwosu is dead. The Gold Medalist who also won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia died in Owerri Imo state on March 1, 2020, following complications arising from a lung infection. The former President of the Nigeria Powerlifting Federation […]
The National Sports Festival and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have, as a result of Covid-19 ravaging the world now, shifted. Thus, the Nigerian athletes have all gone to their different homes. These notwithstanding, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has assured that the ministry was monitoring the athletes. According to him: […]
World heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has placed himself in self-isolation following a meeting with coronavirus victim Prince Charles. Chales, the eldest son and heir to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, is showing mild symptoms of coronavirus and is self-isolating in Scotland, officials said on Wednesday. It remains unclear when Charles caught the illness but on
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