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A total of 42 foreign long distance runners have indicated interest in competing at the 2023 edition of the Lotus Bank Abeokuta 10km Race, which has been scheduled to hold in the Ogun state capital city on September 9.  The 10km race will flag off at the Iyana Oloke, Onikolobo and finish at the entrance to the Alake of Egbaland Palace, Ake, Abeokuta. The foreign winners at the 2023 Abeokuta 10km Race, which is the third edition of the 10km race will go home with a total prize money of twelve thousand five hundred dollars. The breakdown of the prizes according to the Chief Executive Officer / Managing Director of Nilayo Sports Management Company, Chief Bukola Olopade, would see the champion of the 3rd Abeokuta 10km Race go home with a cash prize of five thousand dollars, second place winner $3000, third place $2,000 and fourth place $1,500 and fifth place $1,000 making a total of $12,000. The Chief Executive Officer of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Chief Bukola Olopade, Wednesda...

A total of 42 foreign long distance runners have indicated interest in competing at the 2023 edition of the Lotus Bank Abeokuta 10km Race, which has been scheduled to hold in the Ogun state capital city on September 9.  The 10km race will flag off at the Iyana Oloke, Onikolobo and finish at the entrance to the Alake of Egbaland Palace, Ake, Abeokuta. The foreign winners at the 2023 Abeokuta 10km Race, which is the third edition of the 10km race will go home with a total prize money of twelve thousand five hundred dollars. The breakdown of the prizes according to the Chief Executive Officer / Managing Director of Nilayo Sports Management Company, Chief Bukola Olopade, would see the champion of the 3rd Abeokuta 10km Race go home with a cash prize of five thousand dollars, second place winner $3000, third place $2,000 and fourth place $1,500 and fifth place $1,000 making a total of $12,000. The Chief Executive Officer of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Chief Bukola Olopade, Wednesda...

The Nigeria Teqball contingent to the African Beach Games Hammamet 2023 made up of three Athletes and a Coach departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on board Asky to Lome-Accra and Turkish Airlines to Istanbul-Tunis. The delegation which is led by the Head of Technical & Education of the Federation Mr. Abdul Bajeh is estimated to arrive Tunis by 9:20am on Wednesday 21st June 2023. World number 31, African number 2 and Nigerian number 1 Victor Ademoye OYEMADE will compete for a slot for the Men’s Single in the next World Beach Games slated for Bali, Indonesia, from the 5th to 12th of August 2023.  Oyemade will also partner with Funsho Funto SAMSON to compete for the Men’s Doubles event. Samson on the other hand will also partner with Rashidat Bukola SALAU to compete for the Mixed Doubles event.  Experienced and versatile Abdul Bajeh will be deploying his vast knowledge of the game to ensure that the Nigerian team does not only win medals but also qualify f...

29-year-old Chemical Engineering graduate shared the story of how she entered the male-dominated Formula 1 paddock, where she became the first black woman to stand atop the Formula 1 podium. “Growing up, when I watched F1 the representation wasn’t there. Until Lewis Hamilton came into the picture, there was no one there that looked like me to inspire me. He was the person that did that for me despite him not being an Engineer,” the lifelong motorsport fan said. This is also why that moment she stood on the podium is very meaningful. “Many people don’t see what goes on behind the scenes. I wanted to make my role known to young people. Not to inspire them to be like me and to go into motorsport, but to inspire them to find their passion, because if you go into a role that you are not passionate about, you are going to have a terrible time.” After spending three years working with the Mercedes F1 team, Travers is currently the deputy team principal of Hamilton’s Extreme E team X44 Vida Ca...

A one-day conference at the Marriott Hotels, Ikeja, Lagos, held on Friday the 16th of June 2023 discussed and agreed on collaborative modalities to tackle human trafficking and modern slavery in Sports.  The event was hosted by Ladies In Sports, a Nigerian based foundation, which brought together personalities from all works of life to design efforts to end this human right violation. “Expanding the fight against human trafficking” was the topic of the next panel of the conference moderated by Dr. May Ikeora, a human rights and women empowerment advocate.  During the session, speakers Laurent De Boeck - Chief of Mission of International Organization for Migration (IOM) to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Ojonuka Ajuda, Head of Women’s Football at Integral pointed out that human trafficking in sports does not only affect men. Ajuda revealed that her department has received complaints from some women who have been exploited and abandoned in another country. “Women find it dif...

  Segun Ijitola Football club of Surulere, emerged the new champion of the Victor Ikpeba Football Challenge 2023. The Football Challenge which was in its third edition was played at its traditional venue, the Obele Odan Community Centre,  Fujah. A total of eight teams participated in the Five-A-Side Football competition whose theme at the third edition is 'Appreciation'. As the sponsor of the event, the 1997 African Footballer of the Year, Victor Ikpeba said, was hosted in appreciation of the great opportunity given to him by his country Nigeria, to become a worldclass soccer star. In the final match played  on Monday, June 12 at the Obele Odan Community Centre,  Fujah, FC Segun Ijitola defeated Chidi Chukwuka FC 2-0 to lift the Gold Cup, gold medals and a cash prize of two hundred thousand naira. The first goal of the final match was scored by Ikechukwu, who capitalised on a defensive error to find the back of the team to give his team a 1-0 lead in the first half. ...

  Segun Williams Football club of Surulere, has emerged the new champion of the Victor Ikpeba Football Challenge 2023. The Football Challenge which was in its third edition was played at its traditional venue, the Obele Odan Community Centre,  Fujah. A total of eight teams participated in the Five-A-Side Football competition whose theme at the third edition is 'Appreciation'. As the sponsor of the event, the 1997 African Footballer of the Year, Victor Ikpeba said, was hosted in appreciation of the great opportunity given to him by his country Nigeria, to become a worldclass soccer star. In the final match played  on Monday, June 12 at the Obele Odan Community Centre,  Fujah, FC Segun Williams defeated Chidi Nwachukwu FC 2-0 to lift the Gold Cup, gold medals and take home a cash prize of two hundred thousand naira. The first goal of the final match was scored by team captain, Segun Ijitola, who capitalised on a defensive error to find the back of the net to give his t...