Tag: Eko 2012

December 4, 2012

And the athletes appear just bent on topping the medals table to get the promised package as Delta State stayed on top as at close of proceedings on Monday

Eko 2012: Anambra hired Cameroonian stripped of three gold medals

Following their quest to confirm the eligibility of Baptis, the NWF swung into action and set up a jury that now went into its archive to search for the records ...

Eko 2012: Soldiers beat protesting Lagos athlete to coma, engage policemen in gun battle

Residents of the area, journalists and some athletes had to run for their safety, as the soldiers engage their guns shooting into the air

Utobo sure of more medals for Ebonyi

A highly elated Utobo said said the result was dividend of long term planning and returning to the grassroots to discover hidden talents

Eko 2012: Team Gombe, again, unleashes violence in game against Kwara

The incident occurred when the Coach of Team Kwara, Moshood Adebayo, was ordered to leave the pitch by the Centre Referee in the added time, following his complaint of alleged ...

Lagos grabs second gold in Judo, other results plus medals table

The Delta State women hockey team are through to the quarter final stage of the event at the ongoing National Sports Festival Eko 2012 after handing a 4-1 thrashing to ...

Eko 2012: Nwankpa rates boxing events low

Nwakpa, who won many laurels for Nigeria during his active days, posited that states must do more in developing the sport

Osaile carpets FG over sports funding

December 1, 2012

He also queried government’s inability to establish measures that could attract private sector participation in sports development

Benue will be among top three – Commissioner

December 1, 2012

According to Chia, Benue State, as part of its efforts to ensure that it occupies an enviable position at the festival, has put in place logistics to make the state ...

Eko 2012: Medals table as at 8pm on Friday

December 1, 2012

Before the emergence of Delta State, Rivers State, which won the first gold medal in the games being held in Lagos State, was at the top of the table

Eko 2012: Team Ondo wins first medal, plus medals table

Bamido Omogbehin, OSSC chairman, said that the state's athletes were in Lagos to win medals and do the state proud and not for jamboree, adding that he is confident of ...

Eko 2012: Enugu coach dreams football gold

The former left back of Rangers International FC said: “With this victory, we are on track for our target in this festival, which is the Gold medal

Lagos basketball coach, Aderemi, sure of gold

'We are the best team in the country today on current form and our players are equally confident. We are sure of winning the gold this time'

NOC scribe wants athletes’ data base

Popoola, who is also the Chairman of the Lagos State Hockey Association, while speaking with sports journalists, noted that proper record keeping would in no small way raise the standard ...

Eko 2012: States accused of importing boxers

Some states allegedly imported pugilists from neigbouring countries such as Benin Republic, Chad and Niger Republic

Ekiti commissioner optimistic of good outing

Oshayomi told our correspondent that although Rivers State and Oyo State recorded their names on the medals table but it is still too early to write off a state like ...

Eko 2012: Lagos dominates Boxing event

Akinade Akeem, fighting in the 52kg class, combined experience and good combination to defeat his Kano State counterpart, Sadiq Mohammed, in a one-sided encounter, while his compatriot, Dauda Azeez, recorded ...

Eko 2012: Protesting technical officials cease fire