Alex Adewale and Kafayat Omisore emerged champions of the men’s and women’s singles of the Puma ITF Wheelchair Tennis Futures in Abuja over the weekend.
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Nigerian players stepped up preparations for the upcoming Puma Engineer ITF Wheelchair Tennis Futures in Abuja with about a dozen players featuring in Wednesday’s training in Lagos.
Nigeria’s capital city Abuja will be agog from October 29 to November 4 as the Puma Engineer ITF Wheelchair Tennis Championship holds.
Deliberating on the eligibility for president and vice president in the new guideline, stipulating among others that those occupying the post of an international sports body shall not contest for the post of president and vice president of a national federation and those who have served two consecutive terms as present of their national federation shall not contest for the post of president of the federation, the stakeholders voted in support of it
Buhari gave the assurance as he received the Queens Baton Relay in Lagos on Monday
The win reaffirms Nigeria’s status as the regional superpower
Michael, the 2015 runner-up of the competition, had since reaching the quarter-finals been creating upsets, defeating No. 3 seed, Sylvester Emmanuel, in three straight sets 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to win the trophy
Ndanusa said: “The good news from the Director of Sports’ Annual General Meeting that ended at the weekend is that the Wheelchair Tennis is now a medal winning event at the National Sports Festival
However, Nigeria was included in the draw made in ITF’s London headquarters on Monday, which indicated that there won’t be any sanction for the country
According to the former Nigerian Sports Minister, the International Tennis Federation sanctioned Pro Circuit has added value to the city of Lagos as a public relations platform to launder the image of the ‘Centre of Excellence’ to the world in the last 15 years, which the competition has been annually staged
Mcleod’s demise is the latest in the series of deaths recorded in Nigerian tennis in recent months following the demise of another player, Glady’s O’Mailey, who gave up the ghost after child birth, while Cosmos Ntemuse, a referee, also died recently
This was contained in a statement signed by NTF President, Sani Ndanusa, on Monday in Lagos
Ndanusa became the NOC president four years ago when he beat the then incumbent leader of the committee, Gumel, to the position
Delta State was overwhelmingly voted for after President Sani Ndanusa announced that the state Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, had accepted to host the AGM
Uduaghan was present at the athletics arena on Monday when Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare ran the fastest time to clinch gold in the Women’s 100 metres at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland
President of NOC, Engineer Sani M. Ndanusa announced the appointment with the tacit approval of the Board and Exco members of the NOC during their meeting at the Boardroom of the NOC, National Stadium, Surulere