Lagos State Government has thrown its weight behind the maiden edition of University Soccer Challenge, which kicks off today at the Astro Turf 2000, Ikoyi, Lagos.

For the first time in many years, the Nigeria Amateur Boxing Association (NABA) has finally come out with its maiden ranking of boxers in the country.

The Association of Professional Footballers of Nigerian (APFON) has appointed the Lagos State Governor, Babtunde Raji Fashola (SAN) as chairman of the Nigerian Football Veterans Forum (NFVF).

Fifteen-year-old Ufuoma Omene of Delta will represent Nigeria at the forthcoming Under-15 African Badminton championship serving off on December 2 in South Africa.

Ladies juvenile handball teams of Athletic Sport Aviation (ASA) and of Santos FC, both of Luanda, face each other on Thursday, in a match for the first semi-finals of the 28th national championship of the category, being held in Huambo

Botswana Football Association (BFA) president, Phillip Makgalemele is reported to have stepped down from contesting the COSAFA vice-presidency.

Four days from today the much-anticipated kickboxing tourney will hit the city of Accra specifically the Prisons Canteen where participants will battle for supremacy.

After promoting Ntime Ntime to head coach recently, TAFIC have brought in three of their former players to beef up the technical bench. Ntime was promoted after the sacking of former coach Godfrey Tamirepi.

A squad of 20 players leave tomorrow for the annual COSAFA Under-20 tournament to be held in Mpumalanga, South Africa from December 1-10. The team is under the tutelage of Oris 'Boyo' Radipotsane.

Former commissioner for sports in Akwa Ibom state, Dr Chris Ekong has called on sports loving Nigerians to remain optimistic about Nigeria hosting the February 2, 2008 World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight showdown between Samuel Peter (The Nigerian Nightmare) and

DUNCAN Mugabe is coming back from South Africa to compete in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) U-18 tournament getting underway at Lugogo on Friday with qualification rounds.

Kenyan drivers face hard times as their foreign counterparts start to dominate the 2007 Kenya Airways East African Safari Classic Rally at the halfway stage.

Former Green Eagles goalkeeper, Best Ogedegbe believes Nigeria has learnt her lessons from the last World Cup qualifiers to underrate South Africa, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Senate yesterday tonguelashed and drove away chairman, National Sports Commission (NSC) Alhaji Hassan Gimba over his inability to account for N5.5 billion voted for the commission in this year's budget. It also declared as nullity the change of Ministry of

Victor Siero scored 12 goals as Kenya hammered Comoros 50-27 in a one sided Africa Zone Five Handball Challenge Trophy at Kasarani.

EDIOFE proved just how unpredictable this year's GTV backed National Super League title race will be by holding defending champions Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to a 3-3 draw yesterday.

PATRICK Isiagi has distanced himself from the excesses of the Denis Obua Fufa presidency.

Cranes attacking midfielders Asan Bajope and Patrick Ochan are expected in the country to boost the national soccer team the Cranes ahead of the forthcoming regional Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup due in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

FALCONS' skipper Eric Malinga and Kyambogo Warriors maestro Ronnie Kasewu are favourites for this year's topflight Most Valuable Player's (MVP) accolade.

A self-professed football coach, Jonah Orji, was arraigned in Lagos on Monday for allegedly duping four footballers of N210, 950 in the pretence to facilitate their migration to Greece.