SPORTS

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comr. Philip Shaibu, has congratulated the state’s basketball team, the Edo Beads, for the team’s qualification for the National Premier League after 23 years. Shaibu, who received the team led by its coach, Victor Umoru, at the Government House in …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comr. Philip Shaibu, has advocated for the establishment of state handball leagues across Nigeria in a bid to make handball a major sport in Nigeria. Shaibu stated this at the final of 2020 National Division One handball league played at …

In compliance with the directive of the Nigeria Football Federation mandating all State Football Associations across the country to review their status, Edo State Football Association has called for submission of memoranda from football stakeholders in the state. The Edo Football body made the call yesterday when it set up …

As the maiden Edo Governor’s Cup enters the Quarter finals stage today, popular grassroots football clubs including Shooting Arrow, Dinamo Academicas, Eagle Stars and Stars City are among the eight qualified clubs batling for the semifinals place. The other teams qualified for the semifinals include Royal FC, Young stars, Efe-urhocity …

The management of Edo Queens Football Club, on Friday, unveiled Wemimo Matthew as the new Head Coach of the female team, with a charge to return the club to its glory days. Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comr. Philip Shaibu, who supervised the unveiling ceremony at the Government House, …

BJ Foundation football club of Benin city, will begin their title defense against Deltra Fc as the 2020/2021 Edo FA/ state football league begins on Wednesday. Following Monday’s draws of the state football league at the Board room of the Edo FA, Bj foundation FC were drawn in group A …

BENIN CITY – The defending champions of Edo State FA/Aiteo Cup Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin have been nominated to represent the state in this year’s Federation/Aiteo Cup competition. The decision by Edo FA and major football stakeholders to give the ticket to Insurance was announced today in Benin …

BENIN CITY – The Super Falcons drew against Portugal in their second game of the 2021 WNT Summer Series in Houston, Texas, USA in the early hours of Monday morning in Nigeria. 1. The Super Falcons improved in the second halfThe performance of the Super Falcons massively improved in the …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; his deputy, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha, at the weekend, visited injured Bendel Insurance Football Club Players at the Central Hospital, Benin City. Obaseki expressed shock that the Nigeria Football …

The Edo State Government has restated his administration’s commitment to the development of sports, reassuring that the government will sustain investment in the sector to restore the lost glory of Edo State and place it as a sports hub for Africa. The Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu said …