The Lagos State Sports Commission is set to hold a two-day, non-contact Invitational Open Tournament tagged “Sports is Back” at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere on September 9 and 10, 2020. The Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Sola Aiyepeku, said that the invitational tournament is being organised as a demonstration of the rebirth of sports in Lagos after the lockdown …
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SPORTS DESERVE PRIORITY ATTENTION IN IKORODU – LSSC
The Executive Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Dr. Kweku Tandoh has stated that sports deserve priority attention in Ikorodu beyond being seen as a recreational activity because it can unleash the hidden potentials of the teeming population of youths in the Division. Speaking at the Ikorodu Division Sports stakeholders’ summit which was organised by Change Alliance Leadership Group, Tandoh …
Read More »LAGOS DISSOLVES BOARDS OF STATE SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved with immediate effect, the dissolution of the 36 State Sports Associations which were under the supervision of the Lagos State Sports Commission excluding the State Football Association. According to a release by the Executive Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission, Dr. Kweku Tandoh, dissolution of the Boards became necessary to enable the …
Read More »AMBODE RESTATES COMMITMENT TO SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has restated his administration’s commitment to sports development as a strategic tool to position and empower Lagosians in order to harness entrepreneurial benefits in sports enterprise, either as participants or in other beneficial categories. Ambode, who spoke in Lagos at the Agege Stadium venue of the finals of the 12th Edition of the Lagos …
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YOUTH GAMES: TEAM LAGOS SHINES AT ZONAL CONTEST
Lagos State contingent has emerged winners of (Zone1) South West Zonal Eliminations for the forthcoming third edition of the National Youth Games 2017 which will hold between September 7 and 19 in Ilorin, Kwara State. At the zonal elimination contests for five team sports, basketball, volleyball, cricket, handball and hockey held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium and Adamasingba Stadium, Ibadan, …
Read More »INVESTMENT IN SPORTS CRUCIAL TO WINNING COMPETITIONS – AMBODE
…Pledges To Increase Price Money For ITTF Nigeria Open Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday identified the right investment in sports as the necessary impetus that can bring about good performance of Nigerian athletes in sporting competitions, saying that it was time for the country to focus in such direction. Governor Ambode, who made the reamrks while …
Read More »YADAV WINS LAGOS INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON CLASSICS
Chittaboina Rahul Yadav of India has won the 3rd Lagos International Badminton Classics after defeating fellow country man Karan Rajan in an intensive final match to emerge the winner. The Special Adviser on Central Business Districts, Hon. Agboola Dabiri, who represented the Special Guest of Honour, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, said the hosting of the International Badminton Classics was borne out of …
Read More »KENYA’ S ABRAHAM KIPTUM WINS ACCESS BANK LAGOS CITY MARATHON AGAIN
Abraham Kiptum of Kenya has won the 42.1km Access Bank Lagos City Marathon in an improved timing that saw him finishing at a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes. The Kenyan was in Lagos in the first edition last year which he also won at a time of 2 hours 16 minutes and 19 seconds. The women race was won …
Read More »LAGOS HOSTS INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON CLASSICS
Lagos is set to play host to 11 countries participating in the 2017, 3rd Lagos International Badminton Classics Championship scheduled to take place between Tuesday, 25th July and Saturday, 29th July 2017 at the Molade Okoya Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. The tournament will feature 70 players in the Male and Female categories from Portugal, Togo, Ghana, …
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