Queen’s College Yaba & FGC Minna Win Inaugural Federal Government Colleges (FEDCOL) Football Tournament

Queen’s College Yaba, (QC) Football Team and FGC Minna have emerged 1st place winners (Girls and Boys respectively) in the maiden edition of the Federal Government Colleges (FEDCOL) Football Tournament held at the Federal Government Academy, Suleja from November 28 to December 1, 2018.

FGGC Abaji and FGC Wukari went home with the 2nd & 3rd place trophies (for Girls) respectively.

The Boys tournament was won by FGC Minna, who defeated FGC Sokoto, 2-0 to clinch the 1st place for Boys.

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Super Falcons Of Nigeria Win 2018 Africa Women Cup Of Nations (AWCON)

The Super Falcons of Nigeria have emerged as the champions of Africa for an incredible ninth time after winning the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON).

The Super Falcons of Nigeria defeated South Africa’s Bayana Bayana 4-3 in the Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) final held at the Accra Sports Stadium.

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Moses Peter Wins 2018 African Scrabble Championship

Moses Peter, the captain of Nigeria’s senior scrabble team has emerged the African scrabble champion at the 2018 African Scrabble Championship in Kiriyangi, Kenya.

The team’s coach, Anthony Ikolo stated that Mr. Moses Peter emerged champion with two more games to play at the 13th edition of the championship.

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Georgia Oboh Wins 2018 Cote d’Ivoire Open Title [Golf]

17-year-old Georgia Oboh commences her professional golfing career by winning the 2018 Cote d’Ivoire Open title in Houphouet Boigny’s country.

Georgia Oboh finished the tournament with scores of 74, 78, 85, 78, winning the tournament by three shots ahead of Senegal’s Oumy Dieye and Madagascar’s Leslie Grandet of the Sunshine Ladies tour and a host of lady professionals from Côte d’Ivoire.

With this win, Oboh has become the youngest winner of a professional event in Africa.

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Lobi Stars Win 2018 Nigeria Super Cup

Lobi Stars has emerged winners of the 2018 Nigeria Super Cup in a 1-0 win over Enugu Rangers at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba.

Samad Kadiri was the match-winner for Lobi Stars getting the winner in the first-half for the 2018 Nigeria League champions.

The Nigeria Super Cup annual contest, which serves to usher in the new Nigeria football league season, is played between the league champions and Aiteo Cup winners.

Winners Of 2018 Nigerian Sports Awards

Winners have emerged at the 2018 edition of the Nigerian Sports Award held at the Eko Hotels and Suite, Victoria Island in Lagos.

Francis Orbih President of Badminton Federation of Nigeria won the Administrator of the Year award ahead of Nigeria Basketball President Musa Kida and Amaju Pinnick of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

Para-Lifting Coach, Are Feyisetan won the Coach of the Year ahead of Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr and D’Tigress Coach, Otis Hugley.

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UNIPORT Emerge Overall Winner Of 14th West Africa University Games (WAUG)

University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has emerged the overall winner of the 14th West Africa University Games (WAUG) hosted by the institution in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

UNIPORT won the 13-day competition with 75 gold, 36 silver and 24 bronze medals to top the medals table.

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