Ladies in Sport (LIS) International has meticulously prepared a special evening tagged “She is Greatness” to celebrate the jaw-dropping achievements of Nigerian female athletes at last month’s Commonwealth Games. Dignitaries from more than five industries will converge to honour, support and inspire these exceptional women who recently made the country proud.LIS International has partnered withContinue reading “LIS International To Roll Out The Red Carpet For Nigeria’s Female Commonwealth Stars”
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2022 CAF AWARDS WINNERS: Oshoala Wins A Record-breaking Fifth CAF Award As Senegal Dominate The Night
The recipients of the 2022 CAF Awards were announced on Thursday, as Sadio Mane and Asisat Oshoala scooped the coveted African Player of the Year award at the ceremony hosted in Rabat, Morocco. Asisat Oshoala surpasses Nkwocha, Toure, and Eto’o as the player with the most POTY awards. Evelyn Badu makes history as the winnerContinue reading “2022 CAF AWARDS WINNERS: Oshoala Wins A Record-breaking Fifth CAF Award As Senegal Dominate The Night”
Meet The Winners Of The 2022 LIS Conference Grants
The Organisers of the Ladies In Sports International Conference (LIS) on Thursday gave sports grants of Two Hundred Thousand Naira each to three young women athletes and a football team, Alimosho Ladies at the 2022 Edition held at the Eko Hotels And Suites. Among the recipients of the grants is the Nigeria Women Football LeagueContinue reading “Meet The Winners Of The 2022 LIS Conference Grants”
LIS 2022 Conference Round-up: Women’s Sports Experts Expound on Taking The Next Steps To Women’s Sports Development
The overarching principles of branding and marketing were laid bare at the 2022 Ladies in Sports (LIS) Conference, which focused on “taking the next steps” in the development of women’s sports. The event began with a private dinner with guests on May 4 and concluded with a power-packed conference on May 5 at Eko HotelContinue reading “LIS 2022 Conference Round-up: Women’s Sports Experts Expound on Taking The Next Steps To Women’s Sports Development”
Favour Ofili Smashes Records In 200m At The Tom Jones Memoria
Favour Ofili, has broken Blessing Okagbare’s two hundred metres National Record at the Tom Jones Memoria. Okagbare previously held the National Record (NR) in 2018 with a time of 22.04 seconds. Ofili ran a blistering 21.96s to also become the first collegiate athlete to ever go sub-twenty-two secs. With the time, she also emerged asContinue reading “Favour Ofili Smashes Records In 200m At The Tom Jones Memoria”
Namibian Sprinters Mboma And Masilingi Set To Attend 2022 Ladies In Sports Conference
Namibian track and field stars Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi are part of a brilliant lineup of speakers set to grace the 2022 Ladies in Sports conference from May 4 to 5, at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, to discuss the theme: “Taking the Next Steps”. The seventh edition of this annual event, whichContinue reading “Namibian Sprinters Mboma And Masilingi Set To Attend 2022 Ladies In Sports Conference”
Soccer Queens Cup Maiden Edition Ready For Kick-off
All is set for the maiden edition of the Soccer Queens Cup, a women football Competition amongst grassroots teams across the six geo-political area of Nigeria. The prestigious grassroot Competition will hold from the 7th to the 14th of February 2022 at the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja and will feature teams namely, Abruka Queens FC (NorthContinue reading “Soccer Queens Cup Maiden Edition Ready For Kick-off”
8-month old pregnant athlete wins ‘Most Outstanding Young Sport Woman’ award ahead of Oshoala in Lagos
Edo 2020 National Sports Festival gold medalist, Aminat Idrees, was awarded the ‘Most Outstanding Young Person in Sport’ at the Lagos Youth Awards. Aminat Idrees represented Team Lagos in Taekwondo Poomsae at the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival despite being 8 months pregnant at the time. Aminat’s award is coming eight months after inspiring TeamContinue reading “8-month old pregnant athlete wins ‘Most Outstanding Young Sport Woman’ award ahead of Oshoala in Lagos”
Edo Deputy Governor, Phillip Shuiabu Commends RSDF President, Barrister Paul Edeh For Flying Officers Cup Success
Ratels Sports Development Foundation (RSDF) owned by Legal Luminary, Barrister Paul Edeh, are the main sponsors of Flying Officers Cup, the biggest Pre-season Championship in Africa, which has gotten to its third edition. Comrade Phillip Shuiabu who was present at the Area 10 Sports Complex, Abuja, venue of the final match between FC Robo QueensContinue reading “Edo Deputy Governor, Phillip Shuiabu Commends RSDF President, Barrister Paul Edeh For Flying Officers Cup Success”
AWCON Qualifier: Super Falcons suffers defeat, qualify for next round ahead of Ghana
African champions Nigeria are through to the second round of the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations despite a disappointing 1-0 defeat to west African rivals Ghana in Accra on Sunday. The Super Falcons fought a tough battle to edge out Ghana’s Black Queens and reach the final round of the qualification series for nextContinue reading “AWCON Qualifier: Super Falcons suffers defeat, qualify for next round ahead of Ghana”
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