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Former Vice President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria Hon Olamide George has congratulated the newly elected board. Olamide sent the congratulatory message through a phone call immediately following the declaration of results of the 2021 Electoral Congress. read also:New AFN Board To Be Inaugurated On Tuesday As he felicitated with the newly sworn in board members, the former South West representative also described the Kebbi elections as legitimate and promised to join hands with the Engr Gusau led Board to…

New board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, will be inaugurated on Tuesday at the media center of the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja. In a statement signed by the Secretary-General of the federation, Prince Adisa Beyioku, the inauguration will commence at 10 am. 'The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare will inaugurate the new board of the AFN at 10 am on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at the media center at the Moshood Abiola stadium,' said Beyioku. The President of the Nigeria…

Austria forward Marko Arnautovic has issued an apology for his wild celebrations during Sunday night's European Championship opener against North Macedonia in Group C. The 32-year-old came on as a second-half substitute at the National Arena in Bucharest and scored in the 89th minute, helping Franco Foda's side secure all three points with a well-deserved 3-1 win. As you can see in the footage below, after rounding the goalkeeper and slotting it away with ease, Arnautovic appeared to launch a verbal tirade at…

AC Milan are thinking about making Simon Kjaer their captain, after a groundswell of backing following his heroics in helping save Christian Eriksen's life. Kjaer's Denmark teammate Eriksen collapsed during the game with Finland at Euro 2020 on Saturday evening, and the centre back was one of the first players on the scene. The 32-year-old made sure his countryman hadn't swallowed his tongue and then began CPR until the medical staff arrived on the scene. The hashtag #KjaerCapitano went viral on social media from Milan…

Leicester City boss, Brendan Rodgers, lavished praise on Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount. The London club picked up a vital Premier League win over the Foxes on Tuesday, moving into third place in the Premier League. Rodgers, whose side now needs to hope Liverpool drop points on the final day of the season, could narrowly miss out on a top-four finish two seasons in a row. read also:Interest mounts to host 2024 World Table Tennis Championships Finals "We're coming up against a team who are in the Champions League…

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr is convinced that the abundance of top French talents in the biggest clubs across the world stemmed from the country’s decision to focus on youth development in the late eighties. France won the inaugural European Championships in 1960, beating the Soviet Union 2-1 after extra-time but then endured a barren, trophyless run for nearly forty years before lifting the FIFA World Cup as host in 1998. Exactly a decade before that monumental triumph, though, the French Football Federation…

Isaac Success would like to stay and fight for his place at promoted Watford. The Nigerian has been buoyed by his increased involvement in the squad towards the end of last season and feels he has shown Xisco Munoz enough to be in with a chance of playing more once the Premier League starts in August. read also:French Open final full of lessons for me- Stefanos Tsitsipas The Watford Observer says the striker is not interested in moving away and his preference is to stick around at Vicarage Road and challenge for a…

Greece tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas says he has taken a lot of positives from his maiden Grand Slam final where he fought hard but lost to Novak Djokovic on Sunday. When Stefanos Tsitsipas' first Grand Slam final ended, he sank into his changeover chair and buried his head in a towel. Tsitsipas built a big lead and appeared on his way to an upset victory at the French Open, but Djokovic mounted an improbable comeback to win his 19th major title Sunday, 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. “What I learned today is that no…

Former Germany and Nigeria coach, Berti Vogts, has offered advice to Chelsea striker, Timo Werner, ahead of their Euro 2020 opener. Werner is expected to start on the bench for tomorrow night's clash with France. Vogts told Sportbuzzer: "Many accuse him of not scoring enough goals, and he really has to work on it. read also:Stuttgart striker banned for three months over false identity "As a striker, you should not think about using the man next to you first. Scoring a goal must always be your first targe. Because…

Stuttgart striker Silas Katompa Mvumpa has been banned from all competitions for three months and fined €30,000 after revealing he had been playing under a false identity for years. Known until last week as Silas Wamangituka, the striker revealed that his name and birth date were different and that the data had been changed years ago by a former agent who controlled him as a teenager. "It was clear to him and us that Silas was going to be sanctioned by the DFB, and that's the way it has to be according to the…