The Federal High Court, Abuja Division presided over by His Lordship, Hon Justice Omotosho has dismissed the suit brought by Chief Chekwas Okorie and other persons purportedly nominated by Edozie Njoku as APGA candidates. In a well considered Judgment delivered earlier today being 28th of March, 2023, the Learned Trial Judge held that the case […]
Continue ReadingBy Titus Chigozie There is a reason official public events are conducted in line with certain established protocols anywhere in the world. It is to ensure proper procedure of activities, maintain orderliness and maximize time efficiency, while preserving the ethos of public decorum. As protocols imply the order of procedure in the conduct of events […]
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board is set to discuss the results of consultations regarding the status of athletes from Russia and Belarus in its meeting set to run from tomorrow until March 30. The organisation had previously announced that it was looking to explore ways to reinstate the two countries into international sport, […]
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Tony Okafor, Awka A self-acclaimed pastor in Anambra State, identified as Arinze Obiwenite has allegedly raped his 12-year-old daughter. Reportedly confessing his incestuous act, the pastor who was said to have 11 wives , said he enjoyed the daughter more than any of the wives. Obiwenite, who hails from Abacha community in the Idemili North […]
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By Mike Rowbottom The World Athletics Council has today barred transgender athletes from women’s competition, altered DSD athlete regulations, reinstated the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) following seven years of suspension – and retained the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials. As well as voting to exclude transgender athletes from women’s competition, the Council has […]
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Bach again outlined the IOC’s position at the Ruhr Political Forum in the Essener Philharmonien in Essen, citing a “responsibility towards human rights and the Olympic Charter” in insisting “both do not allow such a total isolation of people with a specific passport”. Russian and Belarusian athletes have been largely frozen out of international sport […]
Continue ReadingBy Geoff Berkeley French boxer Wassila Lkhadiri has said that the birth of her first child is fuelling her ambition to compete at her home Olympic Games in Paris next year. Lkhadiri has sealed her first world medal after booking her place in the semi-finals of the light flyweight division at the International Boxing Association Women’s […]
Continue ReadingAmerican table tennis player Kanak Jha has been handed a one-year ban for committing three whereabouts doping failures within 12 months. Jha is the United States’ top-ranked player by the International Table Tennis Federation at 24th, and won three gold medals at the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru’s capital Lima – gold in the men’s […]
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Former weightlifter Nikolai Sherstnev has been elected as Football Federation of Belarus (ABFF) President after the incumbent Vladimir Bazanov withdrew his candidacy, although UEFA is expected to consider the country’s status at its events after European Union lawmakers urged it to be banned. By Patrick Burke Sherstnev was unanimously elected after Bazanov, who had taken over […]
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The Panam Sports Executive Committee has backed the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes so long as they are considered as neutrals. By Owen Lloyd The continental body claimed that it not affect its support for Ukraine and its athletes which continue to cope with the war caused when Russia invaded the country in February 2022. […]
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