• Bayo Adetu
• November 24, 2023
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South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner, Oscar Pistorius, was granted early release from prison on Friday, a decade after he fatally shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a crime that gripped the world, prison authorities said. A parole board reviewing whether Pistorius, 37, was fit for social reintegration decided to place him on parole from January 5, the department of Correctional Services …

• Bayo Adetu
• November 23, 2023
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The stage is set for the grand final of the 1XBET Community Football Championship, as Bariga FC and Odion Ighalo FC battle for the giant trophy and the ultmate prize of N1million naira, at the final game slated to hold Thursday, at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena stadium, Onikan, Lagos.  The final match of the championship which began with 40 teams, …

• Bayo Adetu
• November 20, 2023
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Finally, the maiden edition of 1XBET Community Football Championship is coming to a climax after six weeks of pure grassroots football across five different communities in Lagos State.  Forty teams of non-league players started the journey and now, the tourney sponsored by foremost Nigerian betting company, 1XBET, has Ighalo FC and Bariga FC  who topped the Mainland and Epe Conferences …

• Bayo Adetu
• November 7, 2023
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The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, on Saturday at the expansive grounds of the church, launched Dove Football Club, which is one of the several sporting initiatives of its sports department.  While unveiling the logo of the newly established club, Pastor Adeboye, prayed for the success of the club, as he prophesied that …

• Bayo Adetu
• October 27, 2023
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Joint FC has emerged winners of the LASU Conference of the maiden edition of 1XBET Community Football Championship after defeating Chekas FC 2-0 in the final match to pick the conference’s sole ticket to the final 8 of the championship.  In what could be described as a game of two halves, it was the turn of Joint FC to dominate …

• Bayo Adetu
• October 25, 2023
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The contenders are gradually moving away from pretenders, as matches continue in the LASU Conference of the ongoing 1XBET Cup Championship, taking place at LASU Stadium, Ojo.  In the first game of matchday 2, Chekas FC thrashed High Klass 4-1 in a group A encounter, with Henry Nwosu scoring the opener in the 14th minute and Victor Bruno got a …

• Bayo Adetu
• October 20, 2023
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The final match to decide the winner of the Epe Conference between Odion Ighalo FC handled by former Julius Berger captain, Ambrose Duru and De Elites, was expectedly an high-octane game that was end-to-end actions and kept fans at the venue, on their toes throughout the game.  De Elites proved to be worthy finalists and asked several questions of the …

• Bayo Adetu
• October 18, 2023
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It was another time of goals rain in the matchday 3 of the ongoing Epe Conference of the 1XBET Cup Community Football Championship at the Odion Ighalo Sports Arena, Epe, Lagos.  In a must-do encounter for fans favourites, Odion Ighalo FC, the Ambrose Duru handled boys left nobody in doubt, about their intentions, as they put their hapless opponents to …