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Tiger Woods is back. Fourteen years since his last victory at the Masters he secured his fifth Green Jacket and 15th career major on Sunday to move to within three of Jack Nicklaus’s all-time record of 18. American golf icon Woods came into the event without a major win since …

Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) president, Francis Orbih believes the real idea of Nigeria having a successful expedition as hosts of this year’s African Badminton Championship is for the country’s players to emerge top overall at the end of it all. Orbih is enthusiastic that the BFN will be able …

Minister of sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has described as a timely ‘transition gift’ the historic ICC World Cup qualification that was picked recently by Nigeria’s under-19 cricket team in Windhoek, Namibia. Dalung admitted that the Junior Yellow Greens achieved the feat against all odds, as they faced financial issues before …

Action will come to an end on Saturday in the chain of events and games lined up to mark the exit of Ikeja Golf Club captain, Bola Temowo, at the body’s premises in Government Reservation Area (GRA), Ikeja, Lagos. The activities and competitions were specially earmarked for each day of …

Tiger Woods is scheduled to speak with the media on Tuesday ahead of the Players Championship, which could be a sign that he plans to tee it up next week at TPC Sawgrass despite a neck strain. That neck injury forced Woods, a two-time winner of the Players, to withdraw …

Nigeria’s fastest rising female teenage golfer, Georgia Oboh has reeled out four targets she aims to achieve this year, as she wants to hit a high-point in her international career. After taking her game to another level with recent outings in South Africa and Australia, Oboh now wants to gain …

This year’s edition of the annual Lagos International Polo Cup is billed to begin Wednesday, March 13, with teams competing for five trophies – Silver Cup, Open Cup, Oba of Lagos Cup, Low Cup and Majekodunmi Cup. The competition, which holds at Lagos Polo Club, Ikoyi, has featured in the …

Nigeria’s fastest rising female teenage golfer, Georgia Oboh has reeled out four targets she aims to achieve this year, as she wants to hit a high-point in her international career. After taking her game to another level with recent outings in South Africa and Australia, Oboh now wants to gain …

Nigerian golfer, Sunday Olapade has downplayed his second place finish at this year’s Eko Golf Challenge Cup in Lagos, as he says it is only the beginning of the 2019 series. Though many Nigerian golf lovers felt quite slighted that Olapade lost on home soil to Vincent Torgah of Ghana, …

Nigeria’s vastly-promising teenage female golfer, Georgia Oboh has turned her attention on the ActewAGL Classic in Canberra, Australia, as she aims to consolidate on her recent strides in South Africa. Although she eventually failed to break the top-20 mark after two back-to-back competitions in Nelson Madela’s country, Oboh is still …