Tag: NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL

  • Gateway Games 2025: Delta dusts the rest

    Gateway Games 2025: Delta dusts the rest

    Team Delta has soared to 103 medals after Day Seven of the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged ‘Gateway Games’ in Ogun.

    Delta won 44 gold, 19 silver and 40 bronze, bringing the state’s total medals haul to 103.

    The official medals table of the NSF tagged ‘Gateway Games 2024’ indicated that Bayelsa maintained  its second position with 33 gold, 23 silver and 23 bronze medals, totaling 79.

    Meanwhile, Rivers remained third with 26 gold, 21 silver and 26 bronze medals.

    Team Ogun garnered 25 gold, 16 silver and 24 bronze medals to consolidate in the fourth position, while Oyo tightly held onto to the fifth with 14 gold, 17 silver and 21 bronze medals.

    The table at the time of filing this report showed that a total of 709 medals have so far been won.

    NAN reports that Taraba is the latest state to join the medals table with one silver.

    The NSF is a biennial multi-sport event organised by the Federal Government.

    It brings together athletes from all 36 states and the FCT to compete in various sports, promoting national unity, sportsmanship, and excellence across Nigeria.

    STATE TEAM  GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL

    1. Delta 44 19 40 103

    2. Bayelsa 33 23 23 79

    3.Rivers  26 21 26 73

    4.Ogun 25 16 24 65

    5.Oyo 16 17 21 54

    6. Edo 14 48 45 107

    7. Lagos 11 11 25 47

    8. Osun 10 1 4 15

    9. Abia 6 8 21 35

    10.Plateau 4 3 11 18

    11.Akwa Ibom 4 3 4 11

    12.FCT. 3 2 6 11

    13.Cross River 3 1 1 5

    14.Invited Junior Athletes (IJA) 2 5 2 9

    15. Anambra 1 5 5 11

    16.Imo 1 4 7 12

    17.Niger. 1 3 2 6

    18.Kwara 1 2 3 6

    19.Nasarawa 1 1 7 9

    20. Kano 0 3 6 9

    21. Borno 0 3 1 4

    22.Benue 0 1 6 7

    23.Ekiti 0 1 3 4

    24. Ondo 0 1 2 3

    25. Bauchi 0 1 1 2

    26. Kaduna 0 1 1 2

    27. Taraba 0 1 0 1

    28. Kebbi 0 0 1 1

    TOTAL. 206 205 298 709 

  • 2025 National Sports Festival: Team Imo is ready – Commissioner

    2025 National Sports Festival: Team Imo is ready – Commissioner

    Mr Obinna Onyeocha, Imo State Commissioner for Sports says the state’s contingent is ready for the 2025 National Sports Festival.

    Onyeocha said this while addressing newsmen in Owerri, on Friday.

    The commissioner said that Team Imo was spurred for victory in the forthcoming festival in Ondo State and had the full support of the state government.

     “We are fully prepared for the season and to further prove that, the governor recently donated three buses to heartland teams, one to the women team and two to the men team.

     “We have also established Heartland Queens feeder team, the idea is to catch them young, those who have done well will be moved to the main team.

     “In the last season, Heartland Queens finished top six in Bayelsa, they have had their opening game of the season with Ekiti Queens FC and we are expecting them to do better this season,” he said.

    He, however, said that he realised that expectations were high on the Heartland FC, and appreciated the efforts of the team’s Technical Adviser, Emmanuel Amuneke.

    According to him, Amuneke is stepping up the game for the ‘Naze millionaires’, expressing hope that more victory will come and Imo football enthusiasts will not be disappointed.