By Amaechi Agbo No fewer than 81 teachers and students in Edo State have received basi training on badminton sport. A break down of the number of the participants at the two-day training held at the Indoor Sports Complex Etete, Benin City, indicated that a total of 27 were Physical Education... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Nigeria Badminton Federation, NBF President, Francis Orbih was on Thursday elected as a council member into the Badminton Confederation Africa (BCA) at the world congress held in Kualar Lumpur, Malaysia. Mr Orbih had earlier lost in 2021 when he sought for a two-year ten... Read more...
By Ebube Dike A group of concerned stakeholders Nigeria Badminton have called for holistic change in system in the sports to restore badminton to the glorious days of global and continental reckoning. The Group, Nigeria Badminton Stakeholders Forum, NBBF stated this in Abuja during a press co... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Ahead of September 30 elections, Chairman of FCT Badminton Association, Mr. Gabriel Gbayan has joined the race for the position of presidency of the Badminton Federation of Nigeria, BFN Mr. Gbayan whose transformation imprint signposted Badminton in FCT to the national an... Read more...
By Our Correspondent World number one Badminton nation, Japan has promised its partnership with Nigeria to move the game of badminton to a greater height in the country. Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi made this known on Tuesday while presenting 80 Badminton Rackets to the... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo A new feather has been added on the cap of foremost Nigeria badminton referee (Umpire), Naomi Adeoyin Oyinloye as she Thursday last week bagged Badminton Confederation of Africa, BCA umpire certificate, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report. In a letter addressed to Oyinloye v... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Japanese Badminton Federation, JBF has donated rackets it's Nigeria counterpart Badminton Federation of Nigeria, BFN. The Japanese Badminton Federation identified a number of countries for the donation of equipment with Nigeria being the only African country to benefit... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Nigeria’s hope of qualifying for the badminton event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is currently hanging in the balance as the Egyptian Embassy is yet to grant the country’s contingent visa to the All Africa Senior Championships in Egypt in Cairo which begins on Monday the 1... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare has charged federations to commence preparation for the Olympic Games coming up in 2020 in Tokyo Japan in earnest. The minister gave the charge in his office Tuesday during a courtesy visit by the Preside... Read more...