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General manager of SGFC Athletics SC Olatoye Olawale has rolled out financial support to Adeola Adebayo Salami    who has decided to upgrade himself and has gone studying Sports Management course at the Nigeria Institute for Sports (NIS) in Lagos. Adebayo Salami a top badge referee who appreciated the gesture for the philanthropist noted that the journey to upgrade himself in sports management started in November 2022. "It's a journey I started in November last year it is a year program, a professional course", He said. "What prompted me into going for the Sports Management course is that we need to prepare for life now that we still have the energy and strength because of the youthfulness we can still carry our legs.    A time is coming where that strength and youthfulness will not be there for us again to keep doing what we are doing now carrying withsle and start running around the field and because of the love I have for the round leather game, I thought of how i

FC Barcelona have joined other top European clubs in the chase for sensational Nigeria U17 right-back Yahaya Lawali, sources have disclosed.   Despite Nigeria exiting the AFCON U17 in the Quarter-final stage, after a  2-1 loss to Burkina Faso, Lawali was a mavel to behold in the Nigerian team, with his back-to-back Man of the Match Awards in group games against Zambia and Morocco making him of one of the top stars of the tournament. While Barcelona have been following Lawali with keen interest, French Ligue 1 clubs such as Lens, Lyon, and Strasbourg seems to be taking the lead in the race to secure his signature. The versatile 16-year-old who can play as a right-back, left-back, midfielder and also as a winger, made the Team of the Tournament during the WAFU B regional U17 qualifying tournament which Nigeria won, in 2022 summer, following his three assist from four matches; as Nigeria dispatched Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso on their way to lifting the trophy. Sevilla FC of

The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare has been awarded the Best Performing Minister Award. The Minister, Sunday Dare, received the award at the Nigeria Sports Governor Merit Award and Nigeria Philanthropist Merit Award held at the Shehu Yar' Adua Centre, Abuja on Wednesday.  Represented at the event, by his Special Assistant on Policy, Mr. Bamiduro Olumide, the Minister thanked the organisers of the Awards for the recognition given him. According to him, "this award and the other awards I have received are some of the evidences of the commitment of the Buhari administration to the growth of the Youth and Sports sector. "I am grateful for the opportunity given me to serve and make impact in the lives of our youth." Since his assumption of office in August 2019, Dare has introduced numerous programmes, initiatives and policies that have positively impacted the youth and sports sector in the country and led to successes in internatio