THE ENCOUNTER NEWS: SPORTS

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Sierra Leone FA To Investigate 91-1, 95-0 League Results

The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) is set to conduct investigations following recent reports on two first divisions matches involv...

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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WAFU: Golden Eaglets Qualify For U-17 AFCON

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 9:23 PM 0

ABUJA - For the second time in less than one month, Nigeria underscored its stature in youth football on the African continent as five-time ...

SPORTS

Lukaku Completes Loan Return To Inter

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 9:14 PM 0

ROMELU Lukaku has completed a return to Inter Milan from Chelsea, reuniting with the club where he enjoyed a goalscoring run that culminated...

Thursday, June 16, 2022

SPORTS

33 Nigerian Young Footballers Set To Pen Contract With European Clubs

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 7:29 AM 0

ABUJA - Ejike Ugboaja FC have announced that 33 young Nigerian footballers are set to earn professional contracts with European clubs follow...

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

SPORTS

Mikel Showers N6 Million On Young Players As Back2Base Ends

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 11:42 AM 0

LAGOS - Former Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi, at the weekend, showered prizes on outstanding athletes that emerged from the maiden e...

Monday, June 13, 2022

SPORTS

Football Rules Board Approves Permanent Use Of Five Substitutes

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 6:40 PM 0

FOOTBALL ’s rules body on Monday said that five substitutes would be permanently introduced for all top games and that a 3D offside detector...

SPORTS

Nigeria To Host 11th All Africa University Games

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 9:07 AM 0

LAGOS - The University of Lagos (UNILAG) and Lagos State University (LASU) have been announced as the next hosts of FASU All Africa Univers...

Thursday, June 9, 2022

SPORTS

Joshua Has Mental Problem We Want To Fix, Says Trainer

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 8:54 AM 0

ANTHONY Joshua has put together a crack team to help him overcome what his new coach, Robert Garcia, has described as a ‘mental problem’ ahe...

Sunday, June 5, 2022

SPORTS

Olude Kehinde Ajoke Emerges Champion Maiden 5KM Ogun Women Run, Wins N.5m Cash Prize

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 2:38 PM 0

ABEOKUTA - History was made in Ogun state on Saturday as Olude Kehinde Ajoke emerged champion of the first ever Ogun Women Run, 5 kilometr...

Sunday, May 29, 2022

SPORTS

Troost-Ekong’s Own Goal Hands Mexico 2-1 Win Over Super Eagles

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 10:58 AM 0

SUPER EAGLES’ captain William Troost-Ekong on Saturday cleared into his team’s net to gift Mexico a 2-1 victory over Nigeria in an internat...

Thursday, May 19, 2022

SPORTS

Female Referees To Officiate At Qatar 2022 World Cup Finals

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 1:50 PM 0

THREE female referees have been drafted to officiate at this year’s senior men’s world cup finals holding in Qatar and this would be the fir...

Thursday, May 12, 2022

SPORTS

NBBF Crisis: FG Suspends Basketball In Nigeria For Two Years

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 5:00 PM 0

ABUJA - President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate withdrawal of Nigeria from all international basketball competitions for a per...

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

SPORTS

Brussel Sports Mgt Storms Ogun With Women Race, As 1,500 Women Run For N1m

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 8:09 PM 0

ABEOKUTA - A sports marketing engagement company, Brussel Sports Management Limited is set to organize the first all-female race in Ogun Sta...

Friday, May 6, 2022

SPORTS

Celta Vigo Striker, Mina Jailed 4 Years For Sexual Abuse

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 1:28 PM 0

Celta Vigo striker Santi Mina has been sentenced to a four-year prison term and given a €50,000 fine after he was found guilty of sexual abu...

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

SPORTS

Abeokuta Golf Club Holds Change Of Guard Tournament For New Captain

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 5:56 PM 0

ABEOKUTA Golf Club will on Saturday, 7th May, 2022 tee-off the change of guard golf tournament in honour of the new captain of the club. The...

Saturday, April 23, 2022

SPORTS

CAF Champions League: Mamelodi Sundowns, Petro Luanda, Al Ahly, Others Battle For Semi Final Ticket

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 11:01 AM 0

South African giants, Mamelodi Sundowns, will be hoping to overturn a 2-1, defeat against Petro Luanda of Angola,as they look to book a semi...

Sunday, April 10, 2022

SPORTS

Lagos To Host 2022 ITTF African Cup, Club Championships

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 5:56 PM 0

Michael-Azeez Ogunsiji LAGOS - Nigeria’s aquatic city and the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria, Lagos has been chosen by the African Table...

SPORTS

Odegbami Frowns At Plans To Hire Foreign Coach For Super Eagles

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 8:29 AM 0

LAGOS - 1980 Africa Cup of Nations winner Segun Odegbami has frowned at the hiring of a foreign coach for the Super Eagles following the f...

SPORTS

I’m Not Running For Third Term – Pinnick

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 8:23 AM 0

ABUJA - The president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has revealed that he is eligible to run for a third four-term ...

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

SPORTS

Ex-Abiola Babes, Victor Ogunsanya Counsels Young Footballers On Importance Of Education

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS 11:29 PM 0

Victor Ogunsanya ThankGod Solomon ABEOKUTA - A former player of Abiola Babes, Victor Ogunsanya has advised young footballers to also take th...

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