Team Bayelsa has continued its impressive outing at the ongoing South-South zonal elimination for the maiden National Intermediate Games in Calabar, Cross River State. The elimination, which is for team sports, will produce teams that will feature in the national finals scheduled for the first quarter of 2027 in Lagos. In football, Bayelsa men’s team…
The Director of Sports, Bayelsa State Sports Council, Sir Bibo Lambert, has reiterated the state government’s resolve to maintain zero tolerance for age falsification in grassroots sports development. Lambert said integrity and fairness remain central to the state’s sports development philosophy, and that Bayelsa would not subvert laid-down rules in pursuit of laurels. He made…
Bayelsa United Football Club says the delay in payment of salaries owed some backroom staff is due to ongoing restructuring by the new management board. Chairman, Management Board of the club, Dr Peter Singabele, gave the clarification on Thursday in reaction to a social media post alleging that some staff were owed three months’ salaries….
Director General of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football competition, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament christened Prosperity Cup, Mr. Ono Akpe, has said the state government’s investment in the Bayelsa Starlets Academy is beginning to yield dividends. Mr. Akpe stated this while reacting to the triumph of Bayelsa Starlets at the Nationwide League One (NLO) U-19 Youth…
Bayelsa United Feeders on Tuesday maintained their perfect start to the ongoing Nationwide League One (NLO) U-19 Youth League with a 3-1 victory over Bayelsa Starlets Academy at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa. The Matchday 2 encounter saw Ibomo Kenus open scoring for Feeders in the 7th minute with a fine finish. Kenus doubled the…
The Management Board of Bayelsa United Football Club has felicitated the Chairman, Bayelsa State House of Assembly Committee on Sports, Tarri Porri, on his birthday. In a congratulatory message signed by its chairman, Dr Peter Singabele, the board described Porri as a passionate sports enthusiast and strong supporter of football and other sporting activities in…
Athletes of Yenagoa-based Samkay Athletics Club excelled at the one-day Dynamic Athletics Meet held at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex, Yaba, Lagos, at the weekend. Odi-born emerging talent, Samson Teibowei, won the U-18 men’s 800m event with a time of 1:56.27secs, just about two seconds off his Personal Best. Teibowei also made a…
The President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has approved the establishment of a training camp at Iowa State University in the United States as part of preparations for the 2026 World Wrestling Championships. The championships are scheduled to hold in Astana, Kazakhstan, from October 24 to November 1, 2026. The camp…
Bayelsa Starlets Football Academy, an affiliate of Spanish giants FC Barcelona, will battle 13 other teams in the Yenagoa centre of the 2026 Nationwide League One (NLO) season. The Yenagoa-based academy has been drawn alongside teams from across the Southsouth zone following the release of fixtures by the league organisers. According to the NLO, five…
Bayelsa United have congratulated their Technical Adviser, Abdul Maikaba, and the Flying Eagles for reaching the final of the 2026 WAFU B U-20 Championship. In a statement signed by its Chairman, Dr Peter Singabele, the club said the feat was proof of Maikaba’s experience, tactical discipline and commitment to youth development. The management board said…
