DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN KINITICS AND SPORTS SCIENCE

This study investigates the perceptions of students and staff at the University of Benin regarding the economic and social potential of intra‑university sporting events for sport‑tourism development and adopts a convergent mixed‑methods design. A structured questionnaire was administered to 50 students; descriptive statistics (means ± SD) summarized their attitudes, while chi‑square tests (p < 0.05) examined relationships between demographics (income, employment) and categorical benefit items, and one‑way ANOVAs (p < 0.05) tested whether composite perceived‑benefit scores differed by occupation, income level and event‑attendance frequency. Semi‑structured interviews were conducted with 12 staff members (8 academic, 4 non‑academic) and analyzed thematically. Quantitative results indicate strong agreement that internal sports competitions boost visitor numbers, local revenue and facility use (overall mean = 3.48 ± 0.58). Chi‑square analyses revealed significant a sociations between income level and perceived economic benefit (χ² = 9.42, df = 2, p = 0.009) and between employment status and perceived community involvement (χ² = 7.81, df = 1, p = 0.005). ANOVA showed that mean benefit scores varied significantly across occupational groups (F = 4.73, p = 0.012) but not by income or attendance frequency. Qualitative insights highlighted organizational challenges, resource
constraints and the role of events in fostering university‑community ties. The integrated findings suggest that well‑planned; frequent intra‑university sporting events can significantly contribute to sport‑tourism growth in the University of Benin community, offering actionable guidance for administrators, local businesses and policymakers.

This study aims to examine sports competitive anxiety and it's influence on University of Benin Athletes for Head of Department, Dean's and Vice-Chancellor cups. In order to carry out the task four research questions were raised to guide this study. The descriptive survey design was adopted in this study. The population of this study comprised all the undergraduate student athletes in the University of Benin. A sample size of one hundred and thirty (130) undergraduate student athletes was randomly selected for this study. The research instrument used for the study was a self-structured questionnaire. The validity of the instrument was subjected to scrutiny and the test-retest reliability technique was used to ascertian it's reliability. The correlation coefficient computed was 0.63 indicating that the instrument was reliable. Descriptive statistics using frequency, percentage, and the mean in tables were used in the data analysis of the study, while Analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistics was used to test the hypothesis. Results revealed that there is a high extent of sports competitive anxiety among the student athletes and there is a significant difference in the level of sports competitive anxiety among male and female student athletes in University of Benin, Benin City. In conclusion, Competitive anxiety in sports is such a huge issue for many athletes, student athletes inclusive. It was recommended among others that Coaches should provide quality personal relationships that can increase student athletes' sense of belonging, self-respect and self￾viii acceptance. With this kind of personalized relationship, coaches can make informed decisions about which performance strategies and game plans may be the most appropriate in a particular game and what to focus on in training. This can help dispel all forms of anxiety among student athletes and University administrators should provide a positive climate for learning and sports participation devoid of stress and anxiety