Kaduna based Polo Team, Fifth Chukker, has emerged winner of of First Bank of Nigeria Ltd sponsored Emir of Zazzau African Patrons Cup. The Media Officer, Pius Anakalian, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos said that the competition was tough. “Fifth...
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Bayelsa Queens on Sunday defeated their Egyptian side Wadi Degla 3-0 in their final Group B game of the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League in Morocco. The result meant the Yenagoa-based Nigerian team finished as group runners-up with six points from three matches to advance to the semi-finals slated...
Liverpool survived a trademark second-half rally from Tottenham on Sunday to claim a crucial 2-1 win and boost their English Premier League (EPL) top-four hopes. Mo Salah’s first-half double put Jurgen Klopp’s side on course for all three points in London, but Harry Kane reduced the deficit with 20...
Kaduna is agog with excitement as preparation for this year’s First Bank of Nigeria Limited sponsored Emir of Zazzau African Patrons Cup and Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign gathers momentum. The African Patrons cup is an annual polo tournament which features Low, Medium and High goal teams from all around...
By TARGBA SHAAGGEE, Abuja – Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Secretary General, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi has decried the speculations, innuendoes and outright falsehoods over the relationship between NFF and Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Mr. José Santos Peseiro. There has been considerable media frenzy over the past few days regarding...
By TARGBA SHAAGGEE, Abuja – FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has condoled with the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, over the death of former Nigeria international forward Bello Kofar-mata. In his condolence message on Friday, Infantino, said: “I will like to express my sincerest and heartfelt condolences...
Gerard Pique’s retirement this weekend brings one of the most distinguished careers in FC Barcelona and Spain footballing history to a conclusion. Pique won eight LaLiga titles and the UEFA Champions League three times with Barca. He helped his national team lift their first FIFA World Cup in 2010...
Two first half goals earned Bayelsa Queens FC the maximum three points needed against TP Mazembee of DR Congo in their second match at the on-going CAF Women’s Champions League. The match played at the Grand de Stade Marrakech, Morocco on Thursday saw the Nigerian champions got off to...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – After a successful inspection of hotel facilities in Awka, the Anambra state capital, the management of Rangers International F.C is set to move the team there for its close-camping exercise to round off its preseason activities for the fast approaching 2022/2023 football season. The...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Former Team Nigeria captain, Olumide Oyedeji (OLY) has been returned as the president of the Nigerian Olympian Association at its Elective Congress held in the Ondo State capital- Akure. The election of the new executive to be led by the former NBA star was...
A women’s Nations League will begin next year, European football governing body UEFA announced on Thursday. The competition, which will link into qualification for the European Championship and the World Cup, will start in autumn 2023, it said. As with the men’s UEFA Nations League, countries will be divided...
Lionel Messi has won nearly 40 trophies for club and country in an illustrious career, but the Argentine forward’s glittering resume has one major omission — a World Cup winner’s medal. The debate over the greatest of all time is one that will never be settled, but there is...
Qatar authorities said Wednesday they have seized 144 counterfeit World Cup trophies, the latest raid on fakes hitting the market ahead of the football tournament that starts later this month. The interior ministry said officers launched an operation “acting on a piece of information about a website that promotes...
Plateau United on Wednesday in Abuja began their campaign in the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup playoffs on a bright note, beating Al Akhdar Sports Club of Libya 4-1. In the playoffs’ first leg match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Ibrahim Mustapha opened scoring for the hosts through...
TMRW Sports, co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, announced on Wednesday a star-studded investor group which includes tennis great Serena Williams and seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton. The team of investors also includes four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry and three-times tennis Grand Slam winner Andy Murray....
By TARGBA SHJAAGEE, Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the suspension of football official, Auwalu Baba Jada from all football-related activities, pending investigations into a video that has been trending online, in which he is apparently the principal character. In the viral video, Mr. Jada was...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – In order to make world champions of World Cup bronze medalists, Flamingos, given their innate talent and skills and demonstrated ability, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development will provide maximum support and encouragement to the Nigeria Football Federation as the players graduate...
France midfielder Paul Pogba will miss their FIFA World Cup title defence after failing to recover from knee surgery in time for the tournament in Qatar, his agent has said. Pogba had an operation on a damaged meniscus in September but his agent Rafaela Pimenta said that, following a...
Belgium coach Roberto Martinez believes the absence of “irreplaceable” Romelu Lukaku from the Qatar World Cup will force his side to change the way they play, team officials confirmed on Tuesday. The officials however confirmed that the striker has not been ruled out of the tournament yet. Lukaku is...
Members of Germany’s Under 17 women’s team danced with their Nigerian counterparts on Sunday to Nigerian music despite losing their third-place encounter 3-2 on penalties to Nigeria. The Nigerian team had dominated the encounter with a 3 nil deficit, courtesy of goals from the trio of Opeyemi Ajakaye, Amina Bello and Etim...