Nine-times champion Novak Djokovic says there are “positive signs” that his three-year ban on entering Australia will be waived so he can play at the next Australian Open in January. The 35-year-old Serbian was deported from Australia in the lead-up to the Grand Slam tournament this year on the...
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Former world number one player Angelique Kerber plans to return to tennis at next year’s US Open at the latest, after giving birth to her first child. The three-time grand slam winner has not played since summer due to her pregnancy. The baby is expected in March and the...
Juventus winger Angel Di Maria wants to finish his playing career where it started, back in Argentina with Rosario Central. Di Maria, 34, joined Rosario as a four-year-old, spending the next 15 years with the club before a starring performance in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup saw Benfica come...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo lit the Torch of Unity on Tuesday in Abuja signalling the beginning of its movement for the 21st Edition of the National Sports Festival. The festival is scheduled to hold in Asaba for Nov. 28 to Dec. 10. Performing the exercise at an arena in the...
TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Randy Waldrum says he believed that the nine-time African champions Nigeria can pull through a tough Group B of the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand next year if they continue on the tangent of regular top grade friendly matches and...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Officials from the Embassy of Libya in Nigeria on Tuesday met with the General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Dr. Mohammed Sanusi to harmonize arrangements for the CAF Confederation Cup duels involving two Libyan clubs against Nigeria’s Rivers United FC and Plateau United...
Aston Villa have confirmed the appointment of Unai Emery as the club’s new head coach, following the sacking of Steven Gerrard. The former Arsenal manager returns to the English Premier League (EPL) after rebuilding his reputation with success at Villarreal. He clinched Europa League glory in 2021 and reached...
By ORKULA SHAAGE, Abuja – President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau will be at the forefront of the support group when the country’s U17 girls, Flamingos tackle Colombia in the semi-finals of this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in Goa on Wednesday. The NFF...
Bankole Olowookere, the Head Coach of the Under-17 Women’s National Team, Flamingos, said the team would continue to fight for a ticket at the final of the ongoing 2022 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in India. Olowookere told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that the coaching...
Victor Osimhen extended Napoli’s lead at the top of Serie A to three points on Sunday with the only goal in a hard-fought 1-0 win at Roma, their 11th on the bounce in all competitions. Nigeria forward Osimhen crashed in his third goal is as many games with 10...
Granit Xhaka scored a superb early goal but English Premier League (EPL) leaders Arsenal were still held to a 1-1 draw by Southampton on Sunday. Stuart Armstrong netted a deserved second-half equaliser for the home side, with the result moving Arsenal to 28 points from 11 games, two ahead...
Liverpool Club manager, Jurgen Klopp insisted on Saturday that Liverpool only have themselves to blame after a shock defeat at Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi’s winner stunned the visitors as Nottingham Forest climbed off the bottom of the 2022/2023 English Premier League (EPL) with a 1-0 victory on Saturday. The...
Colombia on Saturday booked a semi-finals place against Nigeria’s Flamingos at the ongoing FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in India. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Colombia breezed past Tanzania 3-0 in the quarter-finals at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margoa. The result means the South...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has criticised what he called unacceptably low offers for 2023 Women’s World Cup broadcast rights. “A hundred times less (than the men’s World Cup), even more than 100 times in some occasions. This is not acceptable,” the head of the football governing body told a...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Two penalties, one in each half and at opposing sides, guaranteed that Saturday’s Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifying match between Nigeria and Tanzania in Dar es Salaam ended in a 1-1 draw. Captain Success Makanjuola netted for Nigeria in the 29th minute, after Qudus...
Super Falcons of Nigeria will play joint-hosts Australia, Canada and the Republic of Ireland in Group B of the 9th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals happening in the summer of 2023. This followed the draw ceremony held in Auckland/Tâmaki Makaurau on Saturday. Nigeria will therefore play Canada in her...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Nigeria’s senior women national football team, Super Falcons will play joint-hosts Australia, Canada and Republic of Ireland in Group B of the 9th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals happening in the summer of next year. At the draw ceremony held in Auckland/Tâmaki Makaurau on Saturday,...
Nigeria’s Flamingos have qualified for the semifinal of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India after beating the USA this evening. The Flamingos won 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in 90 minutes of regulation time. Onamuzo Edafe gave Nigeria the lead just after 25 minutes. ...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has charged the newly inaugurated Interim Management Committee (IMC) to ensure that the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) work towards returning the nation’s elite football league on television. President of the NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, who gave the...
Arsenal secured their spot in the Europa League knockout stage with two games to spare after beating PSV Eindhoven 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday. After struggling to make their dominance count for much of the encounter, midfielder Granit Xhaka smashed a first-time shot home in the 71st...