Karim Benzema, Thibaut Courtois and Kevin De Bruyne are the top three contenders for the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award, the European ruling body said on Friday. The winner will be announced during the 2022-23 Champions League group stage draw ceremony in Istanbul on Aug. 25. Benzema...
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Nigeria’s under-20 National Women’s Football Team (Falconets) defeated France 1- 0 in their opening game of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica on Friday at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria’s women, playing in group...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – President of The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr. Amaju Pinnick amomg alongside the NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi among other dignitaries will attend a fiesta organized in honour of a former three-term Secretary-General of the football body Etubom Oyo Orok Oyo. The celebration...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday launched a new lucrative $100 million Super League aimed at injecting financial muscle to the cash-strapped clubs on the continent. Twenty-four clubs, yet to be decided, will take part in the first edition, which has the backing of the world governing...
Goals from David Alaba and Karim Benzema gave Real Madrid a 2-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt and a fifth UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday. While Frankfurt were dangerous, particularly in the first half, Madrid’s experience and individual quality saw them through, as it did so often in their victorious...
The Kwara Stadium Complex in Ilorin will soon wear a new look ahead of the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup competition, the state FA Chairman, Idris Musa, has said. Musa said this when he received officials of Phreestyle Sports, organisers of Amapro pre-season football competition, on Wednesday in Ilorin. The...
The upcoming football World Cup in Qatar is to start a day earlier than planned to allow hosts Qatar to play the first match. Dpa and other media have learnt that the council of the world governing body FIFA is dealing with a request. The match between Qatar and...
Serena Williams has announced that she is retiring from tennis. The legendary tennis player said in the latest issue of Vogue: “It’s the hardest thing that I could ever imagine. I don’t want it to be over, but at the same time I’m ready for what’s next.” Williams’ retirement is...
Former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs stands trial Monday on charges of attacking and coercively controlling his ex-girlfriend, in a case that has upended his managerial career. The 48-year-old, who until recently served as coach of the Wales national team, has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which carry...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF)has condemned Napoli President, Aurelio De Laurentiis, over his controversial comments that the Italian Serie A club would no longer sign African players unless they agree not to play in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON). Speaking on Wall Street Italia show. Laurentiis said...
Didier Deschamps remains confident Paul Pogba will be fit to play for France at the World Cup in spite missing the start of the season through injury. Pogba sustained a knee problem in pre-season after returning to Juventus from Manchester United on a free transfer. There were early suggestions...
Nigeria’s 12th gold medal came in an historic fashion on Sunday as Long Jump sensation, Ese Brume, won a gold medal and a podium finish for Nigeria in the event. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Brume had, in an emphatic fashion, broken the Commonwealth Games record...
New manager Erik ten Hag saw the depth of the crisis at Manchester United when his side fell to a 2-1 Premier League defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion at Old Trafford on Sunday, with German Pascal Gross scoring twice. United fans’ hopes that the off-season would mark a...
Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan has set a new record by winning the 100 meters hurdles gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the United Kingdom. The 25-year-old clocked 12.30 seconds to set a new games record. This is coming two weeks after she became the first Nigerian athlete to...
It was Day 9 at the ongoing Commonwealth Games and athletes have continued to churn out more medals for Nigeria as the event entered its final stages. Wrestling dominated the bulk of the medals on Saturday as Para table tennis, Para athletics and athletes in other sports continued to...
Team Nigeria on Saturday won four additional medals in the morning session of day nine of the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports team Nigeria won four medals in the athletics and para-athletics events. Njideka Iyiazi won gold in the...
Arsenal battled to beat Crystal Palace 2-0 on Friday as the new Premier League season got underway. Gabriel Martinelli opened scoring for the first goal before home defender Marc Guehi turned the ball into his own net late on at Selhurst Park. Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus, who arrived from...
Nigeria’s Odunayo Adekuroye has won gold in the women’s 57kg freestyle wrestling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Adekuroye defeated India’s Anshu Malik 7-3 on Friday in Birmingham to help Nigeria to the gold medal. The 28-year-old came under pressure but was equal to the challenge from the Indian. Earlier...
The Super Falcons of Nigeria have dropped by seven spots in the July FIFA Ranking, to be placed 46th, after ending 4th at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. In the ranking table published on the website of the world football governing body on Friday,...
The Nigerian Scrabble Federation (NSF) says it is introducing a new level of scrabble tournament titled; “Scrabble In The Jungle”, which would start from Aug. 26 to Aug. 28. The NSF said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Lagos. The body said that the...