D’Tigers, Nigeria’s senior male national basketball team, on Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda booked their place in the second round of the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. They recorded a 20-0 points win over Mali who failed to show up for the game, the second game of the three they...
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has increased by 150 percent the prize money for the 12th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) which gets underway in Morocco on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament will kick off with hosts Morocco facing Burkina Faso...
Former two-time heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua is relying on his “Naija” power as he wraps up preparations to take on Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch on August 20 in Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia. In an exclusive chat with Channels Sports in London, the British-Nigerian boxer confirmed that it will be another...
Former Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld believes the signing of Senegal forward Sadio Mané could be a real boost for the German champions and the Bundesliga regarding performance and marketability. “Mané is a boost for the Bundesliga. Bayern Munich have drawn the right conclusions from last season and have...
FIFA says it will use semi-automatic offside technology at the November to December World Cup to make video assistant decisions faster and more reliable. Football’s world governing body said on Friday that the system would be used in all 64 matches in Qatar. The new offside technology was tested...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday released the first list of nominees for the CAF Awards 2022 which will be held on July 21 in Rabat, Morocco. The list has Super Eagles and Nantes FC forward Moses Simon among the 30 players nominated for the Player of...
Bundesliga Chief Executive, Donata Hopfen is enthusiastic about Sadio Mané and Mario Götze joining Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt. “The league needs such stars and big names,” Hopfen said on Thursday at the Horizont Congress in Frankfurt. The duo are “a great calling card for the league,” she added....
FC Barcelona have given themselves a major financial boost that should see their salary cap increase significantly after selling 10 percent of their LaLiga TV rights for the next 25 years to an investment firm. Last week, club president Joan Laporta promised to activate the “levers” that would ease...
The remaining tickets for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar slated for later this year will go on sale from July 5 on a first-come first-served basis. Global football governing body FIFA said on Thursday that the tickets would be available via the FIFA homepage for the tournament. Around...
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Tuesday told the Golden Eaglets not to rest on their oars but continue to work hard. Dare, who hosted the team to a reception at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, said they needed to remain focus as...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has released a 12-man roster for the third window of the FIBA African World Cup qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda, holding between June 27 and July 5. This is contained in a statement from Afolabi Oni on behalf of the NBBF Media Committee and made...
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has announced that banned Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been found to have committed additional anti-doping rule violations. According to a statement on the website of AIU, the violations were specifically about evading sample collection and tampering or attempted tampering with the doping control...
The Super Falcons’ contingent to the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco has began camping in Rabat, an official said on Monday in Abuja. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), disclosed in a statement that the team landed in Casablanca on Monday....
Seventeen Ghanaian athletes are in Nigeria to seek qualifications at the ongoing trials for World Athletics Championship and Commonwealth Games in Benin, Edo. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ghana Athletics Association, Mr Bawah Fuseini, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin. Fuseini said...
Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi has signed for newly promoted Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed club-record fee. The 24-year-old joins from German Bundesliga club Union Berlin for a reported £17.5 million on a five-year-deal after scoring 20 goals in 43 games in all competitions last season for Union. Fifteen...
Super Falconets’ Head Coach Chris Danjuma has invited 30 players to the national under-20 women team’s camp for preparations for this year’s FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup finals in Costa Rica. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria has never missed a FIFA Under-20 Women’s Championship since...
By YAKUBU SOLOMON, Abuja – Super Falcons’ Head Coach Randy Waldrum has picked team captain Onome Ebi and 24 other players to represent Nigeria at the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in a statement on...
Five-time world champions Golden Eaglets on Friday edged the Young Stallions of Burkina Faso 2-1 to win the WAFU B Under-17 Championship at the Cape Coast Stadium in Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victory for Nigeria has come barely few weeks after they claimed...
Team Nigeria on Friday qualified for the men’s 4×100 metres relay event of the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Oregon, U.S.. The quartet of Favour Ashe, Godson Brume, Alaba Akintola and Udodi Onwuzurike, who are reigning World Under-20 champions, ran a new time of 38.34 seconds. The team booked...
Randy Waldrum, the Head Coach of the Nigeria National Women’s Football Team, Super Falcons, on Thursday said the team was ready for the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) in Morocco. Waldrum disclosed this to newsmen at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja after the two friendlies...