Argentina and Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi said Tuesday he is still working to regain peak physical fitness after overcoming knee and hamstring injuries. Messi admitted he was lacking sharpness in Argentina’s goalless home draw with Brazil in a World Cup qualifier here on Tuesday, his first full 90...
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Rivers Hoopers basketball team on Tuesday emerged winners of the 2021 Super Eight men’s Basketball Premier League. The final match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, Rivers Hoopers defeated Gombe Bulls 74- 57 to lift the trophy. Gombe Bulls took the lead in the first quarter by...
The Super Eagles have secured a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Cape Verde on Tuesday in Lagos to reach the final round of African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup finals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the match played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, the Super...
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is excited to have Odion Ighalo back in the squad and could start against Cape Verde in Monday’s final group qualifier. Ighalo, a former Manchester United striker retired after the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt and now plays for Al Shabab...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – File photo of Teslim Balogun Stadium The Lagos State government has announced that traffic will be diverted at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Tuesday, November 16. The traffic leaving and coming into the Stadium located at the Surulere area of the state will be...
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has assured Nigerians that the Super Eagles are mature, professional, and ambitious enough to deal with any pressure when taking on the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde in Tuesday’s crucial game of Group C of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying African series....
Rivers Hoopers basketball team on Monday defeated Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) 85-76 to secure a ticket to the final match of the the ongoing 2021 Super Eight men’s premier Basketball League. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the first semi final match played at the package...
No fewer than 120 golfers are expected to converge on Abuja to tee off an invitational golf tournament being hosted by two newly-created subsidiaries in the petroleum industry. The amateur event tees of at lush green of the 18-hole IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja, on Nov. 20,...
Sprint legend Usain Bolt said he could have emerged from retirement to win a fourth straight Olympic 100m title in Tokyo this year, insisting the winning time was within his reach. Bolt, 35, told AFP that it was frustrating to watch the delayed 2020 Games from his home in...
Ghana’s dream of a return to the World Cup in Qatar next year is very alive following its 1-0 win over South Africa at the Cape Coast sports stadium on Sunday. The home team who needed to win to qualify for the African playoffs began the match well by...
The Super Eagles’ delegation to Saturday’s FIFA World Cup qualifier against Liberia in Tangier, Morocco flew into Lagos on Sunday morning aboard a chartered Air Peace flight, with team captain Ahmed Musa insisting they would best Cape Verde in their final group qualifier. The aircraft touched down at the...
Serbia stunned Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal to qualify for the 2022 World Cup as Aleksandar Mitrovic’s 90th-minute winner secured a 2-1 victory in Lisbon on Sunday. Portugal now face two rounds of playoffs in March if they are to make it to Qatar, unlike Spain, who qualified with a 1-0...
The Super Eagles on Saturday defeated the Lone Star of Liberia 2-0 at the Grand Stade de Tangier, Morocco, in a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying Matchday five Group C encounter. Two strikes from the penalty spot earned Nigeria all three points against Liberia to set up a...
Ezekiel Tiri on Saturday emerged champion of the 2021 CBN Governor’s golf Cup after finishing as the overall best nett winner of the one-day tournament in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that playing off handicap 18 and recording a gross score of 87, Tiri returned an...
The president of Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF), Ifedayo Akindoju, on Saturday said more than 20 countries will participate in the 2021 World Tour Tennis Tour J5. Akindoju disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the the VEMP Tennis National Open Championship at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja....
The Deputy Governor, Operations Directorate, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Adebisi Shonubi, has reiterated the commitment of the apex bank to continue its support to the game of golf in the country. Shonubi made the remarks on the sidelines of the ceremonial tee-off of the 14th edition of the...
Nigeria’s male senior cricket team has left Nigeria for Rwanda to seek the only qualifying ticket for Africa in the 2022 T20 World Cup, an official said. Taiwo Oriss, Secretary General of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that a 20-man...
The Technical Director, Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF), Christopher Nwadei, has said the Federation has discovered lifters who would represent the country in International Championships. Nwadei disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the maiden edition of the Inspector-General ot Police (IGP) National Open Weightlifting Championship, on Friday in Abuja....
Angel Di Maria’s goal on Friday put Argentina on the verge of qualifying for next year’s World Cup in Qatar as Lionel Messi was on the bench for the 1-0 win away to Uruguay. Messi was only called upon by coach Lionel Scaloni to play the final quarter of...
Lionel Messi will be available for Argentina’s 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil after recovering from hamstring and knee problems, Albiceleste manager Lionel Scaloni said on Thursday. The Paris Saint-Germain forward trained freely with the Argentina squad on Wednesday and Thursday, showing no sign of the injuries...