Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna kicked off 2025 with a significant victory on Thursday by defeating British champion Liam Pitchford 3-1 in the Round of 32 at the WTT Star Contender Doha in Qatar. The game played at the Lusail Sports Arena saw Pitchford secure the first set 12-10, but Aruna...
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Neymar said that the 2026 World Cup will be his last adding he was confident that Brazil would qualify for the finals in North America. “I know this will be my last World Cup, my last shot, my last chance and I will do everything I can to play...
Lucas Bergvall struck an 86th-minute winner to earn Tottenham a 1-0 victory over Liverpool and a slender advantage after a cagey League Cup semi-final first leg. Spurs were without 10 players for this tie and had lost 6-3 to Arne Slot’s irresistible Premier League leaders last month, but turned...
Enyimba International FC of Aba, on Wednesday, defeated visiting Nasarawa United 2-1 in the ongoing Nigerian League with Brown Ideye registering his second goal in three matches. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Joseph Atule opened scoring at the 44th minute, while Ideye compounded the visitors’ woes...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Tuesday appointed former Malian coach, Éric Sékou Chelle, as Head Coach of the Super Eagles. Chelle, who hails from Mali, makes history as the first non-Nigerian African to coach the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The 47-year-old French-Malian coach was born on Nov. 11,...
Football fans in Aba have expressed disappointment over the appointment of former Mali coach Éric Chelle as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles. Some of the fans who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba on Wednesday said that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday announced the appointment of Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach of the country’s senior men national football team, the Super Eagles. NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, disclosed in a statement that the Federation’s Executive Committee endorsed the recommendation of...
Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior was banned for two La Liga matches on Tuesday after his red card last week against Valencia. The Brazilian winger shoved goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski in the back of the neck after he had been pushed by the Los Che stopper. Spanish champions Real Madrid...
Arda Guler scored twice as Real Madrid cruised into the last 16 of the Copa del Rey by thrashing fourth-tier minnows Deportiva Minera 5-0. First-half goals from Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga and Guler put the much-changed LaLiga champions in control at Estadio Cartagonova. Captain Luka Modric added a fourth...
Tammy Abraham snatched a dramatic injury-time winner as AC Milan battled back from two goals down to beat rivals Inter 3-2 and win the Italian Super Cup in Riyadh. Goals from Lautaro Martinez and Mehdi Taremi either side of the interval looked set to land Inter their second straight...
Nottingham Forest opened the door to a surprise Premier League title challenge after a sixth win in a row with a 3-0 victory at Wolves. A brilliant season under Nuno Espirito Santo continued at Molineux thanks to first-half goals from Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood and Taiwo Awoniyi’s strike...
A former Director-General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Amos Adamu, on Monday said he was not surprised that Nigeria returned without any medal from the Paris 2024 Olympics. Adamu told newsmen in Ilorin that he was not surprised because he had earlier warned of such calamity before the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor’s cup competition ended on Saturday with the home.Local Government of Governor Hyacinth Alia emerging as the winner of the competition. The finals of the competition which was played at the J. S. Tarka stadium Gboko was between Vandeikya local government...
A defiant Manchester United held Liverpool to a 2-2 draw at Anfield on Sunday but the runaway Premier League leaders moved six points clear at the top of the table. Cody Gakpo cancelled out Lisandro Martinez’s shock opener for United before Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead from the penalty...
Nigeria’s Qassim Abdulsallam has been selected by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as one of the centre referees expected to officiate at the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that CHAN is a biennial continental tournament meant solely for African players plying...
Ruben Amorim has said Manchester United are “starving for leaders” during a turbulent period ahead of a daunting trip to runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday. The club have triggered an option to extend former captain Harry Maguire’s contract by a year until 2026. And United will be...
Arsenal showed they can cope without the injured Bukayo Saka as they began the year in style by recovering from an early sucker-punch to beat Brentford 3-1 away from home. The result ensured that they moved back into second place in the English Premier League on Wednesday. Forward Saka,...
Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) side Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), has said they are condemned to shopping for at least one striker during the competition’s mid-season period. the club’s Head Coach, told newsmen they still have issues in their attacking department in spite of sitting in third place...
The following are the results of Match Day 19 fixtures in the 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), played on Sunday and dates of the remaining fixtures: El kanemi Warriors FC 1-0 Kano pillars FCNiger Tornadoes FC 0-1 Enugu Rangers FCIkorodu city FC 2-1 sunshine Stars FCLobi Stars FC...
Liverpool thrashed West Ham United 5-0 at the London Stadium to stretch their Premier League lead to eight points on Sunday with Mohamed Salah once again in irrepressible form. The Egyptian has been enjoying a vintage season despite uncertainty over a new contract and scored once and provided two...