Nigeria has made history with a first win in her first game at the International Cricket Council (ICC) U19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Malaysia. Nigeria defeated 2023 semi finalists, New Zealand, by 2 runs on Monday morning at the Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak. Having seen their first game...
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The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has announced the postponement of three fixtures from matchday 20 of the 2024-25 season. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this decision was disclosed by Davidson Owunmi, the Chief Operating Officer of NPFL, in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Owunmi...
Real Madrid Manager, Carlo Ancelotti has lauded Kylian Mbappe’s performance after he scored twice in a 4-1 drubbing of visitors Las Palmas on Sunday. The win lifted the defending champions to the top of the LaLiga standings. Ancelotti said that he was never in doubt that the 26-year-old forward...
Manchester City’s Phil Foden scored twice and created another goal in an outstanding first-half display as they hammered Ipswich Town 6-0 at Portman Road on Sunday. The comprehensive win moved City to 38 points and into fourth position on goal difference ahead of Newcastle United. But they are still...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Lagos State contingent male and female teams has emerged Champions in the 2024 Secondary school football tournament with a cash prize of N1 million. While the defending champion, Akwa Ibom got N700,000 and FCT Abuja came third in the female category. Cross River State...
Amad Diallo struck a 12-minute hat-trick in a dramatic finish as Manchester United came from behind to snatch a 3-1 win over Premier League basement boys Southampton at Old Trafford. United’s first-half performance seemed to undo much of the good work from their 2-2 draw at Liverpool and Sunday’s...
Leandro Trossard transformed the mood at Arsenal on Wednesday with the winning goal as they recovered from an early setback to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at home. The result meant the Gunners moved back into second place in the English Premier League. Belgian Trossard fired in just before halftime...
Nigeria have been drawn alongside Senegal, Sudan and Congo Brazzaville in Group D of the 8th African Nations Championship (CHAN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament has now been moved to August 2025, but with Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda still to jointly host. At the...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Tuesday, announced that the 2024 CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN), initially scheduled to kickoff on Feb. 1 has been postponed to August. A statement on the CAF official website said the tournament, to be hosted jointly by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, had...
Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said Monday he had retired from boxing. “I’m going to make this short and sweet,” the British fighter said in a social media post. “I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing. “It’s been a blast, I’ve loved every single minute of it.”...
The new Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Éric Chelle, has said football is about scoring and he will introduce an attacking mentality to the senior men’s football national team. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chelle made the remarks during his official unveiling at a colourful...
Barcelona came from an early goal down to beat Real Madrid 5-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday. Barca scored four goals in a dominant first half and survived having their goalkeeper sent off to clinch a record-extending 15th trophy. French forward Kylian Mbappe put Real in...
Altay Bayindir was Manchester United’s unlikely hero as the holders held out for over an hour a man down to knock Arsenal out the FA Cup on penalties after a feisty 1-1 draw at the Emirates on Sunday. United’s stand-in goalkeeper saved a penalty from Martin Odegaard in normal...
Holders Manchester United have been drawn to play Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester City at Old Trafford in the fourth round of the FA Cup. United, who defeated Manchester City in last season’s final, have been rewarded with a home game after their 10 men won at Arsenal on penalties...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will on Monday in Abuja present to the public the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Éric Chelle. A statement by the NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, on Sunday said the event has been scheduled for the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja...
Trent Alexander-Arnold’s stunning strike lit up Liverpool’s 4-0 win over Accrington Stanley to cruise into the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday as Chelsea thrashed Morecambe 5-0. Brentford were the only Premier League side to fall to lower league opposition as Plymouth, who sit bottom of the Championship, stunned...
David Moyes has returned as Everton manager following Sean Dyche’s sacking, the struggling Premier League club announced on Saturday. “David is widely recognised as one of the Premier League’s most experienced and accomplished managers, having led Everton for more than 500 matches from 2002 to 2013,” a statement on...
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...
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...