The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh, has charged Nigeria’s Paralympic athletes to redeem the nation’s pride at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The minister said this ahead of Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Games. He stated that the Games presented a unique platform for Nigeria to...
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Captain William Ekong and forwards Victor Osimhen and Taiwo Awoniyi are back in the Super Eagles’ nest, for next month’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Benin Republic and Rwanda. This year’s AFCON’s Man-of-the-Competition, Ekong, was discountenanced for the Matchdays 3 and 4 of the 2026 FIFA...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, quoted NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, as saying in the early hours of...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A group under the auspices of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Wing Mobilisation Vanguard has urged the People Democratic Party (PDP) elders in the North West to rather focus on solving their internal political crisis rather than the futile attempt to drag the...
Coach Samson Siasia has said that he is more renewed and prepared to continue with his lifetime passion of coaching, following his return to full scale football activities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Siasia, a renowned former Super Eagles player and coach, completed a ban imposed...
Remo Stars Football Club of Ikenne on Sunday at Rabat in Morocco crashed out of the 2024/2025 African Champions League in the competition’s first preliminary round. The 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) runners-up crashed out after losing 2-3 aggregate to Moroccan side AS FAR Rabat. The News Agency...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has described as “shocking and very sad,” the death of former Nigeria international goalkeeper Christian Obi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obi was involved in a ghastly automobile accident on Friday, involving players and officials of his club, Heartland FC of...
Erling Haaland struck a hat-trick as Manchester City bounced back from conceding a shock opening goal to beat newly-promoted Ipswich 4-1 on Saturday. Sammie Szmodics had given the visitors a dream start at the Etihad, but order was quickly restored as City struck three times in four minutes through...
Joao Pedro’s 95th minute header handed Brighton a 2-1 win over Manchester United on Saturday as 31-year-old boss Fabian Hurzeler enjoyed a dream home Premier League debut. United looked to have snatched a point when Amad Diallo’s deflected effort cancelled out Danny Welbeck’s first half opener for Brighton. The...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Government has announced an upward review of the winning bonuses for Nigeria’s Paralympic athletes participating in the forthcoming 2024 Paralympic Games billed for Aug. 28 to Sept. 8. The Director of Press in the Ministry of Sports Development, Mrs. Kehinde Ajayi, announced...
The Team Nigeria contingent for the 2024 Paralympic Games has arrived the games village in Paris. The 35-member team which consists of 23 athletes, seven coaches and five medical personnel arrived the games village on Thursday from Germany. The Secretary General of Paralympic Committee of Nigeria (PCN), Suleiman Isah,...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja- The Chairperson of the Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL), Ms. Nkechi Obi, has commended Edo Queens FC for their outstanding performance in the CAF Women’s Champions League Zone B qualifiers. Edo Queens secured their spot in the semifinals after finishing at the top of their...
Manchester City got their Premier League title defence off to a winning start as goals from Erling Haaland and Mateo Kovacic inflicted a 2-0 defeat on Enzo Maresca in his first match in charge of Chelsea. Haaland marked his 100th appearance for the club with his 91st goal before...
Arne Slot got off to a winning Premier League start as Liverpool manager thanks to two quickfire goals from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah in a 2-0 win at newly-promoted Ipswich on Saturday. Slot has the unenviable task of succeeding Jurgen Klopp at Anfield, but the Dutchman...
Joshua Zirkzee made himself a Manchester United hero on his debut with a late winner to beat Fulham 1-0 in the opening match of the Premier League season on Friday. Zirkzee, lacking match fitness after his £36.5m ($47 million) move from Bologna last month, came on only...
Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team D’ Tigers has dropped four places in the latest FIBA ranking released on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that D’Tigers slumped from 39th to 42nd position in the world ranking. The former African champions tallied 299.7 points during the month...
Real Madrid’s French midfielder Eduardo Camavinga will miss the start of the season after suffering a knee injury during training for the Super Cup, the LaLiga club said on Wednesday. “After the tests carried out today, our player Eduardo Camavinga has been diagnosed with a sprain of the...
A former Green Eagles player and 1980 AFCON winner, Felix Owolabi, has attributed the poor performance of Nigerian athletes at the just-concluded Paris Olympics to the fire brigade approach by officials and athletes. The ex-international said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The U.S won the XXXIII edition of the Olympic Games on Sunday in Paris, but it was just by the skin of their teeth. They topped the 2024 Games medals table by winning 40 gold medals after the final of the last event of the Games was decided...