Nigeria’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan has been cleared to run in the 2024 Paris Olympics Games. The Court Arbitration of Sports (CAS) dismissed the appeals filed by World Athletics (WA) and by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the decision to clear her of a...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State football team, Elkanemi Warriors, has been charged to lift the 2024 federation cup which the final match was fixed for 29th June, 2024, at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena (Onikan), Lagos. The NNL football competition tagged the “Battle of the Warriors’’ would be...
Georgia stunned former champions Portugal 2-0 on Wednesday to reach the knockout stage at Euro 2024 —- their first ever major tournament. The match was settled by an early Khvicha Kvaratskhelia strike and a Georges Mikautadze penalty kick. The win, albeit against a largely second-string Portugal who had...
Olympics debutant, Fatima Bello on Wednesday, said that her dream is to make an appreciable impact at the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics, Bello, a 2023 African Games silver medalist gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos while speaking on her...
Below are the final standings of clubs in the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season, following the conclusion of Match Day 38 fixtures on Sunday: Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts Rangers International FC 38 21 7 10 56 33 23 70 Remo Stars...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced a change of venue for the President Federation Cup finals, which will now take place at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos on June 29. The NFF’s Head of Communications, Ademola Olajire, who disclosed this in a...
Ex-International, Mutiu Adepoju has said nothing is impossible, and Nigeria’s Super Eagles can still qualify for the 2026 World Cup with determination, hard work and seriousness. Adepoju told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday that the players needed resilience, as there was no magic but to win...
Following are the results of Match Day 38 fixtures played on Sunday in the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL): Gombe United FC 1-2 Rangers International FC Akwa United FC 3-1 Rivers United FC Kano Pillars FC 3-2 Lobi Stars FC Kwara United FC 4-0 Heartland FC Bendel...
Portugal swept into the last 16 of Euro 2024 on Saturday after comfortably seeing off Turkey 3-0 and guaranteeing first place in Group F. Bernardo Silva’s fine finish in the 21st minute, a comical Samet Akaydin own goal shortly afterwards and Bruno Fernandes’s second-half tap-in gave Portugal...
Enyimba International FC midfielder, Elijah Akanni, has said his team must defeat visiting Plateau United on Sunday to stand a chance of playing in the 2024/2025 CAF Champions League. Akanni spoke with newsmen after the team’s morning training on Saturday, describing the game as a must-win for Enyimba....
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced dates for the CAF TotalEnergies African Cup of Nations (AFCON) and the Women African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) billed for Morocco. CAF Executive Committee ratified the dates at a meeting on Friday and published them on its website, with AFCON scheduled...
Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped by eight points from 30th to 38th in the FIFA World Ranking for June after lacklustre performances in the World Cup Qualifying matches. According to the ranking table released by the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria dropped from 1,520.27 points...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has debunked reports circulating on online platforms that Super Eagles player Victor Osimhen has been banned from the team due to his recent social media outburst. It will be recalled that Osimhen recently went on a rant on...
Nigeria’s international Table Tennis player, Offiong Edem, has said she is targeting a quarter-final berth at the Paris Olympic. Edem said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday at the opening of World Table Tennis Contender 2024 in Lagos. ”It is a...
Manchester City will begin their Premier League title defence away to Chelsea on the opening weekend of the new season after the fixture list was published on Tuesday. The match on August 18 will pit Pep Guardiola against his former assistant Enzo Maresca, who was appointed Chelsea...
The Nigeria team has won Bronze at the 2024 Chovken World Championship held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Patron of NSK Polo team and Resort, Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa, disclosed this in a statement by Joesef Karim, Media Assistant to Vice President, African Region, International Chovken Federation on Monday in...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has congratulated Rangers International Football Club of Enugu for winning the 2023/24 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) title with a game to spare. The congratulatory message followed the team’s 2-0 victory over Bendel Insurance Football Club at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu, on...
The following are the results of Match Day 37 fixtures played on Sunday in the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL): Sporting Lagos FC 2-1 Enyimba international FC Bayelsa United FC 2-1 Shooting Stars FC Enugu Rangers International FC 2-0 Bendel Insurance FC Abia Warriors FC 2-0 Akwa...
Nigeria is expected to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics, 72 years since her first appearance in the 1952 Games at Helsinki, Finland. Team Nigeria went to Helsinki with nine athletes and since then had consistently competed in every Summer Olympics, except in the 1976 Olympics, which it...
The immediate past Vice Chairman of Ondo State Football Association, Dele Ologbese, has described the resignation of Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Finidi George as a welcome development. Ologbese said his resignation would pave way for the appointment of a more experienced tactician. “It will not be good if...