Arsenal remained hot on the heels of the top two in the title battle with an emphatic 4-1 victory over a struggling Newcastle United side in the Premier League on Saturday. An own goal by Sven Botman and a simple Kai Havertz finish put Arsenal 2-0 up at...
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Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag said his team can still make up the eight points between them and Aston Villa to achieve a top-four finish in spite their shock home loss to Fulham on Saturday. Alex Iwobi scored deep in stoppage time as Fulham shocked a sub-par...
It was a Nigerian show on Saturday as Alex Iwobi netted deep into added time to hand Fulham a famous 1-2 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. His compatriot Calvin Bassey had given Fulham the lead in the 65th minute before Harry Maguire’s near-post effort levelled the...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has extolled the performance of Nigeria’s senior male national basketball team, D’Tigers, after losing 82-89 to Libya at the FIBA Afrobasket Qualifiers in Tunisia. This is contained in a statement by Akeem Busari, the Media Coordinator of the NBBF, obtained by journalists on...
The Head coach of Nigeria’s Under 20 Girls, the Falconets, Christopher Danjuma, on Saturday confirmed that 29 players were in camp ahead of the 2023 African Games in Ghana. Danjuma who made the confirmation to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja, said six more...
Team Integrity has emerged as the overall winner of the 13th NNPC Limited Sports Fiesta tagged “Abuja 2024”, which held at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. The team pocketed 21 gold, 15 silver and 18 bronze medals to emerge the best team, while Team Sustainability secured...
Napoli fought back to hold visitors FC Barcelona to a dour 1-1 draw in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday as Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen cancelled out Robert Lewandowski’s opener. Last year’s Spanish and Italian champions, both struggling this season, played out a poor match in which...
Liverpool manager, Juergen Klopp said their stunning Champions League comeback against FC Barcelona in 2019 provided the inspiration for his injury-hit squad to beat Luton Town at Anfield on Wednesday. Virgil van Dijk and Cody Gakpo scored two minutes apart in the second half to open the floodgates....
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has reached an agreement in principle for the 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be played in July and August next year in Morocco, a CAF official told AFP. Earlier this month, CAF president Patrice Motsepe refused to confirm the...
The Biennial Sports Fiesta of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has opened in Abuja on Sunday with athletes from the company’s three zones participating. The athletes will compete for laurels in football, basketball, volleyball, chess, squash, scrabble, 8-ball pool, golf, tennis, table tennis, badminton, swimming and Athletics....
As Lagos Polo Tournament climaxed with the 2024 Silver Cup, Ibadan Durante on Sunday emerged winners in a fiercely contested final match on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the five-member Ibadan Durante team defeated the Kano MSR sponsored by BUA Group 7 1/2 –...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Former Super Eagles Captain, Austin Okocha will lead his former teammates to tackle the football team of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), as the 13th NNPC Sports Fiesta gets underway in Abuja on Sunday. The NNPC Ltd Chief Corporate Communications Officer,...
The Enyimba International FC of Aba, on Saturday, defeated visiting Shooting Stars FC of Ibadan 1-0 at the ongoing Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) match day 20. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chijioke Mbaoma became the hero of the day as his 43rd minute goal...
Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe seems to be edging towards a Real Madrid move, with excitement already building in the Spanish capital. The 25-year-old France captain informed PSG officials he intends to leave in the summer at the end of his contract, a source close to the Ligue...
Two of Africa’s representatives, Nigeria and Egypt have suffered defeats at the ongoing ITTF World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) taking place in Busan, South Korea. The Public Relations Officer (PRO), Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), sOlalekan Okunsan, said in a statement on Saturday, that while Nigeria lost 0-3...
Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Dr Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has extolled the Super Eagles for making the country proud with their impressive performance at AFCON 2023. Dabiri-Erewa gave the commendation during the reception and conferment of National Diaspora Merit Award on the Team Captain, Ahmed Musa, on...
Africa Cup of Nations Runners-up, Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up by 14 spots to placed 28th in the world in the February FIFA ranking. In the ranking table published on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday, the team garnered 1,522 points as...
Head Coach for the Flying Eagles, Ladan Bosso, has called up 30 Under-20 Flying-Eagles players to resume camp on Thursday (today) in Abuja, in preparation for the games in Accra, Ghana in March 8 to 24. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) stated...
Nigeria’s high-flying, football team, Super Eagles, returned to a hearty welcome, and their visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday, 13th February, turned into an icing on the cake of a successful outing in the tournament. Apart from the cheers, hugs, handshakes and selfies that heralded their entry...
Nigeria’s veteran Table Tennis player, Quadri Aruna, has gained one step up the ladder of the new International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) ranking to become the world’s 12th best player. The ITTF, quoting from the Week 7 ranking of 2024, released on Tuesday, stated that the African champion...