The President General, Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC), Rafiu Ladipo, on Saturday rated the performances of erstwhile Super Eagles Coach, Jose Peseiro, as above average. Ladipo made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that in spite of the...
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Jose Peseiro has left his role as the coach of the Super Eagles after taking the team to the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The team lost to Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the competition. His contract with the team expired in February....
Victor Osimhen, the reigning male African Footballer of the Year, has earned the highest nominations in four categories at the 10th Nigeria Pitch Awards. This was revealed on Thursday by the organisers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards through its voters collation agent, SIAO Partners. Osimhen, Nigeria’s Super Eagles...
Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia netted five goals between them as Napoli defeated Sassuolo 6-1 on Wednesday, harking back to the thrilling attacking partnership which won last season’s Serie A title. Clinical Osimhen scored a hat-trick before Kvaratskhelia bagged a brace of his own as Napoli come from...
Nine-time African champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria, on Monday piped the Lionesses of Cameroon 1-0 in a crucial second leg Women’s Olympic football qualifier after a pulsating encounter in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Esther Okoronkwo’s 15th minute goal at the Moshood Abiola...
The following are the results of Match Day 21 fixtures played on Sunday in the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL): Gombe United FC 2-0 Sporting Lagos FC Plateau United FC 0-0 Shooting Stars FC Kano Pillars FC 5-1 Sunshine Stars FC Lobi Stars FC 1-0 Heartland FC...
Liverpool captain, Virgil van Dijk on Sunday said he was immensely proud of the young side who had to fill in for so many of his injured teammates. Van Dijk scored a late winner against Chelsea to help his side lift the English League Cup on Sunday at...
Bayern Munich must follow their 2-1 victory over RB Leipzig with a winning run to get their season back on track, forward Harry Kane said. Kane scored twice against Leipzig on Sunday, including a late winner that broke Bayern’s three-game losing streak across all competitions. The win indeed...
Kano Pillars Football Club on Sunday thrashed Sunshine Stars of Akure 5-1 in the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match. The match day 21 which was played at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kofar-Mata, Kano, was watched by a large number of spectators. Mustapha Ibrahim scored a brace...
Liverpool won the League Cup in dramatic fashion as Virgil van Dijk’s header late in extra-time sealed a 1-0 win against Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp’s injury-hit side finished a gruelling clash with a host of raw youngsters on the pitch, but it was their experienced captain...
Proprietor of Cross Creek Golf Club of Ilado in Akure, Ondo State, Sola Abidakun, has said the game of Golf is not only for a certain class of the society. Abidakun stated this on Sunday in Akure when he hosted members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria...
The Chief Executive Officer of One 2 Sports Promotions, Ifeanyi Edembe, has called on the Federal Government to create a platform for boxing to thrive in Nigeria. Edembe, who sponsored the just concluded boxing event tagged “Judgement Day” in Lagos, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that...
Arsenal manager, Mikel Artet ised his players’ mentality after an impressive response to their defeat at Porto as they blew away Newcastle United in the Premier League on Saturday. The Gunners scored twice in each half of their 4-1 home victory to record a sixth straight league win,...
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...
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...