Chelsea FC have agreed a season-long loan deal with Roma for Romelu Lukaku, the PA news agency understands. The Serie A side will pay £8 million to take the wantaway striker for a year as a solution to the stand-off between player and club appears finally to be...
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By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Nigeria National League side, Kano Pillars are ahead of Lionel Messi’s new club, Inter Miami in the new Football database ranking released on Monday. According to the football ranking website on Monday, the soccer club’s ranking was updated after matches played on...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Rivers Hoopers improved to a 2-0 mark after a 42-25 win over Spintex Knights of Ghana at the Louis Edem Invitational Basketball Championship on Monday. The KingsMen who took a two point lead at halftime (17-15) extended it to 13 at the end of...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Dubem Amasiani Saturday in Lagos won the boys 12s and Boys 14s titles at the Sapetro Futures Tennis Championship which held at the Lagos lawn tennis Club fuelling hopes of a world class tennis star ‘in the make’ for Nigeria. The competition...
Delta Queens on Monday defeated Athletico FC of Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire 3-2 to qualify for the final of the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League qualifiers for WAFU B zone. The match played at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City was played amidst tension. The two West...
Ex-international, Felix Owolabi, and other football stakeholders on Tuesday rued the elimination of Nigerian football clubs from the preliminary stage of 2023/2024 CAF Champions League. Owolabi and others spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the failure of the two Nigerian football clubs, Enyimba International FC...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The leadership of Benue State Football Association (BSFA) has said that it is only committed to ensuring the development of the round leather game at all times without interfering in the day-to-day activities of any club in the state. BSFA Chairman, Barrister Paul Edeh,...
The Chairman, Enyimba Football Club of Aba, Kanu Nwankwo has said that the club under him had not started badly. Nwankwo stated this at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba on Sunday while speaking to newsmen after the club played a goalless draw with Al Ahli SCSC of Benghazi,...
FC Barcelona fought back to secure a barnstorming 4-3 win at Villarreal on Sunday, with last year’s LaLiga top scorer Robert Lewandowski bagging the winner late in the second half. Villarreal were arguably the better side throughout the match, but a clinical FC Barcelona scored at key moments....
Napoli comfortably sealed a 2-0 home victory against Sassuolo on Sunday through goals from Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Giovanni Di Lorenzo. While Lazio were unexpectedly beaten 1-0 at home by Serie A newcomers Genoa. Osimhen opened the scoring after 16 minutes when he converted a penalty after...
Bundesliga record signing Harry Kane scored twice in his first league appearance in front of a home crowd on Sunday. Kane’s brace helped to steer champions Bayern Munich to a 3-1 victory over Augsburg, making it two wins out of two matches. Kane who joined for a...
Nigeria’s representatives in the 2023/2024 CAF Champions League, Enyimba International Football Club of Aba and Remo Stars FC of Ikenne have crashed out of the competition on home soil. This was after both sides failed to take advantage of playing at home in their preliminary stage, second leg...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Nigeria’s emerging precocious tennis talent, Dubem Amasiani, on friday qualified for the finals in two age groups – boys 12 and boys 14 – at the Sapetro Futures Tennis Championship taking place at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club. This is the second...
Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes inspired a magnificent comeback victory and scored the winner in a thrilling 3-2 defeat of Nottingham Forest. Arsenal were held at home by Fulham and Everton’s woes continued in the English Premier League on Saturday. Tottenham Hotspur maintained their impressive start to the...
FIFA on Saturday suspended Spanish federation chief, Luis Rubiales from all football related activities for three months over allegations of an unwanted kiss on the lips of player Jenni Hermoso after Spain’s women won the World Cup. Rubiales` suspension from national and international activities takes immediate effect, FIFA...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, on Thursday, welcomed Nigeria’s contingent that participated at the Malta Gymstars International Championship in Malta. The team of young gymnasts represented Nigeria in the 15 nation championship. The Nigerian TIG team of seven young...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Rangers International F.C’s newly appointed G.M/CEO, Barrister Amobi Ezeaku, has charged staff of the club to improve their performances so as to help the club achieve its set target of becoming one of the most admired and followed club in the African...
Nigeria’s Women Football National team, the Super Falcons, have moved eight places up to become 32nd in the world and first in Africa in the latest FIFA ranking released on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Falcons were previously in 40th place...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Wisdom Paul-Effiong from the GAUF Tennis Academy in Akwa Ibom played a very tactical match to upset group favourite Nathaniel Aluko from the Country Club Lagos to book a place in the semifinals. Paul-Effiong trailed for most of the match but caught...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), South South, has congratulated the newly sworn in Minister of Sports Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Rt Hon John Owan Enoh. A release signed by the Zonal Vice President, Mr Asuka Ralph Chiemaka...