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,...
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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...
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has failed to defend her World Athletics Championship title after finishing sixth in the final of the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Thursday. Jamaican Danielle Williams, 30, won the title in a season-best of 12.43s while Olympic champion, Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn came...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed payments of match bonuses and allowances for the Super Falcons. The NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau made this known in Abuja on Thursday while appearing before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on dispute between Super Falcons and NFF. Gusau...
Real Madrid have ruled out signing Kylian Mbappe before the transfer window closes next week. Manager Carlo Ancelotti said on Thursday as the Paris St Germain forward continues to be linked with the LaLiga club. Ancelotti said that Real are unlikely to do any more transfer...
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan on Wednesday qualified for the final of the 100m hurdles event at the ongoing 2023 World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Amusan, who ran in lane seven, returned in time of 12.56seconds to finish first in Heat 2 of the semi-final, to ensure she booked...
Nigeria’s women’s senior volleyball team have qualified to play the fifth place match after beating Morocco 3-0 ( 26-24,25-21,29-27 ) in the best loser match at the ongoing 2023 Women’s African Nations Volleyball Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon. The match is played at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports de...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Mufu Atllola and Roseline Nana, playing in the Girls 12 of the Sapetro Futures Tennis Championship taking place at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, had easy wins against their opponents to signal their determination to stay on course for another show down in the...
The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Board and the 20 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) clubs have scheduled their Annual General Meeting (AGM) for Tuesday. Davidson Owumi, the NPL board’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), in a notice to all the clubs said the date would allow for a very effective...