They say that success has many fathers, uncles, aunties and friends; an apt description of the Nigeria Football Federation today. Since successfully guiding the Super Eagles to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, the NFF has become a beautiful bride that keeps attracting all kinds of suitors. These suitors have a lot of money and…

The long-awaited return of the Nigeria Professional Football League is upon us. The 2018 season resumes this weekend across 10 cities. Plateau United will return to defend the title they won last year against all early season permutations.

The sport of beach soccer has come a long way in its development. Starting in the 1940s on the beaches of Brazil as pastime, the sport has since grown...

This evening will bring us closer towards the 2018 FIFA World Cup as the Final Draws take place in Moscow, the capital of Russia.

After securing their place, with a game to spare, at the 2018 World Cup, from a tough group that included Zambia, Cameroon and Algeria, the Super Eagles gave us a titillating experience of what lies ahead with a 4-2 victory against Argentina on Tuesday night.

Two experiential events last weekend pushed up the ante in the Nigerian sport cable TV market. The competition is growing in the sport TV market with the arrival of new entrants...

Every day for the last three weeks or more, I have seen huge posters of music stars from all over Africa on the median strip of major roads around the Lagos metropolis.

Sport is big business, we always hear. But in Nigeria, sport has been relegated to the back pages of newspapers for such a long time that the only time it makes the front page is when a major title or victory is achieved.

Two of the biggest matches in African football was played over four days this month in Uyo and Yaounde. Both matches left many of us who were present with two very different experiences. One was great, the other, very shabby.

On this day last year, Team Nigeria arrived Rio, Brazil, for Paralympics 2016. Fourteen days later, they landed Nigeria’s Abuja Airport to a cheering crowd of dancers and onlookers who gathered for a glimpse of the champions and their medals.

Fifty-eight sweaty young men sat down in six rows on the floor of the Molade Okoya Thomas Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Saturday, August 12, listening to one of the most evocative messages they would ever hear.

In a week when Nigeria failed to win any medal at the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London, England, there was another sports event that showed great promise.