Athletics
29 Aug
As it were at the Paris 2024 Olympics, where Nigeria failed to win any medal, the situation at the on going World U20 Championships in Lime,
29 Aug
The world witnessed what seemed like a change of baton at the just-concluded Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where young guns outclassed established stars at the globe’s biggest sporting fiesta.
29 Aug
Sports Minister, John Enoh, has explained his decision to pay both foreign and home-based athletes their training grants midway into the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
28 Aug
The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC)/ International Olympic Committee (IOC) sports administration solidarity course has ended in Abraka, Delta State.
28 Aug
Team Nigeria’s medal chase at the 2024 World U-20 Championships in Lima, Peru, began yesterday, with the nation’s long jumper, Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor hitting the final after finishing second in her heat of the event.
27 Aug
Organisers of the Paris Paralympics announced Tuesday that over two million tickets have been sold as the Games prepare to open. "We have already sold around two million tickets, so that's good. There will be full stadia," said Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet at a press conference, alongside International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons.…
27 Aug
Nigeria’s first medalist at the Olympic Games, Nojim Maiyegun, is dead. Maiyegun, The Guardian gathered, died during the late hours of Monday at the age of 85. According to multiple sources, Maiyegun died of natural causes in Vienna, Austria, where he had been living for years. His death was also confirmed by another Nigerian, Stephen…
27 Aug
The Chairman of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 22nd National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged, “Gateway Games,” Bukola Olopade has described as untrue, insinuations in some quarters that the Games might not hold in January 2025.
26 Aug
After a near-disastrous outing at Tokyo Olympics three years ago, Nigeria’s junior athletes brought relief to the country by putting up outstanding performances at the World U-20 Athletics Championships
26 Aug
Former National Team Captain, Yusuf Alli, has commended Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, for raising the bar in sports development, leading to various laurels and successes recorded by the state in the sports sector.
24 Aug
Nigerian junior athlete, Emmanuel Ineh Ortisemeyiwa, was a promising athlete with potential to be a world champion in the long jump, but his life and athletics career took a tragic turn after he was accused of rape in Alabama, United States.
23 Aug
Divers searching a sunken superyacht off Sicily recovered the body of the teenage daughter of UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch Friday, the seventh and final victim of a tragedy in which the businessman also perished. Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah had been among six passengers reported missing after the "Bayesian" went down off the…
Sport
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Arsenal’s title ambitions have taken a significant blow with the news that forward, Kai Havertz is set to miss the remainder of the season due to a torn hamstring.
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Araoluwa Popoola (Aramanda), playing off handicap 19, carded an impressive 70 strokes (-1) to win the maiden Fun Seekers Golf Kitty, which held at the Sadiq Abubakar Golf Course, Air Force Base, Shasha, Lagos.
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Former Super Eagles midfielder, Edema Fuludu, has carpeted those campaigning against the return of former team captain, Ahmed Musa to squad ahead of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda, and Zimbabwe.
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Burnley made history by becoming the first second-tier English side to register 10 consecutive clean sheets after a 2-0 win over Hull, while Sheff Utd remained ahead of the Clarets in second thanks to a 3-1 victory over Middlesbrough. Chelsea loanee Bashir Humphreys and Zian Flemming were on target for Burnley, who remain three…
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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk said Everton's 98th minute equaliser to salvage a 2-2 draw was hard to take as the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park ended in a flurry of red cards on Wednesday. James Tarkowski struck a stunning equaliser deep into stoppage time to spark jubilant scenes among the Toffees' support,…
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Participants in the 2025 Spires Five-A-Side Naija Street Soccer Tournament are in for great entertainment as the 2025 edition of the event begins across all zones in Lagos.
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Participating states in the maiden Niger Delta Sports Festival (NDSF) are expected to begin registering their athletes ahead of internal trials, which begins on February 20, and end on March 3, organisers of the festival have said.
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BetKing, Africa’s leading gaming platform is thrilled to announce its partnership with the highly anticipated Nollywood romantic drama, Reel Love, as part of its Valentine-themed campaign. The movie, produced by Timini Egbuson and directed by Kayode Kasum, premieres in cinemas nationwide on February 14, 2025. To mark the season of love, BetKing will be promoting…
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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said his side lacks composure to defend a lead after Real Madrid struck twice late on to snatch a 3-2 win from the first leg of their Champions League play-off. City have dipped drastically from the high standards they have set during Guardiola's glorious nine-year reign this season, with the…
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Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle said he is banking on legends like Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, and others to help motivate his players in their 2026 World Cup Group C qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe.