Football
8 Apr
After five days of strenuous training under the supervision of English and local coaches, four participants at the second FCV Gladiators Camp, which ended at the Grande School, Lagos, at the weekend, were awarded scholarships
8 Apr
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has chosen Gombe, Jos, Katsina, Asaba and Enugu as centres for the 2024 Federation Cup national play-off, which begins on Thursday.
7 Apr
Liverpool's Premier League title challenge was dented by spectacular goals from Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo, who snatched a 2-2 draw for Manchester United on Sunday.
7 Apr
After losing 0-1 to the Super Falcons of Nigeria in the first leg of their Paris 2024 Olympics qualifiers in Abuja on Friday, coach of Banyana Banyana of South Africa, Desiree Ellis, says her team will get the job done on Tuesday in Pretoria.
7 Apr
Bukayo Saka scored from a penalty spot in the 33rd minutes, just as two more goals from Kai Havertz (62’ minutes) and Trossard (86’ minutes) gave Arsenal all three points at Brighton yesterday to keep their title hope alive.
7 Apr
Organisers of the nation’s second tier professional football league, NNL have banished Rovers FC of Calabar out of their base to Eket, Akwa Ibom State.
7 Apr
Head coach of the Super Falcons, Randy Waldrum, has stated reasons female African footballer of the year and Bay FC of United States striker, Asissat Oshoala, didn’t feature in Friday’s Olympic qualifier against the Banyana Banyana of South Africa in Abuja.
6 Apr
AC Milan strolled past 10-man Lecce 3-0 on Saturday to consolidate second place in Serie A and take another step towards Champions League qualification.
6 Apr
Kevin De Bruyne brought up his century of goals for Manchester City by scoring twice in a 4-2 win at Crystal Palace that moved the champions level on points with Premier League leaders Liverpool.
6 Apr
Desiree Ellis, coach of South Africa’s female national football team, Bayana Bayana, has described their 0-1 loss to the Super Falcons of Nigeria as “just half time”.
6 Apr
Chairman, Lagos State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Debo Oshundun, has said his association decided to join White Collar Football League (WCFL) because the outfit has similar passion for grassroots football development to SWAN.
6 Apr
Eight football clubs from Brazil's Serie A, Kenya, Benin Republic, Sierra Leone and the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) have been listed for the maiden Coal City International Cup in Enugu, Enugu State.
Sport
6 hours ago
Leul Gebreselassie, the second Ethiopian man to win the men's title at the Okpekpe international 10km road race, will be gunning for his first major marathon win on Sunday at the London Marathon. The London Marathon is one of the six major marathons in the world. The rest are Boston, Berlin, New York, Tokyo, and Chicago…
7 hours ago
Pep Guardiola has revealed Erling Haaland could miss Manchester City's FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday.
18 hours ago
The Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) has provided an opportunity for Heartland of Owerri to fight to save their season by lifting the ban, albeit provisionally, on Dan Anyiam Stadium.
18 hours ago
Arsenal Manager, Mikel Arteta, says he must show his Arsenal side “support and love” after Bayern Munich knocked them out of the Champions League, reports BBC.
19 hours ago
Apart from showing boxing fans why he is the best pound-for-pound fighter on the scene currently, lightweight star, Emmanuel ‘Ability’ Abimbola, also wants to pocket the Mojisola Memorial Ogunsanya trophy and the N1 million cash prize for the best boxer at GOtv Boxing Night 31.
19 hours ago
Nigerian Boxing Federation (NBF) President, Gen. Kenneth Minimah (Rtd), the country’s first world boxing champion...
19 hours ago
The National Institute for Sports (NIS), Lagos and the Adamawa State government have started a five-day capacity training workshop for coaches, sports administrators and games masters, as well as Physical and Health Education teachers in the North East state .
1 day ago
Liverpool were knocked out of the Europa League by Atalanta with the Italian side reaching the semi-finals 3-1 on aggregate on Thursday.
1 day ago
Bayer Leverkusen's Nigerian striker, Victor Boniface, has been nominated for the 2023/24 Bundesliga Team of the Season. Bundesliga announced the nominees on their X handles on Thursday, 18 April l, 2024. Boniface is one of eight Leverkusen players, which includes former Arsenal midfielder, Granit Xhaka, that were shortlised. He, alongside Harry Kane of Bayern Munich…