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11 Aug 2023
UFC President, Dana White, believes a potential fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk would easily be the most lucrative bout in sports history, reports mmafighting.com.
10 Aug 2023
The Chika Chukwumerije Sports Foundation (CCSF) will hold the sixth CCSF Invitational Taekwondo Open on Saturday at the Indoor Basketball Hall of the M.K.O Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
9 Aug 2023
As part of its efforts to groom world-class athletes for the country, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Council of Rivers State has revealed plans for a grassroots development programme that will create opportunities for primary and secondary schools students in the area to hone their talents. Speaking on the project, the council’s Chairman, Vincent Job, said he has discovered that…
9 Aug 2023
Emerging Nigerian basketball star, Myles Hosten, has been voted to the Basketball Without Borders’ (BWB) 2023 Boys All-Stars team.
9 Aug 2023
Israel Adesanya looks set to defend his middleweight title against Sean Strickland at UFC 293 in September. Adesanya regained the 185lb crown from Alex Pereira earlier this year, and looked set to make his first defence of his regained crown against South African Dricus du Plessis in the main event of the card in Sydney,…
8 Aug 2023
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Monday, hosted the D'Tigress of Nigeria to a reception at the State House, Abuja.
7 Aug 2023
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the weekend led a grateful nation in showering encomium on Africa’s best women basketball team, D’Tigress, who on Saturday defeated Senegal to retain the FIBA Afrobasket Championship in Kigali, Rwanda.
6 Aug 2023
A group of protestors forced the men's cycling world championships road race in Scotland to be suspended for nearly an hour on Sunday after blocking a country road between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
5 Aug 2023
History was made today as Nigeria’s D’Tigress emerged victorious 83-74 in a thrilling showdown against Senegal in the 2023 FIBA Women's AfroBasket Final. The highly anticipated clash, held at the BK Arena, in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, lived up to its billing as one of the most evenly-matched Finals in the tournament's history with Nigeria…
5 Aug 2023
It is the morning of July 29, 2023. I am at the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Lagos, Nigeria.
5 Aug 2023
Nigeria’s U-18 girls’ handball team are currently in training camp at Rowe Park, Yaba, Lagos preparing for the International Handball Federation (IHF) Trophy Africa Continental Phase Championship...
5 Aug 2023
The Nigeria Mixed Martial Arts Federation (NMMAF) has urged coaches, fighters and all the practitioners of the sport to embrace all training programmes organised by the federation as a strategy for grassroots development of the event.
Sport
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Everton secured their first win in a Merseyside derby at Goodison Park since 2010 to leave Liverpool's Premier League title aspirations in ruins after a 2-0 defeat on Wednesday.
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Football teams that have registered for the much anticipated Alimosho Football Coaches Council Under-16 League have been warned to desist from all sorts of football unprofessionalism that can bring the league and football into disrepute. According to the leader of Alimosho Football Coaches Council, Mr. Samuel Uchenna Eke: "We want to do better than last…
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Manchester City's Premier League title bid suffered a blow after Norway striker Erling Haaland was ruled out of Thursday's crucial clash at Brighton. Haaland missed City's 1-0 win over Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Saturday due to a muscle injury sustained in the Champions League quarter-final exit against Real Madrid last…
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Austrian manager Ralf Rangnick confirmed he was in talks with Bayern Munich to become the club's head coach in the summer. The former Manchester United boss said "there has been contact" between himself and Bayern but would not be drawn on whether he would take the offer. "I've also informed the Austrian FA (OeFB) about…
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Mauricio Pochettino admitted troubled Chelsea's worst moments this season have been "so bad" after the Blues suffered their heaviest defeat in over five years. Pochettino's side slumped to an embarrassing 5-0 loss at Arsenal on Tuesday to heap renewed pressure on the beleaguered Chelsea boss. It was Chelsea's worst ever result against London rivals Arsenal…
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Kai Havertz and Ben White scored twice as Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 5-0 on Tuesday to surge ahead in the Premier League title race and ramp up the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City. Leandro Trossard was also on target in a record win over Chelsea for the Gunners, who move three points clear of Liverpool…
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Two of Nigeria’s top coaches, Gabriel Okon and Endurance Ojokolo, will lead the nation’s contingent to the 2024 World Relays holding in the Bahamas on May 4 and 5.
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The highlight of the round of 64 of the rebranded President Federation Cup, which holds next week, is a repeat of the 2018 edition of the country’s oldest cup competition when Enugu Rangers came from 0-3 down to beat Kano Pillars via penalties to win that year’s competition.
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Nigerian coaches have the potential to be among the world’s best, but some of them lack the necessary training to bring out the best in them, president of the Football Coaches Association of African Nations (FCAAN), Dr Terry Eguaoje, has said.
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Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has increased Calabar Rovers’ subvention by 100 per cent as an incentive to aid the state-owned club’s bid to return to the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL).