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12 hours ago
Defender Kenneth Omeruo has assured that the Super Eagles’ players are determined to give their all for maximum points when the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers resume in June.
17 hours ago
Despite Super Eagles’ 0-2 loss to the Eagles of Mali on Tuesday night, Coach Finidi George said that the Nigerians were the better team.
17 hours ago
The Vice President, Visa West Africa, Andrew Uaboi, has explained why his firm chose Nigerian track and field athletes, Tobi Amusan and Goodness Nwachukwu, as part of its diverse roster of Team Visa athletes ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
17 hours ago
After a thrilling 3-3 draw with Algeria in Algiers on Tuesday night, South Africa’s Coach, Hugo Broos, thumbed his chest and said the Bafana Bafana are ready for any team in Africa, including Nigeria, whom they meet in a crucial World Cup qualifier in June, reports iol.co.za.
17 hours ago
Record-seeking Rivers United of Port Harcourt will move to Uyo today to begin the final preparations for their CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinal clash against champions, USM Alger of Algeria, on Sunday.
17 hours ago
One of the expected gains from the Acropolis Golf Course, which will be launched on April 6, according to the Professional Golfers’ Association of Nigeria, is that it will help groom more professional golfers in the country.
1 day ago
South Africa’s coach, Desiree Ellis, has likened their 2024 Olympics qualifier against Nigeria to the final round in a boxing match where a boxer has to deliver a knockout to win, reports timeslive.co.za.
1 day ago
Some of West Arica’s biggest stars have started arriving for the second Custodian Classic, which tees off at the Lakowe Lakes Golf Club, Lagos today and ends on Friday.
1 day ago
British-Nigerian fighter, Lawrence Okolie, who recently announced a move up in weights, has disclosed linking up with a new trainer that nobody would have predicted, reports boxing-social.com.
1 day ago
Former Sports Minister, Jim Nwobodo, will deliver the keynote address when ex-national team skipper,‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu, commemorates his 50th anniversary as Rangers International Football Club player..
1 day ago
Former Leicester City defender, Grant Brown, Australia-born Liam Merrick and Ipswich Town’s Ashley Foulger are the three top coaches expected at second FCV Gladiator Camp, which holds at Grange School Lagos from April 1 to 5.
2 days ago
As part of its effort to promote sporting culture and fitness in the state, the Enugu State government has announced that it would be hosting the Coal City Marathon Sport Festival on May 4. While announcing the development in Enugu on Monday, the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Llyod Ekweremadu, said the state had already…
2 days ago
The former chairman of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes worth $11 million, state media said Tuesday, as a string of sports officials were jailed for corruption. Under President Xi Jinping, a sweeping crackdown on official graft has struck hard at China's sports industry, especially football. About…
2 days ago
The executive board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will meet next week to decide on the vacant Super Eagles manager’s job, a member of the federation’s technical committee has said. 
2 days ago
Coach Randy Waldrum has invited captain Rasheedat Ajibade, U.S.-based Africa queen, Asisat Oshoala and high-riding goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie among a group of 22 players for the two-legged Paris Olympics final qualifying fixture against South Africa next month.
2 days ago
Rafiu Kolawole and Austin Aigbotsua were, at the weekend, among winners in the various categories of the Ikeja Golf Club’s 2024 Captain’s Day tournament.
2 days ago
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Referees Development Unit, yesterday, announced that it is stepping down referee, Abdulmalik Abdulmalik, from the further officiating in the Nigerian Premier Football League (NFF) following alleged wrong calls during a game between Katsina United and Abia Warriors on March 24, 2024.
2 days ago
The South African Football Association (Safa) is adamant Bafana Bafana coach, Hugo Broos, is going nowhere despite a report in the Tunisian media yesterday that the Belgian is set to dump South Africa, reports timeslive.co.za.
2 days ago
The tracks of the Ilara Mokin, Ondo State, have been primed for the 2024 Ondo Auto Rally, which will feature the newly commissioned X-kart race series from March 29 to 30, the organisers have said.
3 days ago
Chelsea star Raheem Sterling has convinced Nigerian exciting youngster Hafiz Ibrahim to accept a two-week trial at the Blues. Ibrahim will be hoping to impress the Premier League giants over the next two weeks in order to land a contract and at the London club. The Ojodu City player recently scored 10 goals in six…
3 days ago
Convicted rapist and former Brazil international Dani Alves left a prison near Barcelona on Monday after posting the one-million-euro bail set by a court to ensure his release pending appeal. The 40-year-old has been in jail since his arrest in January 2023 on suspicion of raping a young woman in the VIP bathroom of a…
3 days ago
Atletico Madrid captain and record appearance-maker Koke renewed his contract with the club on Monday until at least the end of next season.
3 days ago
Brazil is unparalleled when it comes to football success and fervour, and for many the sport itself is synonymous with the Brazilian national team.
3 days ago
Super Eagles Coach, Finidi George, is expecting Mali to give his team a tougher fight than the Blacks Stars of Ghana did in their last friendly game in Morocco.
Boxing gloves
3 days ago
After a successful outing at the just-concluded 13th African Games in Ghana, the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) has turned its attention to the Paris 2024 Olympics qualifier scheduled for Thailand in May.
3 days ago
For the first time since they won the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) in 2017, Enugu Rangers have climbed to the top of the league’s ladder.
3 days ago
Defending champion, Daniel Ebenyo of Kenya has promised to return to Nigeria for a second bite at the Okpekpe Road Race title notwithstanding the number of top runners listed for this year’s event.
3 days ago
Twenty-one female students of Tare Pet Montessori Group of Schools, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, have graduated from the Sporting Coders pilot programme, organised by Community Sports and Educational Development (CSED) Initiative and the management of the school. 
4 days ago
Four people were killed and several others injured Sunday when a driver competing in a Hungarian motorsport rally skidded off the road and crashed into spectators, authorities said.
4 days ago
Andres Iniesta said he has paid additional tax owed in Japan over his failure to declare part of his income, but claimed that he had also declared the earnings in Spain.
4 days ago
Super Eagles Interim Coach, George Finidi, says he is delighted with Friday’s 2-1 victory against the Black Stars of Ghana, the first in 18 years. Goals from Cyriel Dessers and Ademola Lookman earned the Eagles the victory...
4 days ago
World Record holder in 100m hurdles, Tobiloba Amusan, says it is an honour and privilege to compete at the 13th African Games, which ended yesterday in Accra, Ghana.
4 days ago
Abia State capital, Umuahia, came alive on Friday, when students from across Abia State gathered at the township stadium for a maiden school sports programme christened ‘Governor’s Secondary Schools Unity Games.’
4 days ago
Officials of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) are in Cloud Nine, following the excellent performance of the athletes at the 13th African Games, which ended yesterday in Accra, Ghana.
23 Mar
Brazil's new boss Dorival Junior started his bid to revive the five-time world champions with a 1-0 win against England as teenage sensation Endrick bagged his first international goal in Saturday's friendly at Wembley.
23 Mar
Former Chelsea and Cameroon midfielder Geremi Njitap has filed for divorce after discovering that the two children he raised were fathered by his wife's ex. The Sun reports that the couple's twins were born after Njitap wife Laure had a sexual relationship with her ex. Court documents in Cameroon say that the former Chelsea player's…
23 Mar
Nigeria has finished top in the final medal standing in athletics at the African Games 2023. It is the 11th time out of the 13 editions of the African Games that Nigeria will finish first in the final medal table. At this year's competition, Nigeria got a total of 22 Medals which includes 11 gold,…

Sport

23 Mar
Malaysia has rejected an offer to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games owing to uncertainty over costs and insufficient funding offered, its government said yesterday, in a major setback for the quadrennial multi-sport event.
23 Mar
Ordinarily, I would not attempt to delve again into a controversial subject that has created the most crisis and confusion in Nigerian sports administration through the decades. The more one discusses it, the more confusing it gets.
23 Mar
The performance of Nigerian athletes at the ongoing 13th African Games in Ghana has been described as ‘impressive’ by the management of Premium Trust Bank, the lead sponsor of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN).
23 Mar
Interim coach, George Finidi, yesterday, led the Super Eagles to a 1-2 win over bitter foe, Black Stars of Ghana at the Stade de Marrakech in Morocco.
23 Mar
Ex-Super Eagles midfielder, Mutiu Adepoju, will mentor students at the second FCV Gladiator Camp scheduled for Grange School, Lagos, from April 1 to 5.
23 Mar
Thirty-seven years ago, Innocent Egbunike made big headline across the globe when he clocked a Games Record of 44.23secs to win the 400m title at the All African Games.
23 Mar
To ensure proper medical care, the management of Delta Sports Commission has airlifted one of the officials of Delta Queens FC to Asaba from Ijebu-Ode.
22 Mar
Nigeria's Super Eagles beat bitter rivals Black Stars of Ghana 2-1 in an international friendly game in Marrakech, Morocco on Friday. Cyriel Dessers and substitute Ademola Lookman got the Super Eagles goals to help George Finidi record his first win as Super Eagles interim coach. The Black Stars goal was scored by Jordan Ayew from…
22 Mar
Said Chabane, owner of French football club Angers, on Friday received a two-year jail term, with one year suspended, for sexually assaulting six female employees.
22 Mar
Harry Maguire has backed Gareth Southgate to stay on as England manager after Euro 2024, following recent reports linking him to Manchester United.