All sports stories from Naija – Latest from the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Nigerian Super Eagles and Super Falcons preparations for the FIFA World Cups, and the Nigeria athletes compete at the Commonwealth Games, Olympics and the IAAF World Championships.
The world’s Most Valuable Football Club, Manchester United has approved two UEFA Grade A coaches for the Glo Soccer Academy as 33 talented African footballers moved into the Academy House over the weekend. The coaches will arrive Nigeria next wee...
Former Super Falcons’ coach, Ntiero Effiom Ntiero believes Golden Eaglets will beat the Junior Eagles of Mali for the Morocco 2013 ticket. The Eaglets edged the Malians 2-0 in the first fixture final round African Under17 championship qualifier a...
Islington-born Nigerian Striker Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa took his goal tally for the season to 12 as Northampton Town FC defeated Wycombe Wanderers in an Npower League Two clash at Sixfields, Northampton, UK on Saturday.
Two Nigerian superstars, Osaze Odemwingie of West Brom and Victor Moses of Chelsea will put patriotism aside for the meantime and confront each other in the English Premiership for the respective clubs. This is coming as both will also meet again in th...
Action continues this weekend in the English Premier League with embattled Arsenal hosting Tottenham Hotspur in a London derby at the Emirate Stadium. Arsenal and the Andre Villa Boas’ side are coming into this match on the back of disappointment...
Before Kobe Bryant told reporters last week he wanted Phil Jackson back as his coach, there was a different name he told Los Angeles Lakers management: Mike D’Antoni. “I spoke with Jimmy (Buss) before everything went down and we talked abou...
Tomorrow’s CAF Champions League final may lose its traditional glamour due to fears of crowd violence as six times champions, Al Ahly of Egypt and Tunisian giants, Esperance Sportive will battle it out for the coveted African title with a restric...
Having provided quality equipment, regular camp allowances and conducive atmosphere, the Lagos State athletes have promised to reciprocate the gesture with medals. Virtually all the athletes at their various camps were provided with training equi...
Manchester United and France defender Patrice Evra says it would be a failure for him if he did not win a tournament with his national team. The Manchester United full-back believes a lack of success with Les Bleus would represent a very disappointing ...
Despite budget limitations and tight schedule, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2013 is confident South Africa will pull off a successful tournament. A three-man LOC delegation, including chairperson Advocate Ch...
In recognition of his positive contributions to sports development in Africa, the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) has awarded its MEDAL OF HONOUR to the Director-General National Sports Commission, Chief Patrick Ekeji. The SCSA Medal of Hon...
Nigerian former footballer, Godwin Okpara who is serving a jail term in a French prison over a reported case of child abuse and rape, has lost his 18 years old second child, Sean Okpara. He died yesterday morning. According to a family source who discl...
The Honourable Minister of Sports and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has commiserated with the Omagbemis over the death of the patriarch of the family, Jimmy Omagbemi who passed on recently. The Honourable Minister ...
Atletico Madrid sensation, Falcao, has told the European champions he wants to join them in the forthcoming window and is already believed to have agreed personal terms. Club chiefs, acting on the instruction of owner Roman Abramovich, have made it cle...
Gangling Israeli based goalkeeper, Austin Ejide, will step out of the shadows of his national teammate, Vincent Enyeama, tonight in Miami, United States, when he leads the team out as skipper in the international friendly against Venezuela at the Marli...