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Rasheedat Ajibade is the TotalEnergies WAFCON 2024 Woman of the Tournament after guiding Nigeria to their 10th record-extending title.
Nigeria staged an extraordinary second-half comeback to defeat hosts Morocco 3-2 and lift their 10th TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) crown at the Stade Olympique in Rabat
Nigeria's Flying Eagles claimed the bronze medal at the CAF U20 African Cup of Nations 2025 after defeating host nation Egypt 4-1 in a dramatic penalty shootout on Sunday.
Nigeria Rugby Sevens head coach, Steve Lewis announces his squad for the Africa Cup Sevens Tour 2024 in Mauritius.
History will be made on April 29, 2023, when the first international marathon will take place in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Nigeria.
Each of the Sahara Conference’s six teams, which come from six African countries, will have up to 13 players, at least eight of whom are citizens of their respective team’s home country
More than 200 girls played Rugby organized by more than 10 of the rugby development coaches.
AthleticsAfrica announces Ghanaian athlete Nadia Eke will host the season two of the BETA CONVO live conversation show from December 2020.
13 international players from 10 countries were selected: seven in the first round and six in the second round
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed Mr. Sunday Dare as the Minister for Youth and Sports.
Tickets for three group-stage fixtures – the Netherlands v. Cameroon in Valenciennes on 15 June, Nigeria v. France in Rennes on 17 June and Sweden v. the USA in Le Havre on 20 June – have also sold out in record time
ProTV, a producer and provider of technical equipment and media services, and the Foundation for the Development of African Football (FDFA), have announced the signing of an exclusive partnership agreement for audiovisual production training and for providing services to media ensuring the coverage of sports competitions (especially football) in Sub-Saharan Africa. This partnership will allow providing training on various sites…
Nigeria's female contingents to the 2019 African Senior Wrestling Championships arrived Hammamet, Tunisia, venue of the tournament, on Thursday. The delegation led by President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Daniel Igali, comprises eight-time African champion Blessing Oborodudu, Commonwealth gold-medallists: Odunayo Adekuoroye and Aminat Adeniyi. Reigning African champions Mercy Genesis, Sunmisola Balogun, Ifeoma Nwoye, Hannah Reuben as well as Rosemary…
The Super Eagles have been rewarded by Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa of Delta State for victories over the Pharaohs of Egypt on Tuesday night. They were also rewarded for the win over Pirates of Seychelles. Nigeria defeated the Pirates 3-1 in the 2019 AFCON qualifiers last day game, last Friday and got a prestigious 1-0 win over seven–time African champions,…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria continued their winning ways on Tuesday with a defeat of Pharaohs of Egypt in an international friendly. The three-time African champions defeated Seychelles 3-1 in Asaba last Friday to complete an impressive run in the qualification series for AFCON 2019. They hosted Egypt, hosts of the 2019 elite African football tournament at the Stephen Keshi…