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...

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...

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...

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...

Kano State government has approved N30m for its contingent at the forthcoming National Sports Festival in Lagos. The state council has concluded plans to storm Lagos with a contingent of 200. The sports council has concluded all strategies aimed at ens...

Fidelity Bank looks to retain their title as the overall winner of the Nigeria Bankers Games as they perch on top of the overall medals’ log with two gold, one silver and four bronze medals. This is even as the bank is still contending for at lea...

Renhe’s deputy board chairman Yang Xiayou was quoted in reports published yesterday saying the club was in contact with Lampard but that no deal had been done. It followed reports in which the club’s chairman Dai Yongge claimed Lampard woul...

Skye Bank and Standard Chartered Bank shot their way to the finals of the 2012 Nigeria Bankers Games at the University of Lagos Sports Complex on Sunday. Skye Bank will equal UBA record of five Bankers Games’ football event finals victory if it d...

Ten have emerged as outstanding players at the Lagos screening of the Glo Soccer Academy. The screening attracted thousands of youthful footballers within the age bracket of 14-17 years who trooped en masse to the National Stadium, Surulere. They were ...

Ten home based Super Eagles players arrived Miami, Florida, United States for the international friendly against Venezuela scheduled for tomorrow in the American city. The team has also been joined by Israeli based goalie, Austin Ejide. The team arrive...

Coach Kadiri Ikhana in Abuja on Monday reigned his position as head coach of the Nigerian senior women football team, the Super Falcons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that his resignation came on the heels of his team's failure at this y...