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Nigeria Football Federation officials have expressed disgust over the desperation exhibited by the Liberia Football Federation (LFA) to win the Nations Cup qualifier against Nigeria. The poor treatment included taking the team to a dilapidated hotel an...
Ronaldo scored his 149th and 150th goals in 149 games for Madrid in a 3-0 win over Granada on Sunday evening but pointedly refused to properly celebrate at the Bernabeu. When quizzed by journalists in the mixed zone following the Liga game, Ronaldo spa...
Chelsea new boy Victor Moses and Obiora Nwankwo have hit the Super Eagles training camp in Abuja ahead of Saturday’s AFCON clash in Liberia. Moses arrived the camp yesterday morning after he tweeted Sunday night he was at the airport in London on...
Nigeria’s Falconets have shifted focus on dead-ball kicks and penalties shootout in today’s semifinal clash against USA at the Fifa Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan. The coach Edwin Okon led crew appears not to be taking chances si...
Skye Bank began their defense of the Bankers Games football title on a flying start with a 1-0 defeat of a resilient Stanbic-IBTC on the opening day of the 2012 Nigeria Bankers Games (NBG). The official opening match came on the heels of a novelty All-...
Nigeria have won their way into a second successive FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup semi-final with a hard-fought 1-0 extra-time victory over a resilient Mexico in Tokyo, Japan
Roger Federer is hoping for US Open glory. He beat Britain’s Andy Murray to win the 2012 Wimbledon title, regained his world number one ranking and comes into the final grand slam of the year in ominous form. “I’m just happy how I&rsq...
The Chairman National Sports Commission (NSC) and Sports Minister Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has given the various sports federations in the country a two-week ultimatum to submit their programme and target for the 2016 Olympics or get blacklisted. He gav...
John Obuh has been reinstated as Sharks FC technical adviser of Sharks FC following the decision of the Rivers State Ministry of Sports to place all members of the club’s technical crew on indefinite suspension. Daboere Dokubo was placed in charg...
The National Assembly has reiterated their total support to President Goodluck Jonathan’s planned overhaul of the nation’s sports occasioned by Team Nigeria’s abysmal failure at the just concluded London 2012 Olympics. Their support i...
Lukas Podolski, Olivier Giroud and Gervinho played up front in Arsenal’s goalless draw against Stoke at the Britannia Stadium and despite a strong performance in midfield, they lacked a vital cutting edge. Wenger’s side have not scored in t...
Victor Moses will earn 50,000 pounds a week after he signed a five-year deal with European kings Chelsea. Moses, 21, has finally joined Chelsea after several of their bids were turned down by fellow English Premier League side Wigan Athletic. According...
Nigeria Premier League (NPL) club, Sunshine Stars have advanced to the semifinal of the CAF Champions League following the disqualification of Tunisian club, Etoile du Sahel. Etoile was thrown out of the tournament as a result of crowd trouble when the...
The Pharaohs of Egypt are looking forward to a friendly with Nigeria’s Super Eagles on September 11. The Pharaohs assistant coach, Diaa El-Sayed was quoted by reports in Egypt confirming the friendly with Nigeria. “Egypt will play two frien...
Chairman House of Representative committee on sport, Hon Geoffrey Aliyu Gaiya has called on the sports minister Bolaji Abdullahi not to put Super Eagles chief coach, Stephen Keshi under pressure as he rebuilds the national team. He decried statement cr...