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Top stars expected to add glamour to the February 6 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon have all arrived in the Center of Excellence and they have been talking tough as they all have their eyes on winning the juicy prizes on offer in Saturday's 42km race.
The General Manager for the Lagos City Marathon race, Yussuf Alli, revealed that most of the expected athletes will be coming from Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Bahrain, Cameroon and Rwanda.
Residents of Abuja and other neighbouring cities rolled out drums on Wednesday to receive the World champions, the Golden Eaglets, at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.
Nigeria live up to their tag of pre-tournament favourites by overcoming a spirited Mali side 2-0 in the final, on the concluding day of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015.
Defending champions Nigeria have reached their second consecutive FIFA under-17 World Cup Final thanks to a thrilling 4-2 victory against Mexico in Concepcion on Thursday.
Reigning FIFA U-17 men's champion, Nigeria, cruised into the FIFA U-17 World Cup semi-finals after stunning Brazil with three goals in five first half minutes in a 3-0 victory.
Nigeria advanced to a quarter-final meeting against Brazil on the back of a hat-trick from the impressive Victor Osimhen, ending Australia’s run with a one-sided 6-0 victory in Vina Del Mar.
Former Director, Elite Athletes Development at the National Sports Commission (NSC), Bolaji Ojo-Oba, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will excel at the ongoing All-Africa Games (AAG) in Congo Brazzaville.
Nigeria senior national team defeated Niger Republic 2-0 in an international friendly played at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt on Tuesday .
Nigeria Super Falcons this evening at the National Stadium in Abuja thrashed their Malian counterpart by 8-0 in the second leg qualifying match for the 2015 All Africa Games, to be held in Brazzaville, Congo in September. After a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Bamako, Edwin Okon's tutored ladies needed at least a scoreless draw to clinch the ticket to…
Barbados has replaced Nigeria in the Rugby Sevens competition at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland.
Nigeria became the first African team to qualify for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, after beating South Africa 1-0 on Saturday in Johannesburg.
Nigeria completed one of the most amazing comebacks in modern football when they came from three goals down at half-time to beat a shocked Morocco 4-3 and progress to the semis of the CHAN tournament.
Nigeria's Super Eagles eliminated hosts country South Africa from the 2014 CHAN competition after beating the Bafana Bafana 3-1 at the Cape Town Stadium on Sunday.
Nigeria Men's Handball team have lost their first two games in Group B at the 21st Africa Handball Cup of Nations (CAN-2014) holding at the Harcha Hacene sports hall in Algiers.