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Michael Eneramo’s Death Creates Sad Ripples At Galatasaray Of Turkey
The death of former Super Eagles’ striker, Michael Eneramo in the early hours of Friday caused ripples of sadness to roll through the corridors...
EAGLE EYE ——— Two Trips To Owerri In Three Months
This week, I take time out to reflect on a personal experience, as I serve a chronicle of two trips that I embarked on...
Max Iheanachor Relishes Becoming No. 21 Pick By Pittsburgh Steelers In...
University of Arizona State's outgoing offensive tackle, Maxwell Iheanachor (aka Max) is relishing his emergence as number 21 pick by Pittsburgh Steelers in this...
Anthony Joshua Set To Sign Contract For ‘Mega Fight’ With Tyson...
Nigerian-born former world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Olaseni Oluwafemi Joshua is set to sign his part of a contract that will see him fight...
Amuneke Edges Closer To Heartland’s Exit Door, Following Elimination From FA...
Heartland FC of Owerri's head coach, Emmanuel Amuneke is apparently closer than ever to the team’s exit door, following their elimination from this year's...
Sporting Lagos To Open NNL Super-4 Against Ranchers Bees On May...
Action will commence on May 4th in this year’s Nigerian National League (NNL) Super-4 with a clash between Sporting Lagos FC and Ranchers Bees...
Ijaw Academy Girls Receive Commissioner’s Plaudits For Winning National Schools Volleyball...
Ijaw National Academy Girls have received plaudits from Bayelsa State commissioner for education, Dr. Gentle Emelah for winning the 2nd Nigerian Schools Volleyball Championship.
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Michael Eneramo’s Super Eagles’ Exploits Highlighted In Special Virtual Card After...
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Friday released a special commemorative virtual card to highlight the exploits of former Super Eagles' striker, Michael Eneramo, who...
N1m Fine For States Failing To Stage President’s Cup Final This...
A fine of N1m has been stipulated by Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for any state that fails to stage its final of the 2026...
Chika FC Becomes Latest Attraction For Football Talent Hunt In Owerri
All of a sudden, the place to be in the hunt for untapped football talents in Owerri, Imo State has become Chika FC, Sports247...
NFF’s Women’s Football Administrators Workshop Begins On Sunda
The much-expected Women’s Football Administrators Workshop is scheduled to begin this Sunday in Abuja and run all through Monday to climax on Tuesday, with...
Gusau Promises Keen Attention, Total Support For Renewed Hope Unity Cup
The president of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Musa Gusau has promised to give full attention and total support towards a successful organisation of...
Philip Shaibu Showers Accolades On NFF-FIFA Players’ Hostel In Abuja
Director-general of the National Institute for Sports (NIS), Comrade Philip Shaibu has showered accolades on what he referred to as a highly innovative and...
Caleb Okoli Gets Summer Transfer Attention From Bologna Of Italy
Leicester City of England defender, Memeh Caleb Okoli has gained summer transfer attention from Bologna of Italy, with huge expectations that he could be...
Oba Femi’s Victory Confirms Nigeria’s Raw Talents In Professional Wrestling –...
The secretary-general of Pro-Wrestling Africa, Olusesan Olukoya has opined that the recent victory of Nigerian grappler, Isaac Odugbesan (aka Oba Femi) in World Wrestling...
AFN President Tonobok Okowa Gets Plaudits For ‘Steady Resurgence On Global...
A chain of plaudits is going out for the current administration of Athletic Federation of Nigerian (AFN), under the leadership of Chief Tonobok Okowa,...
Nigeria’s Handball Teams’ Recent Triumphs Confirm They Deserve Private Sector Support...
Director-general of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Honourable Bukola Olopade has posited that the recent triumphs by Nigeria’s under-18 and under-20 handball teams further...
Jindu’ Takes After Nwankwo Kanu, Kelechi Iheanacho As Owerri’s Next Promising...
A new talent and very promising midfielder has emerged in the burstling metropolis of Imo State's capital, Owerri, as Victor Chijindu (aka Jindu) is...
Nigerian-born Heavyweight Boxer Lawrence Okolie Blames Elbow Injury For Failed Drugs...
England-based Nigerian-born heavyweight boxer, Lawrence Okolie has put the blame of his failed drug test on an elbow injury he suffered during training ahead...
Heartland Queens Feeders Gain Rapt Attention From Imo State Commissioner For...
The youth team of Heartland Queens of Owerri is receiving rapt attention from Imo State commissioner for sports, Honourable Obinna Evaristus Onyeocha (Onowu), who...
Scalepea-Mah Development Association Will Further Boost Nigeria’s Youth Football – Taju...
Ex-international defender, Tajudeen Disu has spoken about the emergence of Scalepea-Mah Development Association (SAMDA) in Nigeria’s youth football sector and declared that it is...
Athletes’ Training Grants For Commonwealth Games Already Worked Out – Yusuf...
Nigerian athletes will not have any tales of woe regarding welfare and hospitality during this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, if the words...
Noah Atubolu Attracts Summer Transfer Interest From Brighton
SC Freiburg of Germany goalkeeper, Noah Atubolu could be on his way to maintaining the Nigerian tradition at Brighton & Hove Albion of England,...
American Football Star David Njoku’s Name Appears In Impersonation Case Against...
A Nigerian-born American Football free agent, David Njoku has found his name mentioned among stars that were being impersonated by a former collegiate player,...
Noni Madueke Named Among Culprits In Arsenal’s 2-1 Loss To Manchester...
Arsenal’s Nigerian-born winger, Noni Madueke has been named among several players of The Gunners who ‘failed to turn up’ during last weekend’s 2-1 loss...
D’Tigress Await FIBA World Cup Draw, As New Assistant Coach Joins...
A new assistant coach has joined Nigeria’s female basketball national team, D’Tigress, at their training base in United State of America, ahead of the...
Spires 5-A-Side Street Soccer Tournament Moves To Epe; Dr Bankole Promises...
The highly exciting Spires 5-A-Side Naija Street Soccer Championship will move to Epe, Lagos State next Saturday, May 2nd, as phase two of the...
National Sports Commission Targets Peak Performances By Team Nigeria At Glasgow...
National Sports Commission (NSC) director-general, Honourable Bukola Olopade has disclosed that efforts are already in motion to ensure that the country’s athletes put up...
Nigeria Will Miss Selfless Sports Administrators Like Galadima – Olopade
The director-general of National Sports Commission (NSC), Honourable Bukola Olopade has spoken in glowing terms about former chairman of then Nigeria Football Association (NFA),...
Gabriel Okon Takes Charge Of AFN’s One-Week Camp Towards World Relays...
Technical director of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Gabriel Okon has been saddled with the task of overseeing the latest training camp arranged...
Lawrence Okolie’s Camp Awaits ‘Further Updates’ Following Nigerian-born Boxer’s Failed Drugs...
England-based Nigerian-born heavyweight boxer, Lawrence Okolie’s management has come out with an official statement that they are awaiting ‘further updates’ after the former world...
African Professional Wrestlers Need More Collaborations – Olukoya
A Nigerian professional wrestling promoter, Olusesan Olukoya has harped on the need for African stakeholders in the grapplers’ sport to collaborate among themselves and...
Oba Femi Gains More Superlatives After Epic Win Over Brock Lesnar...
More superlatives are trailing Nigerian-born grappler, Isaac Odugbesan (aka Oba Femi) following his epic victory over American icon, Brock Lesnar (The Beast) during the...
Frank Onyeka Gets €7m To Extend Loan Deal Into Full Contract...
Super Eagles’ battling midfielder, Frank Ogochukwu Onyeka is set to receive a fee of €7m to extend his initial loan deal at Coventry of...
Shehu Dikko Describes Late Galadima As Leader, Guiding Light, Mentor, Father...
Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Mallam Shehu Dikko has described the late former president of then Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Alhaji Ibrahim...
Anthony Joshua Turns Down Big Money Offer From UFC’s President Dana...
Nigerian-born former world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Olaseni Oluwafemi Joshua has turned down a lucrative offer that would have seen him switch allegiance to...
Federal Government Is Showing Genuine Readiness To Invest In Nigerian Sports...
The representative of Templar Adrenale, Adebare Adejumo has posited that the five-year partnership Nigeria signed with the United States-based outfit shows that the Federal...
Kelechi Iheanacho Receives Accolades From Celtics’ Coach After Late Double In...
Celtic of Scotland attacker, Kelechi Iheanacho has gained a rain of accolades from the Glasgow-based club’s coach, Martin O’Neill, following his brace of late...
Imo State Commissioner For Sports Obinna Evaristus Onyeocha Declares: ‘So Far,...
The Commissioner For Sports in Imo State, Honourable Obinna Evaristus Onyeocha (Onowu) has taken stock of his tenure of almost two years and declared...
Alex Iwobi Says Arsenal’s Players Are Under Pressure To Win EPL...
Fulham of England midfielder, Alex Iwobi has expressed sympathy for players in one of his former clubs, Arsenal, as he believes they are under...
Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima Was Mentor To Many Of Us’ – NFF...
The president of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has added his voice to post-homous eulogies trailing the death of one of...
Oba Femi Is On Fast Track To Stardom In WWE, American...
Fast-rising Nigerian-born professional wrestler, Isaac Odugbesan (aka Oba Femi) has been described as a sports star who is ‘on the fast track to stardom’...
Max Iheanachor Creates Massive Waves Heading Into NFL’s 2026 Draft
A major talking point heading into the 2026 draft for USA’s National Football League (NFL) has turned out to be a Nigerian-born battler named...
Nigerian Referees Are Easily Influenced, Says NFF Scribe Mohammed Sanusi
The secretary-general of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Dr Mohammed Sanusi has posited that many referees from the country are easily influenced by external factors...
Nigeria Will Smile With World Cup Ticket After Two Legs Against...
Female junior national team, Falconets' coach, Moses Aduku has promised that Nigerians will have cause to smile after his squad play Malawi next month,...
Oba Femi Admits Ahead Of Clash With Brock Lesnar At WrestleMania...
Nigerian-born professional wrestler, Isaac Odugbesan (Oba Femi) has admitted that he is enjoying a meteoric rise in USA’s World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he...
Frank Onyeka’s Impact Noted In Coventry’s Successful Promotion To English Premier...
The arrival of Super Eagles’ midfielder, Frank Onyeka at Coventry City has been cited as a huge factor in the club’s successful push for...
Nigerian Youngster Uar Bernard Holds Great Expectations Heading Into USA’s 2026...
Another Nigerian is set to set USA’s National Football League (NFL) on fire next week, as 21-year-old Uar Bernard is holding great expectations and...
How Favour Ofili’s Türkiye Switch Was Stalled By Five Kenyans, Four...
More facts are emerging in the chain of factors that occasioned the unsuccessful nationality switch by Nigerian female sprinter, Favour Ofili, whose application was...
Onuachu Leaves Imo State Government In Dark Regarding His Hospital Project
Trabzonspor of Turkey striker, Paul Ebere Onuachu has apparently left the government of Imo State in the dark regarding his extensive community hospital project,...
