2022 U-17 WAFU B: Five Golden Eaglets Players Make Tournament Best Eleven Team As Ugbade Claims Best Coach Awards
Five players of the Nigeria men’s U-17 team, Golden Eaglets have been included in the Team Of The Tournament of the just concluded 2022 WAFU B U-17 tourney in Ghana. Several Golden Eaglets players won fans' hearts as Nigeria won all their four matches including the 2-1 victory against Burkina Faso in the final of the tournament to emerge the...
“I Had Sleepless Nights” – Osimhen Lifts The Lids On Near-Death Injury Suffered Vs Inter
Napoli and Nigeria star Victor Osimhen has opened up on the nasty injury he sustained against Inter Milan last year that kept him out of action for a couple of months. Osimhen collided with Milan Skriniar in a fixture against Inter at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on November 21, a match Napoli lost 3-2. The forward was diagnosed with a...
Maduka Okoye says he is happy to take risks, names Brazil legend as his goalkeeping hero
Watford goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has said facing a striker one-on-one is what he loves the most and that he is not afraid to take risks. The Nigerian international who joined Watford from Sparta Rotterdam in January, but was loaned back to the Dutch club for the remainder of the 2021/22 season has recently linked up with his new employers ahead...
Ikeja DFA Super League:Atlas Boss Promises Olusosun United Tough Game
One match that would catch the attention of football fans in the ongoing Ikeja Divisional Association Super League is a game between Olusosun United and Atlas Football Club. The much anticipated tie would hold on Tuesday at the Olusosun primary School, Olusosun,Ojota,Lagos. When both teams clash in the first stanzar, Olusosun defeated Atlas at home and Tuesday match would be another...
“How I Worked On My Start” 100m Champion Nwokocha Recounts Why She Won
As events gradually wind down at the National Athletics Trails in the ancient city of Benin, men are now being separated from the boys. One who distinguished herself is Nigeria's fast rising 100m sprinter, Grace Nwokocha. The newly crowned Champions of the track, Grace Nwokocha became Nigeria's fastest female on the track right there in Benin as she comfortably...
Record Breaking Amusan Dedicates Recent Success To Mother
Barely a week after Nigeria's sports minister, Sunday Dare showered encomium on track and field sensation Tobi Amusan, Tobi is at it again as she keeps breaking new grounds in the 100m huddles events in the National Athletes Trails holding in Edo State, Nigeria. The reigning African and Common Wealth Games champion has set up a class of her own...
Enough Is Enough! Ottasolo Tells NNL Management
The management of Ottasolo FC wishes to announce to the general Public of their team (Ottasolo International Football Club) withdrawal from the Nigeria National League (NNL) due to loss of confidence in the management of the League Body. As a private club, we feel our interests and rights have been abused by the so called Executive Members of the league...
Athletics: “I have been working so hard for this,” Grace Nwokocha says
The winner of the women's 100m event at the National Athletic championship hosted in Benin, Edo state, Grace Nwokocha says that she has been "working hard" to make herself a champion. Grace ran 11.02s to win the national championship and become Nigeria's flag bearer at the World championship coming up next month in Oregon, United States. The United States based athlete...
Western Nigeria Football Forum Set To Immortalize Late Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi
The forum of all the South West States Football Associations under the aiges of the Western Nigeria Football Forum (WNFF) has set the ball rolling to immortalize the former General Secretary of the Nigerian Football Association, NFA, late Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi. The Taiwo Ogunjobi Memorial U-15 Football Tournament and Awards Night is scheduled to be staged in Osun State this...
CAF Includes Nigeria In 12 Highest Ranked National Associations For Inter Club Competition In Latest Ranking
According to CAF’s latest Inter clubs competitions rankings, Nigeria will join Algeria, Egypt and other 9 countries with two representatives in the upcoming inter club competition. Following the highly successful editions of the Total Energies CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup seasons, the CAF inter-club competitions organising Committee has resolved on a number of key matters pertaining to the upcoming...
