Africans In UFC, Israel Adesanya Anticipates UFC Nigeria “My Opponent Is As Good As Dead”
Nigerian borne UFC fighter Israel Adesonya as responded to question asked about staging a possible mixed martial arts championship in Africa, possibly Nigeria. Israel, in his interview with UFC program, What Went Wrong, stated that he can't wait to fight in front of citizens of his mother continent. The UFC is an American organization but a large number of...
FA Cup Hero Kalu Sets Eyes On Continental Football Next Season
Samuel Kalu shoots Enyimba Football Club of Aba to triumphed over state rivals Abia Warriors to emerge champions of Abia State FA cup. The People's Elephant, along with thier challengers will represent thier state in the Federation's Aiteo Cup later this year. The only goal scorer in the encounter, Samuel Kalu has expressed hopes that he, along with his...
Morocco 2022: Eight Players Dropped As Randy Waldrum Names Final Squad For Women’’s AFCON
The final list of the 25-women squad for the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations has finally been released by Super Falcons head coach Randy Waldrum on Friday evening, Sports247 can report. 33 players were initially invited to the team’s camp that was declared open in Abuja weeks ago in preparation for the tournament but 8 players have now been...
Maduka Okoye Eyes Promotion To Premier League With Watford, Excited About New Achievement
Nigerian goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has disclosed that the priority of every player in the EFL Championship, Watford is to return the club to the top flight division after suffering relegation from the Premier League season last season. Okoye was acquired by Watford from Dutch outfit, Sparta Rotterdam during the last transfer window but was subsequently loaned back immediately for the...
100 Benefit From RSBF All Girls Basketball Clinic In Ibadan
News reaching sports247.ng stated that Not fewer than 100 girls benefited from the Rashidat Sadiq Basketball Foundation (RSBF) in a three-day basketball Clinic. Held at the Liberty Stadium, Ibadan, the former D'Tigress star will use the foundation to help discovered exceptional talents the opportunity to get scholarship to help build their careers and education in the United States of America. According...
U20 FIFA WORLD CUP: Indonesia To Host World Cup In May 2023
With major qualifying games still ongoing around the world, the world soccer governing body, FIFA has announced the date and venue for the U20 FIFA World Cup. Sports247.ng report. The biennial tournament was initially fixed to hold in 2020 but had to be postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic which affected global activities. FIFA on Thursday announced Indonesia...
Sunday Dare Optimistic on the Discovery of More Onyali’s, Ogunkoya’s, as AFN Starts Journey to Commonwealth Games and World Championships
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Hon. Sunday Dare has expressed his optimism that Nigeria can discover more athletes in the shape and form of Mary Onyali, Faliliat Ogunkoya and Olopade Adenekan as the Athletics Federation of Nigeria begins its National Trials today, in Benin. The Minister made this known in a message of support, as the country...
Sunday Dare attends Commonwealth Youth Ministerial Task Force Meeting at #CHOGM
Nigeria's Youth and Sports Minister, Hon. Sunday Dare attended the 5th edition of the Commonwealth Youth Ministerial Task Force meeting on Thursday, in Kigali, Rwanda. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Rwandan Capital city of Kigali. The three-day Commonwealth Youth Forum (CYF) which started on Saturday brought together about 350...
World Athletics Championships: Team Nigeria Grab Men’s 4x100m Ticket
Team Nigeria's men's 4x100m relay team are through to the World Athletics Championships in Oregon next month after running an impressive 38.34 seconds, their Season's Best(SB) at the Nigerian Athletics Championships holding in Benin City, Edo State. The quartet of Favour Ashe, Godson Brume, Alaba Akintola and reigning World U20 champion, Udodi Onwuzurike have now moved one step up from...
Sunday Dare Salutes Golden Eaglets Over WAFU B U17 Victory …To host team In Abuja Next Week
The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare will host the WAFU B U17 champions, the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria to a grand reception in Abuja next week. The Minister organised a similar reception for the U20 team, the Flying Eagles when they won the WAFU B U20 tournament in Niamey, Niger Republic last month. Dare saluted the Golden...
