2022 World Cup: Eagles to face Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Liberia in qualifying campaign
Six –time finalists Nigeria have been drawn to square up against Cape Verde, Central African Republic and Liberia in the penultimate round of the qualifying race for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar. At a simple but colourful ceremony inside The Nile Ritz-Carlton in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday evening, conducted by CAF’s Director of Competitions Samson Adamu,...
Breaking News: Nigerian creates upset at Australian Open 2020
Michael Mmoh with Nigerian ancestry representing America shook Pablo Andujar in all 3 straight sets, 6-1, 6-4,6-4 to make progress at the Australian Open 2020 opening match. The Spaniard, P. Andujar who has won four ATP Tour singles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 and currently ranked No. 64 has been eliminated after loss to Michael...
FCT FA League: Abees FA Pummel Basic Maracana 7-0
Abees Football Club of Abuja on Tuesday humiliated their counterparts Basic Maracana FC 7-0 in second game of the match-day 2 of the 2019/20 FCT FA League. In the first game of the day, Fire Service football club defeated WACO FC 2-0. Sunday Goodness opened the scoring account for the group B leaders, Abees FC in the 3rd minute...
2020 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon: Media Accreditation Gets New Deadline
The window for media accreditation for those interested in covering the 2020 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has been extended until Friday, January 31st. Head of Communications and Media for the marathon, Olukayode Thomas in a statement on Tuesday said the decision to extend the window initially meant to close on Friday, January 25 was to avail more journalists the...
EDO 2020 : RUGBY ZONAL ELIMINATION KICK OFF IN SIX GEO-POLITICAL ZONES
RUGBY ZONAL ELIMINATIONS KICKS OFF TODAY TILL FRIDAY IN THE SIX GEO-POLITICAL ZONES 1. South West Zone - Lagos Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Ondo & host Lagos 2. South South Zone - Delta Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom & host Delta 3. South East Zone - Enugu Abia, & IMO 4. North Central Zone - Kwara Nasarawa, Benue, Plateau & host Kwara 5. North East Zone - Borno, Maiduguri...
Nigeria Lost To Guinea in Africa Handball Cup
Nigeria national handball team couldn't consolidate on their hard fought win against Libya as they succumbed to a 30-24 defeat to Guinea in a classification match at the Africa Handball Nations Cup in Tunisia. In what was expected to be a must win match for the coach Salami tutored side, the boys couldn't match up to the fire power...
Rita Chikwelu dazzles in Madrid CFF win
Super Falcons midfielder, Rita Chikwelu was on song as her team produced a hard fought victory in fight for survival. The win comes at the back of 4-months barren spell without victory, hanging on for relegation survival. Madrid CFF moves 12th in the 16 teams Spanish league table marking Rita's second appearance for the club. Rita Chikwelu will hope to build more...
Onyekuru watches on as Galatarasy defeats Denizslispor
Henry Onyekuru was in the stands as he watched his side 2-1 home victory against Denizlispor. Henry onyekuru who initially was on loan with the Turkish giants in his first spell from Everton rejoined the club for the second time after an injury laden brief stay with Monaco. The Super Eagles forward will have to wait for his debut since rejoining...
Edo Sports Commission Chairman In Unscheduled Visit as Athletes Intensify Training
Edo State Athletes and Coaches were in for a Monday morning surprise as the Chairman Edo State Sports Commission stormed the different training centres for the National Sports Festival without prior notice. The Athletes had been in intensive training since the beginning of the year and the Chairman decided to visit all the centres to see how well the preparation...
Igali hails Dare on feat by wrestlers at world ranking series in Italy
The President of the Nigeria wrestling Federation, Daniel Igali, has showered praises on the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, over his role in the feat achieved by Nigerian wrestlers at the recently concluded world ranking series tournament, which took place in Rome, Italy. Odunayo Adekuoroye, competing in the 57kg category defeated Anshu Anshu of India10-0 to claim gold in the...
