Nigeria’s Loveth Young Thankful To God After Lfa Tko Win Over Kelly D’angelo
The chairperson of the women committee in the Nigeria Mixed Martial Arts Federation, Loveth Young says she is thankful to God and her team after her victory over United States Kelly ‘Wild Fire’ D’Angelo in Legacy Fight Alliance, LFA 97. Young ‘The Nigerian Terminator’ beat D’Angelo by technical knockout in round two of her fifth professional fight in the strawweight...
Rivers United 3-1 Heartland: Rivers United Maintained Fourth NPFL Win
By Mayuku Charles, Media Officer Rivers United FC Rivers United claimed their fourth Nigeria Professional Football League win with a thrilling, high-energy performance to beat Heartland FC at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium Sunday evening Coming into this game off the back of a narrow 1-0 defeat to Wikki Tourist FC, Stanley Eguma shuffled his back four in an effort to change...
We Deserved To Win The Game- Achieve Yunds Admits After Gbagada FC Stopped His Team From Moving To The Top Of The League
Coach of Valiant Fc, Achieve Yunds has expressed the frustration of his side not picking up all maximum points in their match week 6 fixture against Gbagada Fc on Sunday, which ensured his team remained second in the Creative Championship League table. Valiant Fc took the lead in the 19th minute through Ibrahim, but Gbagada...
@TCC_League: Dino SC Humiliates Imperial FC, 7-0
Dino SC on Sunday at the Ijebu Ode Stadium thrashed bottom club of the League table, Imperial Fc 7-0 in match week 7 of the ongoing Creative Championship League. A hattrick from Ogbonna (32nd minute, 39th minute, and 45th minute) for Dino SC combined with a brace from Blessing (2nd minute and 35th minute) and goals from...
Creative Championship League: Ayeni Ademola Expresses Satisfaction Towards Picking A Point Against The League Leaders
Emmydinho FC Coach Ayeni Ademola has expressed his satisfaction towards his side's 0-0 draw at the Agege stadium against League Leaders, Remo Stars U19 in their match week 7 fixture of the ongoing Creative Championship League. Both teams tried to push for a winner but it never came as they ended up sharing the spoils. Reacting after...
Balogun, Aribo Both On As Rangers Drop Points In Title Race
The Nigerian pair of Leon Balogun and Joe Aribo both featured for the full 90 minutes as Rangers battled to a 1-1 draw away from home in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday, Sports247 reports. In the game against relegation-threatened Motherwell, Rangers failed to convert the bulk of their chances and had to come from behind to earn a point. Motherwell...
Irregular Covid-19 Results force NWFL league postponement by one month
The Chairperson of the Nigeria Women Football League, Aisha Falode, at the weekend announced an additional one-month postponement of the NWFL Premiership season in a frantic bid to ensure strict compliance with COVID-19 Preventive Protocols that were established before the League started on December 9, 2020. Falode said from her base in Lagos; "The irregularities and discoveries made...
‘One of my idol was Jay-Jay Okocha’, Part Italian, part Nigerian, part English, he’s the Wasps back who breaks barriers as easily as he does tackles… Meet Paolo Odogwu
Can I put these up on my Instagram?' asks Paolo Odogwu, as he poses for photographs in the hip, graffiti-tagged backstreets of Birmingham. His audience is growing quickly. After Wasps' victory over Bath last week, he gained 1,000 followers in a single evening. So who is Paolo Odogwu? The Premiership's rising star who was born in Coventry, idolised former Nigerian footballer Jay-Jay...
Adekuoroye, Ogbonna, Welson Strike Gold As Baraza Champion of Champions Begins
World number two Odunayo Adekuoroye lived up to her high billing, ruthlessly claiming gold at the maiden Baraza Champion of Champions wrestling tournament in Yenagoa, even as favourites John Ogbonna and Welson Ebikewenimo triumphed on Day 1 of competition on Saturday. Competing in her first bout in almost a year, reigning Commonwealth champion Adekuoroye showed no sign of rustiness, cleverly...
We Want To Take Youths From The Grassroots to The Peak of Their Career says Coach and Founder of D’Victors Athletic Club
By Samuel Bamisebi A lot of people have attested to the talents hidden in Nigeria but few can tell about how hard they work at the grassroots level as little or no attention is giving to them, hence, they go unnoticed. Sports247 stumbled on athletes training at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta during its travels and decided to give an...
