KEMI OGUNFUWA CONGRATULATES BARRISTER SEYI AKINWUNMI ON ELECTIONS VICTORY
National Chairperson, *Nigeria Eagles Supporters Club*, Kemi Ogunfuwa has officially sent a congratulatory message to the First Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation and Chairman, Lagos State Football Association, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi on election success, sports247.ng can report The iron lady of Nigeria Eagles Supporters Club as fondly called said the victory of BSA on May 27 elections was not...
Charleroi sign Osimhen for €3.5m, may sell to AC Milan
Belgian club Sporting Charleroi have activated the €3.5m buyout option in the loan deal to sign Nigeria international, Victor Osimhen on a permanent transfer from German club, Wolfsburg. Osimhen who spent the 2018-19 season on loan at the Belgian side, scoring 20 goals and providing four assists in 36 matches has become the club’s first signing of the summer. However, Charleroi...
2019 All Africa Games: Nigeria to challenge in Basketball, Table-tennis, Gymnastic and twenty other sports
Nigeria will challenge in 23 sports events at 2019 All Africa games in Morocco after competing in 21 events in the previous edition, Sports247 report. The 2019 All Africa Games is billed to begin on August 19 to 23 in four Moroccan cities and the West African nation will be hoping to win more laurels this year. At the 2015 edition...
Barcelona sign Oshoala on a three year deal
Barcelona have completed the signing of Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala on a three-year deal after a successful loan spell in Spain, Sports247 report. The former Arsenal and Liverpool striker joined Barcelona on an initial loan deal for six months from Chinese club Dalian Quanjian - where she netted 23 goals and lifted the Chinese Women League. Since moving to the...
Lagos Island RFC donates playing kit to school
The newly formed Lagos Island Rugby Football Club yesterday, under the courtesy of Lagos Island Rugby Initiative ( LIRI), paid a visit to Government College Eric Moore, who are one of the schools invited to play a demonstration match during the Governor's Rugby Cup on Saturday 06 July 2019 at the Hilario Campus mini stadium, Lagos Island, Lagos. On the...
NPFL Super Six: Enyimba’s Anaemena aims for second league title
Captain of Enyimba FC, Ifeanyi Anaemena is hoping to win a second league title with the club after qualifying for the season-ending Super Six playoffs in Lagos. Enyimba will compete with Akwa United, Kano Pillars, FC Ifeanyi Ubah, Lobi Stars and Enugu Rangers in a mini-league formed to determine the 2019 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champion. Anaemena expressed delight at...
CAF Champions League: Babatunde expects Wydad to dethrone Esperance
Ahead of the second leg of the 2019 CAF Champions League final between Wydad Casablanca of Morocco and defending champions, Esperance - Nigeria forward, Michael Babatunde believes his Moroccan side can still turn the tie around, Sports247 report. The first leg in Rabat ended in a 1-1 draw, however, Babatunde feels the hosts are beatable when both sides meet on...
Ujiri – The Nigerian credited for elevating Toronto Raptors to NBA Finals
Nigerian Professional Basketball Executive and Toronto Raptors President, Masai Ujiri has been credited for lifting the Raptors from NBA disappointment to title contender. Ujiri was born in England but grew up in Nigeria where he discovered basketball as a teenager. He went into scouting after his playing days and was hired by the Raptors as a global scouting director. He had...
NPFL ‘Goal King’ Mfon Udoh ties the knot before NPFL Super Six
Akwa United striker, Mfon Udoh left bachelorhood on Thursday by marrying his long-time girlfriend just days before the commencement of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Super Six playoffs, Sport247 report. The former Enyimba captain holds the record of the highest number of league goals scored in one season - having bagged 23 goals in the 2013/14 season. Udoh is also...
NPFL: Dikko admits Production Cost as major barrier to Live Broadcasts
Chairman of the League Management Company (LMC) Shehu Dikko has stated that the absence of required infrastructure for production has made it very expensive to show live broadcasts of NPFL matches on television. Dikko, who said this in response to clamour by fans for NPFL matches to be seen on television from next season explained that it would cost as...
