LBA: Seka Pascal and Gbenga Ogunbote shortlisted
Enugu Rangers striker Seka Pascal and his coach, Gbenga Ogunbote have been nominated for the League Bloggers Award for the month of April alongside three other players and managers. Pascal, the only foreigner on the list was instrumental to Rangers' imperious run of form in April, scoring four goals in six matches. The Ivorian is shortlisted alongside Ibrahim Sunusi of Nasarawa...
West Ham in talks for Iheancho
According to reports, there has been indication that West Ham have entered talks for a possible loan switch for Super Eagles forward, Kelechi Iheanacho ahead of the 2019/20 Premier League season. West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini is hoping to cash in on the Nigerian, who has just nine starts in 30 EPL games for Leicester this season. Latest reports reveals that...
Onome Ebi, Chiwendu Ihezuo shine in Henan Huishang 2-1
Nigeria internationals Onome Ebi and Chiwendu Ihezuo were the stars of the match as Henan Huishang edge Sichuan 2-1 in a Chinese Women's Championship play-off on Tuesday. Ihezuo scored her fourth goal this season for Henan with a fine finish in the first half but Sichuan levelled matters from the penalty spot after the restart. Her teammate, Ebi, who was the...
All African Games: Igali eyes 10 Gold Medals
Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) President, Hon. Daniel Igali has advised the country to prepare early for the All African games, to ensure that the wrestlers do Nigeria proud. Igali also confidently stated that wrestling can deliver 10 gold medals for Team Nigeria at the Games. “We must start preparing right away, from what I did see at the African Championships, the...
AFCON 2019: Ndidi thirsty for glory
Nigeria midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi says an improved performance at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt could be the perfect way for the Super Eagles to correct the mistakes made at the FIFA World Cup in Russia. The 21-year-old believes that the Eagles have learnt from their group stage exit at Russia 2018 and would work towards improving ahead of...
Mary Onyali offers advice to AFN ahead All African Games
Former track queen, Mary Onyali has hinted for a proper well welfare preparation for the athletes that will partake at the forth coming all African games in Rabat Morocco. In a chat with Sports247, Onyali said the Abidjan outing of the Junior athletes wasn't encouraging to motivate them for medals but with the resilient typical Nigerian way, the athletes had...
U20 World Cup: Flying Eagles to focus on goal scoring as they intensify preparation
Flying Eagles coach, Paul Aigbogun says his team will work on converting chances into goals as they prepare for friendly matches against Hoffenheim, Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg ahead of their opening match against Qatar in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. This is coming after the Flying Eagles suffered a 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia in a friendly in...
Babatunde seeks to win CAF Champions League with Wydad Casablanca
Nigeria and Wydad Casablanca midfielder Michael Babatunde is looking forward to playing in the CAF Champions League final after his team defeated Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 on aggregate in the semi-final. Wydad will be up against defending champions, Esperance in the final later this month and Babatunde expects it to be a different challenge from what they faced in the semi-final. “It’s...
NWPL: AGM postponement hinders league resumption.
The resumption of the Nigeria Women Premier League (NWPL) has been hindered following the postponement of the 2019 Annual General Meeting by its management last weekend. This means that the commencement of the Nigerian Women’s League remains uncertain and no reason has been given for this abrupt delay. A new date is also yet to be announced. The meeting scheduled to...
Nigeria’s Cricket Team To play 10 Friendlies in Zimbabwe Ahead of ICC Africa Division 1 qualifiers
The Nigeria senior men's Cricket team, the Yellow Greens, are expected to play ten T-20 friendly matches during their tour in Zimbabwe ahead of their participation in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Africa Division 1 qualifier taking place in Uganda from May 15-23, 2019. The Yellow Greens who left the country on Saturday will be playing against various club sides...
