Gateway Utd. apologize to fans after home loss
The management of Gateway United FC of Ogun State has appealed to the teeming fans of the club not to lose hope in the team especially in its mission to securing topflight league ticket after a 2-3 home loss to Nnewi United in NNL matchday three, sports247.ng reports The management led by the Acting General Manager Mr Niyi Soleye expressed...
Oshonaike shifts attention from Budapest failure to All African Games
After her most recent failure at the concluded ITTF World Championships in Budapest, Olufunke Oshonaike said she is now focusing on the forthcoming All African Games. The Nigerian tennis legend told Sports247 that she has used the World Championships to assess her fitness and weaknesses in order to correct them before the All Africa Games begin in Morocco. “I have actually...
Oliseh hails former club Ajax’ Champions League heroics
Former Super Eagles Captain and Coach Sunday Oliseh has applauded his former side Ajax after the 1-0 slim win over Tottenham Hotspur in the first leg clash of the UEFA Champions League semifinals duel at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Oliseh who made a total of 54 appearances in the Eredivisie for the in-form team between 1997 and 1999 scoring...
Man City in talks to sign two Eaglets stars Akinkunmi Amoo and Olatomi Olaniyan
English Premier League giants Manchester City is already preparing talks to make a quick move for two promising Golden Eaglets stars Akinwunmi Amoo and Olatomi Olaniyan according to reports in the Manchester media. The Guardiola-led Citizen side expressed their interest in signing the two Golden Eaglets players after their scouting trip to Tanzania to watch the most promising African youngsters...
Sports Minister Dalung receives canoeing, wrestling medal-winning athletes
Sports Minister Barrister Solomon Dalung on Tuesday in Abuja hosted victorious wrestlers and officials who did Nigeria proud at the African Championship recently held in Tunisia Also received are the officials and athletes of triumphant canoe team who shone like a million star at the just concluded Canoe Sprint Championship held in Bhopai, India. In his speech, Dalung noted that wrestling...
Omeruo named in La Liga Team of the Week
Following his MOTM display for Madrid-based club CD Leganes over the weekend against Celta Vigo, Super Eagles midfielder Kenneth Omeruo has been named in the La Liga Santander team of the week. The Chelsea loanee was also named the man of the match following a near perfect display and a last-ditch goal line clearance to help his side to a...
Helsinki will bounce back from Inter defeat – Echiejile
Super Eagles left back Elderson Echiejile has vowed that he and his HJK Helsinki teammates will work hard to return to winning ways after their 4-1 loss away to FC Inter Turku in a league game at the Veritas Stadium,Turku. Echiejile scored his first Finnish Veikkausliiga goal in his second start for his club in the defeat and remains confident...
Collins’ Paderborn 3-matches away from gaining Bundesliga promotion
Super Eagles defender Jamilu Collins’ SC Paderborn is now just three league games away from a Bundesliga return after an impressive 3-1 win over Heidenheim at the weekend. Collins has been an integral part of the team as they hope to secure their second top-flight promotion after relegation in the 2013-2014 season. The 24-year-old has started all but one of Paderborn...
Semenya loses appeal over IAAF testosterone regulations
Olympic 800-meters champion Caster Semenya has had her appeal dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to halt the introduction of regulations to limit testosterone in female athletes with differences in sexual development (DSDs). CAS ruled on Wednesday that the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) regulations are needed to ensure fair competition between athletes who compete in...
This could be my last season in the NPFL, says Ebube Duru
The last 12 months have been sensational for Lobi Stars left back Ebube Duru, winning the NPFL title, playing continental football and getting a call up to the Nigeria senior team, but the defender is not about to stop and his next conquest is Europe. In a chat with Sports247 Ebube expressed optimism his club alliances will change come next...
