Flying Eagles Shift Departure Till Thursday

The youth national team, Flying Eagles will now travel out to Niamey, Niger Republic on Thursday, and arrive some 72 hours ahead of the start of the African U-20 Cup of Nations on Saturday.     This means the team's departure to the U-20 AFCON venue is coming two days after their initial plan to hit the landlocked Francophone nation on Tuesday,...

Chukwuka Cherishes Hitting Target In Sri Lanka

New Youngs FC of Sri Lanka midfielder, Chidi Chukwuka Birchman (aka Olohunwa) has revealed his deep level of satisfaction on his goal for the club against the league leaders, Colombo FC.   Sports247.ng can report that the former FC Ebedei of Sagamu and First Bank FC of Lagos youngster was excited to hit target, despite his team falling 3-2 to their...

Ikenna Hilary Commiserates With Ahmed Musa

Kano Pillars midfielder, Ikenna Paul Hilary has joined in commiserating with Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia attacker, Ahmed Musa, over the death of his mother, which sad event took place last Thursday.     Sports247.ng gathered that, not only did Hilary offer Musa words of courage during his trying time, the former home-based Eagles battler took it upon himself to personally visit the...

Moses Marvels Over Atmosphere At Fernebahce

Fernebahace of Turkey's new loan signing, Victor Moses has expressed awe over the facilities and environment he has seen at the club, which he says will accord him the perfect setting to make the best of his stay.   Sports247.ng gathered that Moses was excited after going through his first training session with the Istanbul-based Turkish Super Lig outfit on Saturday,...

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Nigeria banks on Osun Powerlifters for Glory at the International Championship

Two gold medallists at the 2018 National Sports Festival from the state of Osun, Olaitan Ibrahim and Muftau Abdulrasaq have assured Nigerians that they would do the country proud at the International para-powerlifting championship in Lagos.   The two NSF champion were among few athletes invited into Nigeria's camp following their performances at the last year's events in Abuja where they...

Nigeria Olympians Association hits the ground, unveils plans for Olympians, others

The venue was the conference room of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) inside the National Stadium, Surulere in the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria and the occasion was the first press briefing of the newly-elected Nigeria Olympians Association (NOA).   NOA presided over by former Nigeria’s National Basketball Team Captain, Olumide Oyedeji, has hit the ground running in reeling out their...

Access Bank Lagos City Marathon Media Seminar Set To Hold

The stage is set for the 2019 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon Media Seminar as speakers/ resource persons are ready to rub minds with media practitioners; especially those that would be covering this year’s race.   The Media Seminar which will be taking place at the Sports Bar of the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos would start by 9.30am with...

NWFL Super 4: Bayelsa Queens breaks 12-year jinx to win 2018 NWFL title

Bayelsa Queens have emerged winners of the 2018 Nigeria Women Football League after beating defending champions Nasarawa Amazons 2 - 0 in the final decided at the Soccer Temple Agege stadium in Lagos on Sunday.   The ladies from Yenagoa who came into the game as underdogs controlled the tempo of the game from the blast of the whistle and scored...

NPFL: Boboye continues rebuilding process

Head coach of Remo Stars Football Club (RSFC) Kennedy Boboye has said despite his side 2-0 victory today, the team is still under rebuilding process in the 2018/19 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) campaign.   The Sky Blue Stars defeated Katsina United 2-0 at the Oshogbo Township Stadium in Osun State after the NPFL organisers, LMC moved the team away from...