Former Golden Eaglet World Cup winning player ready to depart for Romania on Monday for trials
Former Flying Eagles defender John Lazarus who is presently plying his trade with pride of Benue Lobi stars Fc of Markudi has been invited for trials at a Romanian elite club AFC Dunarea 2005 Calarasi. Lazarus is expected commence his trials from January 7 to January 15 as stated in the invitation. It could be recalled that the the former El-kanemi...
Jubril Antala signed five years contract with FC Midtjylland
Jubril Antala was promoted from U 19 team of FC Midtjylland to the main team after his impressive display in the youths team. He spoke Exclusively to sports247.ng in Sani Abacha Barrack Abuja. It a very good one for me, as a professional player i am very happy to have signed the dotted lines of a five years professional contract...
Referees Appointed for the NNL Play Off
As the long awaited NNL Super 8 playoff is set to kick off today , as an official list of referees have being released to that effect. Below are the list of referee for the Super 8 slated to take place today in Asaba. Referees Bashir S. Kano Fifa Olayinka O Lagos Fifa Dr Udennaka C Anambra Nwanesi B Imo Sani Salihu FCT Marcus Bwashi Bauchi Assistant Referees Isa...
Kelechi Nwakali in line for starting shirt today in a league fixture for FC Porto team B
Kelechi Nwakali the Former U-17 World Cup winning captain will start his fourth league game for Porto B team on today in a home match against S.L Benfica B at the Estadio. The talented Arsenal loanee will be having his fourth start in the Portuguese second tier league for his team Fc Porto B today. Though Kelechi has struggled to gain...
Nasarawa State Ministry Of Sports Defend Budget
Nasarawa State Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, today, defended the Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Million Naira(N766,000,000) 2019 proposed budget of the Ministry before the State's House of Assembly Committee on Youth and Sports Development headed by Deputy Chief Whip, Honourable Usman Yakubu Dodo, at Assembly Complex, Lafia. In his defence, Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Honourable Salisu Abubakar...
Dikko Insists NPFL Will Commence On January 13th
League Management Company (LMC) chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko has stressed that January 13 remains the kick-off date for the kick-off of the 2019 season in Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). Sports247.ng gathered that, despite a long-drawn controversy over the teams to be promoted from the lower cadre division, Nigerian National League (NNL), Dikko insists the top-flight will resume next weekend. Dikko...
Segun Wahab Targets Major World Boxing Title
Nigerian professional boxer, Segun 'The Machine' Wahab has set a new target for himself, as sports247.ng learnt he is now thinking of winning a major world title. Wahab is talking tough, after winning World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental super featherweight belt, but said he now wants to clinch the body’s main global title as well. Wahab won the WBF Intercontinental title...
Musa Feels Good Starting 2019 With Goals, Victory
Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia has described his brace of goals and 6-0 win for his side on Thursday as a good way to start 2019, sports247.ng reports. It was Musa's first match of the year with the club, and he was happy that they made the best of the King's Cup fixture by dismantling lowly-rated Al-Jandal. Musa admitted he was happy,...
Joshua Takes Delight In Meeting RvP, Ronaldo
Nigerian-born British heavyweight three-belt boxing champion, Anthony Olaseni Oluwafemi Joshua has confessed that he felt on top of the world with the opportunity of meeting two former England-based soccer stars, Robin van Persie and Cristiano Ronaldo. Sports247.ng reports that, so soon after first meeting RvP last weekend on holiday in United Arab Emirates, 'AJ' also met CR7 in midweek and...
Warri/Efurrum Marathon Will Be Tough – Coach
A leading long distance running coach, Umoru Mohammed has predicted that this year's edition of the annual Warri/Efurrum Peace Marathon will be very competitive and tough. Sports247.ng reports that Mohammed is already anticipating an exciting race in the oil rich Delta State commercial city, though the race is still a whole three months away. Mohammed said he is happy to note...
