Senegal Beat Nigeria At Beach Soccer AFCON
Nigeria's Super Sand Eagles put up a battling performance on Saturday, but still fell on penalties against holders, Senegal at the Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations in Egypt. Coach Audu Adamu Ejo's side went into the game as underdogs, having lost to the same opponent during the final of the version they hosted two years ago in Lagos, and...
BET9JA BACKS FIRST NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION MARATHON RACE IN ABUJA
The first edition of the Bet9ja Anti-corruption Marathon race will hold on Monday December 10, 2018 at 7:00am and will start off from the National Stadium, Abuja and finish up at the Eagle Square, Abuja. The event organised by Fair Play Sports International Agency in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) and Athletics...
NPFL crisis: Bukola Olopade resigns NNL CEO position
Nigeria National League Chief Executive Officer Bukola Olopade has resigned his position with the league body with immediate effect after a directive from the hierarchy of the Nigeria football Federation directed that only four teams must be promoted from the NNL to the NPFL for the 2018/2019 abridged league. Olopade after a meeting with chieftains of the NNL had concluded...
Access Bank Lagos City Marathon: KIA Motors turn showrooms in Lagos to registration point
Top Access Bank Lagos Marathon sponsor KIA Motors has reiterated its support for the forthcoming edition of the Lagos City Marathons scheduled for Saturday 2nd of February 2019. Access Bank Lagos Marathon project manager Bukola Olopade has told Sports247.ng that the partnership with the automobile giants is going on well and the company is doing everything possible to ensure easy...
Super Falcons gets World Cup opponents
Nigeria's Super Falcons will play host France, Norway and Korea Republic in group A of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France in the draws that took place today. The African champions had been condemned to have a difficult and tricky group after they were placed in pot 4 ahead of the draws based on their latest ranking. Nigeria's continental...
Gbagada FC, Dominion Hotspurs exit Emenike Future XI in shock defeats
There were upsets in Day 1 of the ongoing Emmanuel Emenike Future XI tournament at the national stadium Surulere Lagos as top sides, Gbagada FC and Dominion Hotspurs all suffered shock loses at the tournament. A total of seven games were played at two different venues within the national stadium and games were witnessed by high class scouts in the...
Ogbeche: We’re where we deserve to be
Northeast United forward Bartholomew Ogbeche has claimed that his side are ‘where they deserve to be’ in the Indian Super League table. The Highlanders are currently 3rd on the Super League log, having won five, drawn four and lost one of their first 10 games of the season. “We are where we deserve to be,” he told Sports247.ng. “We can’t talk...
Boluspor star Akabueze: We have to stand up and counted
Winger Chukwuma Akabueze has urged his Boluspor teammates to stand up and be counted at Hatayspor this weekend in order to end the club's poor run of form in the Turkish 1.Lig. Boluspor make the trip to Hatayspor on Sunday attempting to keep their campaign alive after going on a three-match losing streak. The club has slipped to fourth on the...
Aminu Umar: ‘Rizespor relishing Galatasaray clash’
Rizespor sriker Aminu Umar has insisted that his side are "relishing" the prospect of taking on Galatasaray this weekend despite their perilous position in the Turkish Super Lig table. The basement boys make the trip to the Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi Turk Telekom Stadyumu looking to end an eight-match winless streak which stretches back to 6th October, a run of...
Zubairu keen for Trencin to end poor form
Midfielder Abdul Zubairu has declared that his Slovakian Super Liga side Trencin are determined to end their poor run in the top flight. Trencin are on a bad patch of nine games without a win in the Super Liga, reports Sports247.ng. The club has slumped to 8th on the log with 18 points from a possible 51. They face Spartak Trnava...
