Category: Sports

Friends, colleagues, players abandoned me I am still consulting with my lawyers on next step For Samson Siasia, there is still nothing to celebrate despite the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) decision to reduce his sanction by FIFA from all footballing activities for life to five years. In 2019, FIFA banned Siasia from all […]

Super Eagles Former Coach, Samson Siasia, does not accept the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) verdict on the match-fixing charge brought against him by world football governing body, FIFA, an associate of the Olympic silver medallist, Waidi Akanni, has said. In 2019, FIFA banned Siasia from all football related activities for life over an […]

Italy’s midfielder Manuel Locatelli (R) celebrates with Italy’s midfielder Jorginho after he scored the team’s second goal during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group A football match between Italy and Switzerland at the Olympic Stadium in Rome on June 16, 2021. (Photo by Riccardo Antimiani / Pool / AFP) Italy became the first team to reach […]

First Vice President, Sunday Adeleye (left), Second Vice President, Nneka Ikem, and President, Ibrahim Gusau taking the oath of office after the AFN election in Kebbi…yesterday Olamide George loses southwest ticket, Kaita cries foul Nneka Ikem, Sunday Adeleye are factional vice presidents The tussles for the control of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) were […]

Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates at the end of the UEFA EURO 2020 Group F football match between Hungary and Portugal at the Puskas Arena in Budapest on June 15, 2021. Bernadett/Szabo/Pool / AFP Cristiano Ronaldo became the all-time top scorer in the history of the European Championship with a late penalty in Portugal’s opening […]

The battle for the soul of Nigerian athletics has started with primaries across the country Gusau promises free, fair polls He’s on his own, says Beyioku NAATO’s election ends in deadlock in Ilorin Nigerian athletics may witness another round of crisis on Monday, as two presidents are likely to emerge in separate elections of the […]

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury continues to express confidence in his ability to make easy work of unified champion, Anthony Joshua, not missing a moment to let it be known that he thinks Joshua is a hype job, writes badlefthook.com. The two are expected to meet this year to decide who becomes the undisputed world […]

sets Up Caretaker Committees The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, yesterday dissolved the board of all 31 sporting federations and set up caretaker committees to take charge of them pending when the election will hold. Dare said the decision was in line with the Olympic Charter, which stipulates a four-year tenure for […]

Wife, children, friends and many ex-internationals were on hand to pay their last respect to late ex-Super Eagles star Yisa Sofoluwe during the eight-day Fidau ceremony put together by family and friends. Sofoluwe died of cerebral atrophy, a brain disease, at the University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) last Tuesday; he was interred at Atan Cemetery the […]