Category: Sports

The city of Alexandria is already feeling the vibration ahead of Saturday’s epic showdown between the Super Eagles and Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. It is one of the  round of 16 fixtures in the Egypt 2019 Afcon, which could have been avoided if Nigeria had picked a draw in their last group match against Madagascar. […]

Women’s World Cup group tables after Tuesday’s Group C matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Group A France       3 3 0 0 7 1 9 – qualified Norway       3 2 0 1 6 3 6 – qualified Nigeria      3 1 0 2 2 4 3 South Korea  3 0 0 3 […]

Olakunle Olusegun celebrates after converting the penalty and scores for Nigeria on Wednesday in Tanzania. CAF twitter photo The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria on Wednesday defeated their Angolan counterpart 1-0 to qualify for the semi-finals in the ongoing U-17 AFCON in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. With the win, Nigeria has also qualified for the FIFA […]

World Cup bound Super Falcons have been told to avoid wobbling and fumbling in France as that will amount to making nonsense of their first grade preparation. President of the Nigeria Women Football League Aisha Falode who gave the warning, noted that no batch of the Nation’s senior female team has been so well prepared […]

Romania’s Simona Halep advanced to the WTA Miami Open semi-finals by defeating China’s Wang Qiang on Wednesday GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP / AL BELLO Romania’s Simona Halep moved closer to reclaiming the world number one ranking Wednesday, advancing into the WTA and ATP Miami Open semi-finals by defeating China’s Wang Qiang 6-4, 7-5. Following Tuesday’s […]

Hooliganism between supporters of rival football clubs is not unique to Nigeria. But its destructive effect seems to be more visible in the nation’s league. In the glorious days of football, players, football administrators and the fans adored referees. All over the world, referees are major actors in the game of soccer, which helps to […]

• Lobi Stars Meet Morocco’s Wydad In CAF Champions League Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will begin their bid for a Poland 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup ticket today in Niamey, Niger Republic where they face Burundi in their Group A opening game. It is the African U-20 Nations Cup, which presents the four semifinalists tickets to […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday evening received and subsequently handed over the Torch of Unity for the 19th National Sports Festival. The sports festival holds in December in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The receipt and hand over of the torch was one of the highlights of the dinner and gala night held at […]

Italy striker Giuseppe Rossi is facing a doping ban after testing positive for the banned substance dorzolamide, media reports said Tuesday. Rossi, who has played 30 times for the Azzurri in a career blighted by knee injuries, tested positive following an Italian league match between his team at the time, Genoa, and Benevento on May […]

Argentine legend Diego Maradona applauds during his first match as coach of Mexican second-division club Dorados, against Cafetaleros, at the Banorte stadium in Culiacan, Sinaloa State, Mexico, on September 17, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / RASHIDE FRIAS By AFP Controversial and combative as ever, Diego Maradona made his Mexican coaching debut Monday with a 4-1 […]