Golden Moments In Sports: When Sunshine Queens Defeated Capital City Doves 2-1
On May 11, 2015, the Sunshine Queens Women Football Club of Akure pulled a massive comeback defeat against hosts, Capital City Doves, in a Nigeria Women Professional League (NWPL) Group B Week Two match. The visiting team held the game from the first whistle, dictating the game pace as they proved their strength to the […]
Africa Begin Race To Qatar 2022
The race to Qatar 2022 has officially kicked off in Africa, following the draw made in Cairo on Monday. Barely ten days after the continent crowned its new football champion, plans have begun in earnest as eyes have now turned to the World Cup, which is to hold in beautiful country of Qatar. Qualification Only […]
Enyeama Set To Get Short Term Djion Deal
Former Super Eagles goal tender, Vincent Enyeama, may finally get his chance to prove himself to the world yet again, if he is handed a deal by French Ligue 2 club, Djion. Enyeama, who began a one week trail at Djion last week, was spectacular on his first day of training. The player has, however, been […]
NBBF Regrets D’Tigers Road Trip To Mali
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has expressed deep remorse for D’Tigers‘ road trip to the just-concluded AfroCan tournament in Mali. D’Tigers traveled by road to and from Mali for the tournament and were reportedly left without proper accommodation plans on their arrival in Sokoto on Sunday. The NBBF board has blamed the series of events on […]
Joshua Believes He Can Beat Ruiz And Reclaim Belts
Former world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, believes he in now in the right frame of mind to take on world heavy weight champion, Andy Ruiz, and defeat him to reclaim his titles. Joshua suffered a shocking defeat to the Mexican full-figured man in June, recording his first professional career defeat. Ruiz is a master tactician […]
Nigeria Will Have Tough Qualifiers, Says Rohr
Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr, believes that contrary to popular opinion, Nigeria will not have an easy qualifying rounds for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. The Eagles have been drawn alongside Benin Republic, Lesotho and Sierra Leone in Group L of the AFCON qualifiers, and Rohr is certain that the team have their […]
Golden Moments In Sports: When Nigeria’s Junior Tennis Team Stunned Africa At The 2016 ITTF
Nigeria’s victory at the 2016 ITTF Junior Circuit, tagged ‘Egypt Open’, was not an easy one for the tennis junior team who had their work cut out for them from the preliminary stages of the continental event. Tennis stars Junior players, Amadi Omeh and Azeez Solanke, won Nigeria’s first gold medal at the tournament, after […]
D’Tigers Out Of Maiden AfroCan
D’Tigers have been knocked out of the ongoing maiden edition of the FIBA AfroCan in Bamako, after losing 85-80 to Algeria in their round of 16 fixture on Tuesday, July 22, 2019. The team, led by Ogor Odaudu, could not progress into the next round of the tournament following their lackluster performance against the North […]
Iwobi Not Threatened By Possible Zaha Signing
Super Eagles ace midfielder, Alex Iwobi, has stated that he is not threatened by the move by Arsenal to sign Crystal Palace forward, Wilfried Zaha. The Gunners have long been linked with a move to sign the Ivorian footballer all through the summer transfer window, but have failed to close on the deal for the […]
34 Countries To Participate In Lagos International Badminton Classics
The 2019 Lagos International Badminton Classics will serve off on July 24, and run through July 27, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Onikan, Lagos. According to the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), about 34 countries have registered to take part in the tournament, which is expected to feature top badminton teams across the continent. Speaking […]
Boxer Lawrence Okolie Adopts New Trainer
After much criticism for his very awkward fighting technique, British boxer, Lawrence Okolie, has adopted a new trainer in a bid to improve his fighting style. Okolie believes that Shane McGuigan is the spark he needs to up his game as he sets his eyes on European champion Yves Ngabu. The boxer had a short amateur […]
Pinnick Asks Ighalo To Stay With Eagles
Former Super Eagles forward and 2019 Africa Cup of Nation highest goal scorer, Odion Ighalo, has announced his retirement from international football following Nigeria’s exit from the just concluded continental event. The player said he made the decision to call time with the Eagles to focus more on his club and family. The President of […]
CAF Reveals AFCON Prize Money
The Confederation for Africa Football has, in a statement, revealed the price money earned by each countries that participated in the just concluded 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. AFCON Champions, Algeria, have received $4.5m, while second placed Senegal was awarded the sum of $2.5m. Nigeria and Tunisia both received $2m for making it […]
CAF Extends AWCON To 12 Teams
The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), has reviled plans to expand the African Women’s Cup of Nations to a 12-team competition from 2020. CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad, said the decision to extend the tournament was reached at the body’s executive committee meeting on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt. This means the continental tournament will now have […]
FIFA Takes Over CAF
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino unveiled an 11-point plan at the Confederation of Africa’s Football executive committee meeting held in Egypt on Wednesday, to jointly administer African football. Infantino explained that the plan is not to overrun African football, but to “significantly improve” sport on the continent. Among the suggestions made by the FIFA boss include […]
2019 AFCON: Nigeria Beat Tunisia In Third Place Battle
The Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia 1-0 to win third place at the ongoing 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. It felt more like the Eagles were claiming their birthright as they did justice to the game once more to add yet another bronze medal to Nigeria’s vast AFCON collection. A […]