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NFF’s Nike Deal Worth $3.75 Million

The Nigeria Football Federation has revealed that it would earn $3.75 million (N743 million) during its three-year partnership with Nike and $500,000 (N99 million) bonus if the Super Eagles qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The country has

Asisat Oshoala Shortlisted For BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year Award

Super Falcons and Liverpool FC forward, Asisat Oshoala, has been shortlisted for the first edition of the British Broadcasting Corporation Women’s Footballer of the Year award. She is the present African Women’s Footballer of the Year. Asisat Oshoala was nominated

Nike Set to Design Nigerian Jerseys

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have announced a new partnership with the world’s leading football kit manufacturer, Nike. Nike signed a three-year contract with NFF to design and develop football kits for the national football teams. “We are very pleased

Top 10 Nigerian Footballers (Male Category)

Football as at today is the most popular sport in Nigeria and in so many other countries around the world. Though Nigeria started playing football with other colonies in unofficial games since the 1930s, the country did not play its

Dele Alli Named Football League Young Player of the Year

Dele Alli has been named the Young Player of the Year at the Football League End of Season Awards Gala. The award ceremony is organized annually to recognize the outstanding efforts of players in all tiers of the Football League.

Warri Wolves Earn a Slim Advantage

The only Nigerian representative in CAF football clubs competitions, Warri Wolves have earned a slim chance of making it to the next round of the Confederations Cup after defeating MK Etancheite 2-1 in their second round first leg tie. Super

Awoniyi’s Brace Earns Nigeria the All-Africa Games Ticket

On Sunday, 17-year-old Flying Eagles’ striker, Taiwo Awoniyi was the hero for Nigeria when he grabbed a brace to help Nigeria beat Zambia 2-1 in Lusaka. This victory earned the team a place in the 2015 All-Africa Games. Both teams

Nigerian Leads Champions League Top Scorers Chart

Nigerian striker, Ighodaro Osaguona has emerged the leading scorer in this year’s CAF Champions League. Osaguona, who scored 18 goals in the Nigerian Premier League last season, has scored five goals for Raja Casablanca so far in the competition. He

Melissa Ifidzhen Makes a Winning Debut

Russian-born Melissa Ifidzhen recorded a winning debut for Nigeria after she teamed up with London-based Elizabeth Garos-Pam to beat Algerian duo of Saadia Belhadj and Sihem Sahli in the girls’ doubles of the 38th ITF/CAT African Closed Junior Championship holding

Nigeria Wins ITF/CAT U16 Tennis Championship

Nigerian tennis starlets put up a commanding performance to emerge the overall winners of the ITF/CAT U16 Championship which was concluded at the weekend in Togo. Team Nigeria took home seven gold medals and one bronze medal at the tennis

Nigeria Drawn Against Burkina Faso in CHAN 2016

Home-based Super Eagles of Nigeria have been given a tough battle against the Stallions of Burkina Faso in the qualifiers for next year’s African Nations Cham­pionship to be hosted by Rwanda. The draw, held last night in Cairo, Egypt by

D’Tigers Set to Tackle Tunisia

Nigeria’s basketball team, D’Tigers have been drawn in Group A with host nation, Tunsia and Uganda in the FIBA Africa Championship draws held at the weekend in Tunisia. The fourth country to make up the group is expected to emerge

Blessing Okagbare and Others Get Olympic Scholarship

Yesterday, the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) received the approval of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to award The Rio 2016 Scholarships to 12 outstanding Nigerian athletes. Accoding to ThisdayLive, the Secretary General of NOC, Hon. Tunde Popoola explained that the

Flying Eagles to Submit World Cup Squad by 1st April

Nigeria’s U-20 men’s football team, The Flying Eagles are to submit to FIFA a 34-man provisional squad for the U20 World Cup in New Zealand not later than 1st April, 2015. According to the team’s secretary, Ibrahim Aliyu Auwal “following

Flying Eagles Win Their 7th AYC Title

Nigeria’s U-20 men’s football team, The Flying Eagles defeated host, Senegal 1-0 in Dakar yesterday to win the seventh CAF African Youth Championship title. Nigeria has won the tournament six times in the past: 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005 and

Nigerians Excelling in American Sports

There seems to be a growing number of Nigerian-Americans, who are excelling at the top levels of high school, college and professional sports. Here is a list of some of the most famous ones making Nigeria proud:   1. The

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