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Commonwealth Games: Nigeria Wins Silver in Women’s 4×400, 4×100 Relay Races

Nigeria won silver in the women’s 4×400 relay and women’s 4×100 relay races. In the 4×400 race, the quartet of Patience George, Regina George, Ada Benjamin, and Folashade Abugan came second behind Jamaica. Team Nigeria finished on 3.24.71 seconds behind

Okagbare Delivers Another Gold in 200meters as Ese Wins Long Jump Event

  Yesterday, Nigeria’s sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare won the women’s 200m gold at the on-going Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. She clocked 22.25 seconds to confirm forecasts that the sprints medals were hers for the taking. Earlier on Monday, she

Blessing Okagbare Wins Gold at 200m Sprint

  Nigeria’s athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has won another gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Okagbare won gold in the 200m sprint, finishing in 22.25secs. She had earlier won a gold medal on Tuesday in the 100m,

NFF’s Attempt to Keep Keshi Should be Applauded

  There is certainly no love lost between the NFF and the yet to be reinstated head coach of the Super Eagles. An affair which started on a good note after the Super Eagles won the African Cup of Nations

Commonwealth Games Recap

  Nigeria’s medal hopeful Blessing Okagbare put in an excellent display in the women’s 100m. She won her first round heat and semi-finals in a time of 11.28 seconds and 10.48 seconds respectively before finishing first in the finals to

Okagbare Delivers Gold for Team Nigeria, Sets New Record

  Multi-talented Blessing Okagbare won the women’s 100m in a Commonwealth Games record of 10.85 from Jamaican duo Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart, who took silver and bronze in 11.03 and 11.07 seconds respectively. Nigerian Okagbare won the long jump

Iheanacho Sets Sights on Premiership With Manchester City

  17-year-old Nigerian Kelechi Iheanacho is with Manchester City from the Right to Dream Academy, based in Ghana. The Blues have close ties with the organisation and have previously signed Godsway Donyoh and Mohammed Abu from there. The academy is

NFF Chairman Impeached as Board Seeks Contract Talks With Keshi

The Nigeria Football Federation board, yesterday, in Abuja impeached its chairman Alhaji Animu Maigari. The former chairman, coming from the brink of extinction after being saved by FIFA’s insistence, was sacked because the board members were not happy with the

The After-Burn Bootcamp Begins August 4th

  Are you struggling to keep to a fitness regimen and feeling further away from shedding the extra weight than you imagined? From August 4th to September 12th, Bootcamp is back and they are bigger and better than ever

Commonwealth Games Recap

  The 20th Commonwealth Games kicked off at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland on Wednesday. Nigeria is among the 71 countries that are competing in the Games. Nigeria began its campaign at the games with table tennis and weightlifting on

Omeruo Heads Back to Middlesbrough on Loan

    If recent reports are anything to go by, 20-year-old Kenneth Omeruo who started all four of Nigeria’s matches in this summer’s World Cup in Brazil, will return to the Riverside Stadium to work with Aitor Karanka. The young

Obafemi Martins Named in MLS All Star Team

  Nigerian International, Obafemi Martins has been named in Major League Soccer (MLS) All-Star Fan XI team that will play Bayern Munich in an exhibition game on August 8 in Portland. Martins joined MLS side, Seattle Sounders last season after

Super Eagles’ Brown Ideye Moves to West Brom in a £10 Million Deal

Super Eagles striker, Brown Ideye, has completed his move to English Premiership side, West Brom, from Ukraine club side Dynamo Kiev for a club record £10million fee. Brown Ideye was left out of the Nigerian team at the just concluded

Nigeria Meets FIFA Deadline, Moves to 34th on the Rankings

The world football ban placed on Nigeria had put the nation’s football affairs at a standstill, but recent reports say that Nigeria has met FIFA’s conditions to lift its ban on the country after a regional high court squashed an

Nigeria Attempts to Lift FIFA Ban

  The National Sports Commission and House of Representatives have successfully persuaded Mrs. Ebiakpo Baribote, co-owner of Nembe Football Club, to withdraw the court case against the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in a bid to overturn the FIFA-imposed ban on

Stephen Keshi May be Replaced by Constantini

  With Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi’s future in doubt after match bonus-stricken World Cup campaign, former Austria manager, Didi Constantini has expressed his desire to replace the former Green Eagles captain. Constantini, 59, who won 198 caps for his

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