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Nigerians In Sports: Ighalo Nominated For Manchester United’s Player Of The Month For March 2020

Former Super Eagles of Nigeria’s striker, Odion Ighalo, has been nominated for the prize of Player of the Month for Manchester United for his outstanding performances in the month of March, 2020. The English side made the announcement via their

NPFL Review: Plateau Beat Nassarawa As Rivers Fall In Enugu

Nigerian Professional Football League leaders, Pateau United, extended their lead on the league table after a hard fought 2-1 win over Nassarawa United on Sunday, March 15, 2020, at the New Jos Stadium. Read more about NPFL Review The hosts

Ighalo Scores Again As United Put Five Past LASK

Odion Ighalo has continued to prove his critics wrong and continued to prove that the money spent in securing his services by Manchester United was no waste after scoring his fourth goal for the club in Thursday’s (March 12, 2020)

11-Year-Old Nene Yakubu Leads Team Nigeria To Victory At CAT Qualifiers

Nigerian young tennis player, Nene Yakubu, has continued to make the wave as she helped Nigeria clinch gold at the recently concluded qualifiers for the West/Central Africa Tennis Championships (CAT). Read more about Sports Yakubu captained Nigeria’s U-12 team to

Adekuruoye and Six others Inducted into Champions Club

The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) in a brief but colourful ceremony in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria inducted seven new members into its Champions Club owing to their gold medal-winning exploits at the last three African Senior Wrestling Championships. Cash rewards

Nigerians In Sports: Kanu Urges Ighalo To Rescind International Retirement

Nigeria’s football king, Nwankwo Kanu, has urged Manchester United’s Odion Ighalo to rescind his decision of retiring from the Super Eagles, and help the Super Eagles attain greater heights. Ighalo ended his affairs on national colours after the 2019 African

Stylebender Retains World Title

Nigerian Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter, Israel Adesanya did not fail to live up to the expectations of Nigerians after beating Yoel Romero, and successfully defending his UFC 248 middleweight title on Saturday, March 7, 2020 in Las Vegas. The match

NPFL Review: Chieme Martins’ Death Mars NPFL Weekend

Chinedu Ohanachom’s hat-trick helped Nassarawa United beat Katsina United 3-0 at the Lafia City Stadium on Sunday but news of Chieme Martins’ death after the game turned the hosts joy into sorrow. Martins had collapsed midway into the game and

Flamingoes Put Six Past Guinea In World Cup Qualifier

Nigerian national female U-17 football team started their World Cup qualifying campaign in a brilliant fashion after beating the Guinean women U-17 side 6-1 on Saturday, March 7, 2020 in Conakry. The win in the first-leg tie saw Osun Babes

Solskjaer Heaps Praises On Ighalo

Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has heaped praises on Odion Ighalo after the ex-Nigerian international grabbed a brace in Man United’s fifth round FA Cup 3-0 victory over Derby County on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Read more about Odion

Rohr Invites 24 For Sierra Leone Clash

Head coach of the Nigerian national team, Super Eagles, has handed invitation to 24 players ahead of Nigeria’s AFCON 2021 qualifiers crucial tie against Sierra Leone on March 26, 2020, and the return leg at the Siaka Stevens Stadium in

Balogun Enjoying His Spell At Wigan

Super Eagles of Nigeria central back, Leon Balogun, has expressed delight at joining English championship side, Wigan Athletic. A winter transfer deadline day switch saw the Nigerian move to the championship side on loan and has impressed so far, enjoying

Nigerians In Sports: Chiefs Coach Hails The Heroics Of Akpeyi

Head coach of South African league side, Kaizer Chiefs, Ernst Middendorp has hailed Super Eagles goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi for his heroics against Orlando Pirates during the Soweto derby. A number of great saves from the Nigerian shot-stopper helped the Amakhosi

NPFL Review: Rivers Stun Heartland But Plateau Remain Top

Fixtures from the match day 22 of the Nigerian Professional Football League saw Plateau United maintain their place as league leaders while Rivers United and Lobi Stars retained their positions as second and third on the log. Read more about

Nigerian Sports Minister Impressed By Anyanacho And Offiong’s Olympic Qualification Feats

Nigerian sports minister, Mr Sunday Dare, has hailed the feat achieved by Nigerian female Taekwondo athlete, Elizabeth Ayanacho, after she emerged as the first female in Nigeria to pick an Olympic ticket for Taekwondo in 16 years, and also became

Ndidi Nears Injury Return

Leicester City FC of England midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, is set to undergo a late fitness test ahead of Friday night’s (February 28, 2020) Premier League tie against Norwich City. Leicester City’s manager, Brendan Rodgers, revealed that the Nigerian has resumed

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