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Saraki Praises Falcons For Remarkable WAFU Cup Win

Bukola Saraki has lauded the Super Falcons for emerging champions of the 2019 WAFU Women’s Cup in Abidjan. The Nigeria senior women’s football team put up a riveting display of skill and willpower against continental contenders, Cote d’ Ivoire, in

Safety Shooters, Safety Babes Lead Prudent Energy Handball Premier League

Safety Shooters and Safety Babes have successfully pulled a tournament upset and are now table leaders, after the first round of the Prudent Energy Handball Premier League. According to a release by the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN), Shooters and

Do You Know: Board Games That Made Our Childhood

Amid the glamour of amazing childhood moments and folktales, are engaging games that made growing up more enjoyable for the average Nigerian. Even now, despite our regular tedious days and short nights, Nigerians have a way of de-stressing via several

Google Doodle Pays Tribute To Late Samuel Okwaraji

As is the custom of the global search engine, Google Doodle celebrated the posthumous birthday of late Nigerian professional footballer, Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji. The Google Doodle is a notable, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages intended to pay

Wizkid, Weah, Drogba Set To Feature In Ambode Testimonial Match

A bevy of African football legends alongside music artists and other renown persons will storm Lagos for the Ambode testimonial match which will hold on Saturday May 18, 2019, at the the Agege Stadium. The match was organised to thank

Okpekpe Race Track Gets New Look

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) silver label Okpekpe 10km Road Race, is in the process of getting a revamped track as the Edo State Government has begun rehabilitation work on the road from Apana Road to Okpekpe. The global

FIFA U-20 WC: Richard’s Confident Flying Eagles Can Deliver

Although he was excluded from the Flying Eagles’ final 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup list, Liepaja of Latvia striker, Emeka Richard, believes the team can pull a championship upset in Poland. Nigeria will do battle with Qatar in Tychy on

FIFA U-20World Cup: 504 Players Set For The Global Showcase

In seven days, the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup will commence, with about 504 players set to feature in the 24-team  global showcase. Nigeria’s national U-20 team, Flying Eagles, have been drawn in Group D alongside Qatar, Ukraine and USA,

Rohr Names Mikel And 24 Others For 2019 AFCON

The Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has named skipper, Mikel Obi, alongside 24 other players for the forthcoming 2019 Africa Cup of Nations showdown in Egypt. According to a statement by the Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football

Breaking: CAF Postpones Sudan-Nigeria U23 Game

The Confederation of African Football has postponed the final round of qualifiers for the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations. The games were originally billed to take place from June 3, to June 11, 2019, however, following the continental football governing

2019 FIFA WWC: Dennerby Names Oshoala, Oparanozie And 25 Others For World Cup

Super Falcons coach, Thomas Dennerby, has named 27 players for a final training camp in Austria ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. The global showdown which will feature 24 teams across the world, is expected to hold

Ndidi Hits Moses, Yobo’s EPL Record

Leicester City and Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, has become the third Nigerian player to feature in every game played in the English Premier League in a single season. The Nigerian was on target for Leicester in their last game

Do You Know: History Of Volleyball

Volleyball, like many other ball related sports, has a rich history that started off experimentally, but ultimately over time morphed into the beautiful game we all know and adore today. What is Volleyball? Volleyball is a popular team sport in

Rugby: NRFF Appoints New Technical Director

The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) has announced a replacement for former Technical Director, Ntiense Williams, who was dismissed at the board’s last meeting. In the interim, Abubakar Yakubu also called ‘Yaro’, has been appointed as Acting Technical Director. According

Falcons Hammer Niger Republic 15-0

The Super Falcons of Nigeria, on Saturday pulled a herculean stunt on their Nigerien parallel, 15-0 in their second game at the ongoing West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup tournament in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Recall that in their first game

IAAF World Relays: ‘I hope to bring back a medal’ says Chukwuma

100m World Youth Olympics gold medallist, Rosemary Chukwuma, is determined to prove her strength when she meets the world’s best runners at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Relays in Yokohama, Japan. The sprinter told newsmen in a

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