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“We Have A Product To Sell And It Is Fantastic,” – Nimrod

The President of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Musa Nimrod, has expressed his delight in the growth of the sport in the country since he took over the running of the federation. Nimrod disclosed that, despite the difficulties the volleyball governing

Mikel Out Of Action In CSL Till End Of Season

Super Eagles and Tianjin TEDA skipper, John Mikel Obi, will sit out the remaining fixtures in the Chinese Super League season due to a muscle injury he suffered while in training. The Nigerian international has been out of duty for

More Troubles For Nigeria As Ighalo Suffers Injury

Another setback has hit the Nigeria senior men’s football team, as they prepare to slug it out with South Africa in the coming 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) decisive qualifier encounter, on November 17, 2018. Super Eagles striker, Odion

Golden Moments In Sports: Seye Ogunlewe’s Sensational Qualification To The Rio 2016 Olympics

Having to run on a wet track — more-so on an average course — is an athlete’s greatest fear and performance inhibitor. With just a little amount of moisture, friction between the track and the shoe is reduced, and more

Meet Nigeria’s Most Valuable Players In Europe

Arsenal midfielder, Alexander Iwobi, is now the Most Valuable Nigerian Footballer in Europe, according to the CIES Football Observatory, for November 2018. The 22 year old player, who signed a contract extension with the English outfit that will keep him

Enyimba’s Theophilus Afelokhai Gets Call To Replace Injured Uzoho

Super Eagles Technical adviser, Gernot Rohr, has decided on a new addition to the squad to replace the injured Francis Uzoho. Uzoho suffered a fractured rib in his last outing for Spanish Segunda division side, Elche — and the goaltender

CAF Unveils 11 Categories For 2018 CAF Awards

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled a total of 11 categories for the 2018 CAF awards. According to a statement issued on the CAF official website on Monday, the awards categories comprise of both individual and collective awards

Nigerians In Sports: “We Are Not Done Yet”- D’Tigers’ Al Farouq

Despite being the first team in the world to qualify for next year’s FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, D’Tigers, are clearly not done yet, in their quest to claim total African dominance. Nigeria have been unbeaten in the qualifiers

Uzoho Out Of Super Eagles Next Game

After keeping two clean sheets for Elche this season, Super Eagles first choice, goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho, conceded five goals in his third Spanish Segunda game, against Cardiz on Sunday. As distressing as this sounds, however, it is not the worst

Moses’ Future In My Chelsea Is Uncertain, Says Sarri

Former Nigerian International, Victor Moses, has only played 26 minutes for Chelsea in the EPL this season — compared to his 2498 minutes in the 2016/17 seasons, where he helped the English outfit to league and FA Cup titles. This

10,000 Runners Register For 2018 Lagos Women Run (LWR)

A total of 10,000 women from Lagos and neighboring states have registered for the 2018 edition of the Lagos Women Run (LWR), a 10 kilometer marathon race for Nigerian women of all classes. The LWR is an exclusive marathon race,

Volleyball Premier League Moved To 3rd November

Due to the ongoing crisis in some parts of Northern Nigeria, the Nigeria Volleyball Premier League (NVBL), initially scheduled for November 1, in Kaduna State, has now been moved to the 3rd of November 2018, in Abuja. According to a

“The Super Eagles Can Do Without Mikel And Moses” – Ikpeba

On Monday 29th October 2018, Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr, released a 23-man list for the 2019 African Cup of Nations second leg qualifier against South Africa, and skipper, Mikel Obi was left out. Quite a number of eyebrows

Amputee Football World Cup: Nigeria Crash Out

The Nigeria Amputee team, have crashed out of the ongoing 2018 Amputee World Cup in Mexico, after loosing out on a chance to be amongst the four best losers to join the group leaders in the Round of 16, due

Golden Moments In Sports: The First Nigerian To Win A World Championship Silver Medal

Over the years, women like Mary Onyali, Chioma Ajunwa and Blessing Okagbare have done Nigeria proud in more ways than one. With more collective medals than we can keep count of, Nigerian women have, in recent times, become a force

2018 Beach Soccer AFCON: Super Sand Eagles To Face, Senegal, Libya, Tanzania

Nigeria’s Super Sand Eagles have been drawn into Group B, for the 2018 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, scheduled to hold from December 9th to the 14th of December at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The two time

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