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Golden Moments in Sports: Atlanta 1996 Dream Team

The Nigerian Under-23 men’s football team became the first ever African team to win an Olympic Gold medal in football. Nicknamed the Dream Team, it represented Nigeria at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, Georgia, USA. The win was not just Nigeria’s

Exclusive: Super Sand Eagles Star Abu Azeez Gives Back to Community with Beach Soccer Coaching

About 100 young students between the ages of 6 and 14 turned out for the first edition of The Beach Soccer Project, a coaching clinic sponsored by Super Sand Eagles’ Abu Azeez which took centre stage at St. Micheal’s Primary

Table Tennis: World Team Cup Battles Begin for Africa in Mauritius

22 teams across Africa will be battling each other at the 2018 ITTF African Championships (2018 ITTFAC) for a place in the 2019 ITTF World Team Cup (2019 ITTFWTC). Khaled El-Salhy, President of the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF), believes

2018 Cycling Lagos Final Moved to October 27

The final race of the 2018 Cycling Lagos competition which was earlier scheduled for Saturday has been moved to Saturday 27, October. According to the organizers of the event, asides logistical reasons, the committee had to postpone the finals due

Cowries Defeat Gosar to Retain Lagos Men’s Rugby League Title

Cowries RFC defeated Gosar RFC over the weekend at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Surulere to retain the Lagos Men’s Rugby league title. Both sides had a rather lacklustre start with both teams fighting hard to get on

Boxing: Efe Ajagba Wins Boxing Match in 1 Second

Nigerian boxer Efe Ajagba won his sixth consecutive professional boxing match within the 1st second of the first round against American boxer, Curtis Harper. Both boxers looked ready to fight for the next six rounds in the Friday night encounter

Did You Know One Year Ago D’Tigress Won Their Third Afrobasket Title After 12 Years?

Exactly one year ago, Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team D’Tigress conquered the whole of Africa to become the 2017 Afrobasket champions Bamako, Mali. Before their triumph at the 2017 FIBA Afrobasket last year, the Nigerian women had lifted the trophy

FIBA Men’s World Cup Qualifiers: Nwora Invites 12 Players For D’Tigers

A total of twelve players have made the cut for D’Tigers next set of games in the FIBA Men’s World Cup qualifying series to be staged in Lagos between the 14th and 16th of September. D’Tigers head coach Alex Nwora

Nigeria at the ’92 Summer Olympics in Barcelona

What a man can do, a woman can do much more, right? The quartet of Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Mary Onyali and Christy Opara-Thompson sure did prove this saying as they raced to victory in the women’s 4x100m event at

Mikel Obi Withdraws From Super Eagle’s AFCON Qualifiers

Super Eagles skipper John Mikel Obi has opted out of Nigeria’s African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Seychelles in September. This decision according to the player is to help aid his recovery from a recent injury he picked up

NFF Not Ready to Lose Moses

From all indications, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is not ready to let go of ace forward Victor Moses as talks to convince him to rescind his decision have begun. After a thrilling six-year run with the Nigeria senior men’s

Rohr in Search of ‘Perfect’ Stadium for Super Eagles’ AFCON Qualifier

Super Eagles Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has begun a search for the ‘perfect’ stadium to host Libya on Match Day 3 of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualifiers scheduled for October 10. Nigeria lost her opening game of

Ndidi: Why I Committed My Future To Leicester City

Leicester City midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, just recently signed a contract extension that will keep him with the Foxes for another six years (2024). Ndidi who joined Leicester City (LCFC) from Belgian side KRC Genk in January 2017 has been quite

Anthony Nwakaeme: “I Made This Sacrifice So I Can Play For Super Eagles”

Nigeria forward, Anthony Nwakaeme, has opened up concerning his choice to reject big money offers from China for a place with Turkish club, Trabzonspor. The player had a very successful three-year run with former club HapoelBe’er Sheva, scoring 43 goals

Mikel Obi Opens Up On Retirement Plans

Days after Super Eagles forward Victor Moses announced his retirement from the national team, there have been reports that the former Chelsea man, Mikel Obi will be following in his footsteps soon. Mikel made his first club appearance for Tianjin

Did You Know? Yoruba Tennis Club

Walking through Onikan Road during the early hours of Saturday morning, I laid sight on what should be one of Nigeria’s monumental sports sights, the Yoruba Tennis Club, a symbol of our identity and brotherhood; a treasured possession we would

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