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‘Team Nigeria’ worried Over Okagbare Not Running 100m, 200m at Commonwealth Games

Following Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor’s decision not to compete in the usual 100m and 200m at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, some top officials at the Sports Ministry are worried. Okagbare who recently shattered the 22.07 seconds African 200m record

American Heavyweight Accepts Joshua’s Challenge

American heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder, has accepted Anthony Joshua’s challenge for a title unification fight in the United Kingdom. Wilder who has held the WBC heavyweight title since 2015 has been taking shots at AJ to provoke a fight, and

“Losing Ndidi Is Harsh On Us” – Leicester City’s Claude Puel

Nigerian International, Wilfred Ndidi, bagged a red card in Leicester City’s last game against Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday, and Leicester City manager Claude Puel has expressed his displeasure that the very talented youngster will miss the Foxes games

Sports Gist on Social Media: Blessing Okagbare Breaks 22-Year Old Record

Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor was the first to cross the finish line in the 200m event at the Wes Kittley Invitational at the Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, USA as she crumbled a 22-year-old record set by Mary Onyali in Switzerland. Blessing

Blessing Okagbare Named UTEP’s All-Time Best Female Athlete

Beijing 2008 Long-jump Silver Medalist and 100m Champion, Blessing Okagbare, who recently shattered a 22-year old African record in Abilene, Texas has been awarded the rare honor of being named the University of Texas-El Paso’s (UTEP) best ever female athlete.

Anthony Joshua Defeats Joseph Parker To Win Fourth World Title

Anthony Joshua continues his climb to boxing eminence with his twenty-first straight win on Saturday night, after he successfully edged Joseph Parker on points to snatch his fourth title. Both fighters matched each other blow for blow as each rounds

Victor Moses In Action As Chelsea Loose To Tottenham, Kayode Scores on Shakhtar Debut

Victor Moses Super Eagles top gun, Victor Moses, was in a action for Chelsea in their 1-3 home loss to Tottenham in Sunday’s premier league fixture at Stamford Bridge. After thirty minutes without a goal from both teams, Moses was

Pre-World Cup Friendly: Nigeria 0-2 Serbia

Tuesday was the day the World Cup friendlies unbeaten run of the Super Eagles was completely broken by Serbia at the Hive Stadium in London. Friendly defeat Fulham striker, Aleksandar Mitrovic wielded the axe that brought down the Eagles on

Did You Know…? Wilfred Ndidi Grew Up in Ikeja Barracks

What a fine player the 21 year old is! Rising star Wilfred Onyinye Ndidi is the definition of determination and purposefulness. The Leicester City forward has come a long way in such a short period of time, still there’s no

“My Fight With Parker Will Go Down In History” – Anthony Joshua

Anthony Joshua is prepared for the ultimate face-off with Joseph Parker in an electrifying match scheduled for Saturday the 31, March. For the past weeks both boxers ceaselessly hurled comments at each other in a bid to make the other

“We Have A Lot Of Work To Do” – Coach Rohr

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, is optimistic about Nigeria’s future at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but still thinks there’s a lot of work to be done if this dream is to be achieved. Nigeria was the top-dog in a

Nigeria vs Poland: Rohr to Test Iheanacho in Mikel’s Place

Leicester City forward, Kelechi Iheanacho, will get to test his skills and strength playing in place of Super Eagles’ skipper, Mikel Obi, in the number 10 role as Nigeria faces Poland in an International friendly later tonight. Mikel Obi, could

Poland Coach: We Are Ready For Super Eagles With Or Without Mikel

Poland Coach, Adam Nawalka is ecstatic about Friday’s clash against the Super Eagles at the Municipal Stadium, Wraclow in Poland. He assured fans that his team is more than prepared to face Nigeria with or without Super Eagles’ top gun

NBBF Secretary-General Invalidates Just Concluded Championships

Following the letter sent to the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) by the Federal International Basketball Associations (FIBA), there appears to be no headway in the leadership crisis that has rocked the NBBF for the past year. Rather it would seem

Onyekuru Back to Training After Injury Lay-Off

Super Eagles forward Henry Onyekuru has begun his first phase of training after three months off the pitch. Onyekuru sustained a knee injury while in action for Anderlecht on 22 December 2017 and has since been recuperating. After the injury,

Oliseh Cannot Return To Fortuna Sittard

Former Nigerian international Sunday Oliseh, was suspended from coach duties at Fortuna Sittard last month following a series of built up tension and a clash between the Nigerian and several members of the club’s staff body. The dutch side suspended

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