IAAF To Make Decision Concerning ‘Missing’ AFN $150,000 Grant
World Athletics ruling body, the International Association of Athletics Federation will make a decision concerning what to do about the ‘missing’ $150,000 ( about N52m) grant erroneously paid to the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. The money was paid as part of the IAAF’s $15,000 annual grants to member federations for the year 2017, but the […]
Poor Facilities, Poor Welfare: Athletes Cry Out!
Nigerian football and basketball teams are excelling pretty well in almost every league tournament we’ve seen so far. However, is that all about Sports in Nigeria? Sprint, jumps and other sports athletes have since been switching sides for years now, and we’ve seen a great decline in the performances of faithful Nigerian athletes in these […]
AfroBasket Women: Nigeria Crushes Guinea
Nigeria’s female basketball team, D’Tigress had an easy 100-47 win against their Guinean counterparts on Sunday at the AfroBasket Women 2015 Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon. D’Tigress finished the game with six players, including Joyce Ekworomadu scoring 12 points or more. Nadia Peruch-Niang led Guinea with 17 points and 7 rebounds. D’Tigress’ Helen Ogunjimi was particularly […]
Esther Onyeama Sets World Para-Powerlifting Record
It is a season of medals for the Nigerian team at the ongoing 11th African Games! Yesterday, we reported the new world record set by Yakubu Adesokan. Click here to read about it. Behold, we have another champion to celebrate! Esther Onyeama, a paralympion in the 65 kg weight class, has set another new world record at […]
Nigerian Sets Powerlifting World Record
Yakubu Adesokan made us proud yesterday at the ongoing African Games in Congo when he set a new world record in the powerlifting event. He set the new record in the Men’s 49kg category as he lifted a massive 182.5kg to win another gold medal for Team Nigeria in the early hours of yesterday. Adesokan is a […]
Eaglets Trump Niger in African Youth Championship Opener
Nigeria’s U-17 men’s football team, the Golden Eaglets opened their African U-17 Championship campaign yesterday with a 2-0 win over hosts, Niger. First half strikes from Victor Osimhen and skipper Kelechi Nwakali gave Emmanuel Amuneke’s boys the maximum points in the opening game of the 11th African U-17 Championship played at the Stade Général Seyni […]
Three Nigerians Sign American Football Contracts With US Colleges
Three Nigerians, who are from the Montverde Academy, have signed to play American football with colleges in the United States at a ceremony on Wednesday. The signing which took place at the Montverde Academy’s new gym, saw Abdul Bello, Taiwo Oluwafunmila and Franklin Agbasimere sign for FSU, Missouri State and Missouri respectively. It is a […]
Nwakali Moves to Malaga on Loan
Nigerian starlet, Chidi Nwakali has moved to Spanish La Liga side, Malaga from Manchester City on a two-and-a-half year loan deal. Manchester City coach, Manuel Pellegrini, who was formerly at Malaga, flew to Spain to conclude the deal. Nwakali and compatriot, Kelechi Iheanacho are on the fringes of first-team football at the Etihad Stadium. It […]
Quadri Fails to Stop Nigeria From Losing to Egypt
ITTF Player of the Year, Quadri Aruna has confirmed his superiority at the ongoing International Table Tennis Federation Africa Senior championships in Cairo, Egypt. The Nigerian remains the only unbeaten player at the tourney, winning five out of five, as he triumphed over the two best players in Africa – Egypt’s Sayed Lashin and Omar […]
Liverpool Ladies Complete The Signing of Oshoala
Liverpool Ladies usurped Chelsea Ladies to complete the signing of Nigerian female football star, Asisat Oshoala yesterday morning. The WSL champions coach Matt Beard was ecstatic and hailed the 20-year-old Nigerian forward as one of the best talents in world women’s football today. Reds boss, Beard, said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to have signed Asisat as […]
Okagbare Finishes 2014 as World’s Best Sprinter
Blessing Okagbare capped off a tremendous year as she emerged World’s best sprinter in 2014 according to an online review of the world top 10 sprinters in 2014. Okagbare was picked ahead of US sprinter and five-time Olympic medalist, Justin Gatlin; Kaliese Spencer, Dafne Schippers and Kirani James. Okagbare, who won the Long Jump Bronze […]
Date for FIBA Qualifying Tournament Confirmed
Nigeria has been seeded in FIBA Africa Zone 3 qualifying tournament to be held in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso from October 13 to October 19. The date of the tournament had been a conundrum after several countries complained against FIBA’s proposed Champions League format. The qualifiers will determine the participant countries for the 2015 Africa Basketball […]
Solanke Signs Professional Contract With Chelsea
Young forward, Dominic Solanke has penned down a five-year professional contract with English Premier League (EPL) table leaders, Chelsea. The Stamford Bridge club made this known via the club’s official website. An elated Solanke also took to social media to celebrate the deal. Solanke, 17, christened Dominic Ayodele Solanke, is an England youth international but […]
Canada 2014: Falconets Defeat New Zealand 4-1 to Face Korea Republic in Semi-Final
Nigeria’s Falconets defeated New Zealand 4 goals to 1 in their quarter final match to proceed to the semi-final at the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada. Nigeria dominated the game and got her first goal in the 31st second of the match through Asisat Oshoala who doubled the lead in the 11th […]
Uzoenyi Cleared to Play for Mamelodi Sundowns
Nigerian winger, Ejike Uzoenyi has been granted a work permit to finalize his move to the South African side, Mamelodi Sundowns. Uzoenyi, who made the move from the Nigerian Premier League to Premier Soccer League after an eye-catching performance at CHAN 2014, joined up with new team mates last Sunday. He had been on holiday […]
Blessing Okagbare Wins 100 Meters Gold African Athletic Championship
On Monday night, Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare continued with her Commonwealth Games form as she won gold in the women’s 100m event in a record time of 11.00 secs at the ongoing 19th Edition of the African Athletic Championships in Marrakech, Morocco. Okagbare, who won a double in sprint at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, set […]