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April 19, 2022

The Nigerian national men’s U-17 football team, the Golden Eaglets, were crowned champions of the WAFU B U-17 tournament in Ghana, on Friday, June 24, 2022, after a 2-1 win over Burkina Faso in the final game of the competition. A brace from Abubakar Abdullahi was all the NdukaUgbade-led side needed to win the regional … Continue reading Golden Eaglets Win Big

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Team Nigeria finished the 22nd edition of the African Senior Athletic Championship in Mauritius on a good note after placing third on the medals table. A total of 11 medals (five Gold, three Silver, and three Bronze) put Nigeria behind second-placed South Africa and first-placed Kenya. Read more about Sports Nigeria’s national Under-17 team, the … Continue reading Weekend Sports RoundUp: Team Nigeria Claims Third Place

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Nigerian sprinter Oluwatobi Amusan ran a Season’s Best of 12.58s (-0.7) in the Women’s 100m Hurdle in the Diamond League. Amusan finished second behind Puerto Rican Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn who raced to victory in 12.45s, while Tonea Marshall of the United States finished third in 12.66s. Read more about Sports At the Campo Di … Continue reading Weekend Sports RoundUp: Oluwatobi Amusan’s 12.58s

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Nigerian national women’s football team, Super Falcons, fell to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Canada on Saturday, April 9, 2022, in the first of a two-legged friendly between both nations. Goals from Jessie Fleming in the 50th minute and Vanessa Gilles in the 72nd minute were enough for the North American side to … Continue reading Weekend Sports Roundup: Super Falcons Fall 2-0 To Canada

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Super Eagles of Nigeria striker Paul Onuachu scored a hattrick for Belgian league giants Genk in their 5-0 thrashing of Eupen on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Onuachu gifted Genk the lead in the 11th minute via penalty and added another towards the closing stages of the first half through penalty. He would score a third … Continue reading Weekend Sports RoundUp: Paul Onuach’s Hattrick End Genk’s Winless Run

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Nigerian national U-20 women’s football team, the Super Falconets, are one step away from qualifying for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica after an impressive 3-1 away win against Senegal in the first leg of the final round of qualifiers on Saturday, March 12, 2022. Flourish Sabastine’s hat-trick was all the … Continue reading Weekend Sports Roundup: Falconets Beat Senegal

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Nigerian national women’s U-17 team, the Flamingoes, recorded an impressive 3-0 victory over DR Congo on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at Kinshasa. Strikes from Blessing Emmanuel, Oluwatunmininu Adeshina and Opeyemi Ajakaye was all the Nigerian teenagers needed to see off the Central Africans in the second round of qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s … Continue reading Weekend Sports RoundUp: Flamingoes Fly Over Congo

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