Weekend Sports Roundup: Nigeria’s Powerlifting Squad
Nigeria’s powerlifting squad at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics have been impressive so far. Lucy Ejike won bronze in the women’s 61kg. Despite finishing third in the event, no Nigerian athlete is close to Lucy’s achievement in the history of the Paralympics since she made her debut in the 2000 Sydney Games. Lucy has won […]
Eagles Must Beat Liberia – Gernot Rohr
Ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers slated to start in September 2021, head coach of the Nigerian senior men’s national football team, the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has stated that Nigeria’s first two games against Liberia and Cape Verde, will be vital to the team’s quest to be in Qatar next year. […]
2021 AFCON: Nigeria Must Be Wary Of Egypt, Sudan, And Guinea-Bissau- Amuneke
Ex-Nigerian international, Emmanuel Amuneke, has advised the country’s national football team, the Super Eagles, to be wary of their group opponents in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations set to hold in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6, 2022. Read more about Sports Nigeria has been pitched alongside 2019 hosts, Egypt, Sudan, and […]
2022 AFCON: Super Eagles To Know Opponents
The Nigeria senior men’s national football team, the Super Eagles, will know their opponents in the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroun today, Tuesday, August 17, 2021, as the draws for the event is set to hold in Yaounde, Cameroun. Read more about Sports Nigeria who has won the tournament on three occasions […]
Super Eagles Drop In FIFA Rankings
Nigerian senior men’s national football team, the Super Eagles, dropped two places in the latest FIFA football rankings released on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Nigerian side also dropped from the 3rd to 5th spot in the African football rankings. Nigeria’s latest position in world football is hardly surprising as a string of defeats in […]
Weekend Sports Roundup
Super Eagles of Nigeria star, Kelechi Iheanacho, was the talk of the weekend after his excellent display for Leicester City FC helped them win the Community Shield Cup over favourites, Manchester City, on Saturday, August 7, 2021. Iheanacho forced City defender, Nathan Ake, to foul him in the 18-yard box and netted brilliantly the resulting […]
Ahmed Musa Joins Turkish Super Lig Club
Super Eagles of Nigeria captain, Ahmed Musa, has joined Turkish Super Lig side, Fatih Karagumruk, a move that has marked the end of his second stint with Nigeria Professional Football League side, Kano Pillars. Read more about Sports It will be recalled that Musa joined the Sai Masu Gida in April 2021, after being […]
Golden Moments In Nigerian Sports: Super Eagles 4-2 Victory Over Argentina In 2017
If you are an ardent follower of Nigerian football, you are surely not a stranger to the rivalry between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the La Albiceleste of Argentina which started in the group stage of the 1994 World Cup when Argentina beat Nigeria 2-1. Read more about Golden moments in Nigerian sports […]
Weekend Sports Roundup: Super Eagles
The home-based Super Eagles of Nigeria lost to the Mexican national team in an international friendly match played in the early hours of Sunday, July 4th, 2021. A brace from Hector Herrera, and strikes from Rogelio Funes, and Jonathan Dos Santos, condemned the Nigerian side to a 4-0 loss on Sunday. Read more about […]
Home-Based Eagles Arrive USA For Mexico Clash
The home-based Eagles have arrived in Los Angeles, United States of America, for the international friendly match against Mexico on Sunday, July 4th, 2021. Read more about Sports After touching down the Tom Bradley International Airport, Los Angeles, the Nigerian team which is fully comprised of players plying their trade in the Nigerian domestic […]
Golden Moments In Nigerian Sports: Nigeria Vs Mozambique (2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers)
Following the confirmation of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup (the first on African soil), it became the dream of every African football nation to feature in the first World Cup on home soil. Read more about Golden moments in Nigeria sports However, there was a hurdle to […]
Golden Moments In Nigerian Sports: Nigeria’s First FIFA World Cup Win
It is the dream of any nation that hasn’t featured at the FIFA World Cup to qualify and have their flag hoisted alongside that of other countries, but having an interesting world cup debut is a bigger dream. That is the story of the Golden Generation of the Nigerian national football team, the Super […]
Weekend Sports Roundup: Super Eagles Lost To Cameroon
On Friday, June 4th, 2021, the Super Eagles lost the first leg of their international friendly match against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the Stadion Wiener Neustadt in Austria. Read more about Sports A 37th-minute strike from Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa condemned the Eagles to their first loss against the Central Africans since Gernot […]
International Friendly: Eagles Set To Square-Off Against The Indomitable Lions
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to square off in an international friendly against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon today, Friday, June 4th, 2021 at the Stadion Wiener Neustadt in Austria. Read more about Sports Today’s match is the first leg of two friendlies Nigeria will play against the Central Africans with the […]
Men In Sports: Daniel Amokachi
Despite retiring from professional football for close to two decades now, the name Daniel Amokachi still rings a bell in the ears of Nigerian football fans. The exploits of Amokachi, popular as ‘’The Bull’’ during his playing years owing to his speed, technique and physical strength, is indelible in the history of Nigerian football […]
CAF Postpones Africa’s 2022 World Cup Qualifiers
Owing to the continuous spread of COVID-19, the Emergency Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has postponed the commencement of the group stages of the African 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers from June to September 2021. Read more about Sports The development was made public through an official statement released on CAF’s […]