Sadiq Umar joins Real Sociedad on a four-year deal
Sadiq Umar joins Real Sociedad from UD Almeria The 25-year scored 18 league goals in the Segunda Division in 2021/2022 Super Eagles forward, Sadiq Umar...
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European Championships: Ireland’s history-making Israel Olatunde finishes sixth in 100m final.
Ireland’s history-making Israel Olatunde broke an Irish record as he finished sixth in the 100m final at the European Championships in Munich. The 20-year-old ran...
FIFA U- 20 Women’s World Cup: Nigeria defeat Canada 3-1, reach quarter-finals.
The Falconets qualified by setting a World Cup group stage perfect record for themselves after beating Canada 3-1 in Alajuela. The Nigerian Falconets on Wednesday...
EPL: Awoniyi Nets Winner For Nottingham Forest On Full Premier League Debut.
Taiwo Awoniyi scored the winning goal as Nottingham Forest pip West Ham United 1-0 in their Premier League clash on Sunday. Awoniyi fired home the...
Falconets beat France in U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Nigeria’s Falconets beat France 1-0 on Friday in Group D’s opening match at the 2022 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. The only goal...
Nigerian teams win GOLD & Bronze 4x100m relay medals in Birmingham.
If there is one major thing Team Nigeria succeeded in reinforcing to its Athletics fans on Sunday at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, it is that...
BREAKING: Amusan Sets New Record, Wins Gold At Commonwealth Games
Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan has set a new record by winning the 100 meters hurdles gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the United Kingdom....
Birmingham 2022: Obichukwu Wins Silver In Men’s Para-Powerlifting.
Nigeria’s Ikechukwu Christian Obichukwu has clinched Silver in the final of the men’s Para-Powerlifting (Heavyweight) event in the ongoing XXII Commonwealth Games holding in Birmingham....
Bayern Munich sign Nigerian teenager, Daniel Francis from FC Hearts Abuja.
Bayern Munich have signed Nigerian teenager, Daniel Francis from Abuja based club, FC Hearts on a contract that runs until 2025. Francis, 18, a midfielder,...
Birmingham 2022: Onyekwere, Amechi Claim Gold, Bronze In Women’s Discus Event.
Nigeria’s Chioma Chukwujindu Onyekwere has clinched Gold in the final of the women’s Discus throw event in the ongoing XXII Commonwealth Games holding in Birmingham....
Birmingham 2022: Rafiatu Claims Gold In Women’s Weightlifting, Makes History.
Nigeria’s Rafiatu Folashade Lawal has clinched Gold in the final of the women’s 59kg weightlifting event in the ongoing XXII Commonwealth Games holding in Birmingham....
Sadio Mane, Asisat Oshoala win African Player of the Year awards.
The Senegal forward is crowned African Player of the Year after helping his country win the first AFCON title. Sadio Mane has been named African Footballer...
Wike splashes $20,000 on each player, honours victorious Rivers United stars.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, rewarded each player of Rivers United Football Club with cash prizes and two weeks visit to Madrid, Spain, following...
Oshoala In Running For 5th Award As CAF Releases Shortlist.
CAF reveals top three final list of nominees ahead of CAF Awards on Thursday With less than 48 hours to the highly-anticipated CAF Awards 2022,...
WAFCON 2022: Ajibade Voted Woman Of The Match In Super Falcons’ Win Vs Cameroon.
Super Falcons forward, Rasheedat Ajibade was named Woman of the Match following Nigeria’s 1-0 win against the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon on Thursday night. The...
Ajibade, Kanu, Oshoala Nominated For CAF Women’s Player Of The Year Award.
Ajibade, Kanu, Oshoala nominated for CAF women’s player of the year award Four Nigerians have been nominated for the 2022 Confederation of African Football (CAF)...
Falcons begin quest for 10th title, battle old foes, Banyana Banyana in Rabat.
Nigeria’s quest for a 10th Africa Women Cup of Nations title begins today in Rabat where they meet old foes South Africa. It has been...
Adesanya retains UFC middleweight title by unanimous decision.
Isreal Adesanya overcame American Jared Cannonier by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45) to retain his UFC middlewieight title on Sunday. Both fighters came into the...
Tobi Amusan sets new African women’s 100m hurdles record.
Tobi Amusan, Nigerian athlete, has set a new African record in the women’s 100 meters hurdles as she dipped 12.41 seconds at the Diamond League...
Nigeria Record Biggest-Ever Win, Thrash Sao Tome And Principe 10-0.
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen scored four goals as the Super Eagles walloped Sao Tome and Principe 10-0 in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)...
Ime Udoka Becomes The First Nigerian To Coach A Team To The NBA Finals.
Ime Udoka and his Boston Celtics team defied the odds on Sunday night when they became the first team in franchise history since 1974 to...
Balogun, Aribo, Bassey Help Rangers Win First Scottish Cup Title In 13 Years.
Super Eagles trio of Leon Balogun, Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey helped Rangers bounce back from their Europa League heartbreak, as they defeated Hearts 2-0...
NFF Confirms Jose Peseiro As Super Eagles Head Coach, Finidi As Assistant.
The Nigeria Football Federation on Sunday announced the appointment of Mr Joeé Santos Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team,...
Chukwueze makes record LaLiga Team of the Week list.
Samuel Chukwueze is enjoying a fine season with Spanish club Villarreal after making the LaLiga Team of The Week for a record third time this season, PUNCH...
American Boxing Legend Mayweather Visits Nigeria.
Floyd Mayweather arrived in Nigeria’s capital Sunday evening and met with organizers of this week’s exhibition match in Dubai as well as boxing fans and...
EPL: Mikel Obi named Chelsea’s youngest centurion ahead of Terry, Mount, others
Former Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi has been named the club’s youngest centurion in the English Premier League, EPL. Chelsea’s official website confirmed on Saturday...
From fintech to football: With Sporting Lagos, Paystack’s Shola Akinlade hopes to change the game in Nigeria.
On February 13, hundreds of people gathered at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial center. The crowd was there to see a new...
19-year-old Favour Ofili breaks Okagbare’s 200m Record.
A Nigerian athlete, Favour Ofili, has broken Blessing Okagbare’s 200 metres National Record at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic 2022. Okagbare previously held the National...