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Nigerian female athlete, Favour Ofili was in tears after finishing in 6th position at the 200meters women final. Gabrielle Thomas from United States won gold, Julien Alfred from Saint Lucia won silver, while Brittany Brown also from United States won bronze. Ofili on Monday August 5, finished second during the qualifiers with a season’s best […]
Continue ReadingIn a display of sportsmanship, Nigerian cyclist, Ese Lovina Ukpeseraye, received crucial support from the German cycling team during the Paris Olympics. Ukpeseraye, representing Team Nigeria, found herself in a difficult situation when she had no bicycle to race with in the keirin and sprint events due to the short notice of her participation. “Due […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s women basketballers, D’Tigress have made history at the Paris 2024 becoming the first African team (male or female) to reach the quarterfinals of any Olympic Games. The back-to-back Afrobasket champions shocked Canada 79-70 in Lille, France to achieve this feat of ticket to the last eight. Nigeria tied 18-18 in the first quarter, lost […]
Continue ReadingSuper Falcons of Nigeria have crashed out of the 2024 Paris Olympics without a win after losing 3-1 to Japan to make it three losses in three games. After losing their first two matches against Brazil and Spain, Nigeria went into Wednesday’s match hoping to make it to the quarter-finals of the women’s football event […]
Continue ReadingNigerian sprinter, Favour Ofili has expressed her anger and frustration at the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) after being omitted from competing in the women’s 100m event at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Ofili, who won the Nigerian 100m title at the Olympic trials in Benin to qualify and seal her ticket on the team list, will sadly not compete […]
Continue ReadingSuper Falcons of Nigeria have lost 0-1 to Brazil in their opening game at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The game’s decisive moment came in the first half when Gabriela Nunes Da Silva unleashed a ferocious strike that proved to be the only goal of the contest. Nigeria’s Super Falcons had three big chances in quick […]
Continue ReadingLautaro Martinez scored an extra-time winner as Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 to win a record 16th Copa America title at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday. A poor game which had been marred by security and crowd issues, forcing a 82-minute delay, was decided by a quality finish from Martinez — his fifth goal of the […]
Continue ReadingSpain beat England 2-1 in a dramatic Euro 2024 final on Sunday, standing up to the tournament’s comeback kings and rising back to the top of European soccer in style. Earlier, after a closely contested first-half of the Euro 2024 final between Spain and England in Berlin, the score read 0-0 as the two teams […]
Continue ReadingLast-16 fixtures at Euro 2024 after the completion of the group stage on Wednesday: Saturday, June 29 In Berlin (1600) Switzerland v Italy In Dortmund (1900) Germany v Denmark Sunday, June 30 In Gelsenkirchen (1600) England v Slovakia In Cologne (1900) Spain v Georgia Monday, July 1 In Duesseldorf (1600) […]
Continue ReadingEnglish Premier League (EPL) has released the fixtures for the 2024/2025 season, with Matchday 1 set to kick off on the weekend of August 17 and 18, 2024. Football fans are counting down the days until the action begins. Premier League lovers and supporters across the globe are buzzing with excitement as the schedule promises […]
Continue ReadingBorussia Dortmund has on Saturday, been beaten 2-0 by Real Madrid, to win the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League. The much-anticipated match was played at the Wembley Stadium. With this feat, Real Madrid has now won the UEFA Champions League a record 15 times, with their last victory in the 2021-2022 season. Meanwhile, […]
Continue ReadingUnion of European Football Associations (UEFA) has named Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala’s strike in Barcelona’s game against Benfica as the Goal of the 2023/24 Season in the Women’s UEFA Champions League (UCL). Oshoala netted the last goal with a stunning bicycle kick in Barcelona’s 5-0 win over Benfica in their opening group game en-route to the […]
Continue ReadingOleksandr Usyk has become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world after defeating British boxing star Tyson Fury in a fight earlier on Sunday, May 19. The Ukrainian won in a split decision following the match which took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Usyk (22-0) added Fury’s WBC title to his own WBA, IBF and […]
Continue ReadingFrench superstar footballer, Kylian Mbappé has announced on X that he is leaving Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), and would be playing his final home game against Toulouse FC. “I never thought it would be this difficult to leave my country,” he said in a video posted on the platform, adding he will face a new challenge […]
Continue ReadingGoalkeeper of Nigeria’s Super Falcons, Chiamaka Nnadozie, has become the first African and Nigerian player to be crowned the best goalkeeper in the women’s league, French D1 Arkema. The 23-year-old shot-stopper cemented her status as one of the best goalkeepers in the world following her remarkable achievements and heroic penalty-savings for Paris FC this season. […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement on Monday, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed former Super Eagles winger, Finidi George as the new head coach of the nation’s senior men’s national team. The announcement came with the NFF Board approving the recommendation of its Technical and Development Committee to hand over the reins to the 52-year-old former […]
Continue ReadingBritish-Nigerian heavyweight boxing powerhouse, Anthony Joshua has won his fourth straight fight by securing a second-round knockout win over Cameroonian boxer, Francis Ngannou, in the main event of the “Knockout Chaos” card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Joshua secured consecutive victories in 2023 with wins over Jermaine Franklin in April and Robert Helenius with a seventh-round […]
Continue ReadingFormer Super Falcons goalkeeper, Bidemi Aluko-Olaseni, has passed away after battling with breast cancer for eight years. Aluko was initially diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2017 and was given the all-clear a year later after undergoing treatment and a mastectomy. Sadly, she was again diagnosed with the disease in January 2019 and underwent 10 […]
Continue ReadingAn Ivory Coast footballer, Archange Defrignan Mondou, has tragically passed away. 19-year-old Mondou played for Norway’s top club HamKam in the Eliteserien before his sad death. The midfielder, nicknamed Achilles, moved from the Ivory Coast in April of last year and initially joined HamKam’s second team, making three appearances and scoring one goal. On Tuesday, […]
Continue ReadingLatest FIFA men’s world football rankings, released on Thursday February 15, 2024, show that Morocco leads all African men’s national football teams, with Senegal, Nigeria, Egypt, and Cote d’Ivoire closely following. This is coming after the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) that ended on Sunday, February 11, which saw the Super Eagles of Nigeria […]
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