Category: Sports

Coach Chris Musa Danjuma is expectedly sanguine following his Nigeria U20 girls’ progress to the final of the women’s football event of the ongoing 13th African Games in Ghana. The experienced tactician watched with delight as substitutes Judith Adaobi Okah and Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, off the bench, provided the goals that sent Uganda’s U20 packing and sent the defending champions to the final against hosts Ghana on Thursday night. “We should have put away some of the chances we created in the first half, but we are happy to get two…

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Former Nigeria forward Finidi George will occupy the chief’s corner in the dugout when the Super Eagles confront West African arch-rivals Ghana in an international friendly in Marrakech on Friday. The 52-year-old former Ajax Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and Real Betis (Spain) winger, who made a scoring debut for fatherland in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Burkina Faso at the National Stadium, Lagos on 27th July 1991, has been appointed by the NFF to hold the reins in the meantime as a group of 22 players take on…

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Anthony Joshua was well rewarded for his second-round knockout win over Cameroonian boxer Francis Ngannou in the main event of the “Knockout Chaos” card in Saudi Arabia in the early hours of Saturday morning (Nigerian time). The British-Nigerian boxer had a huge payday pocketing $50.9m {79bn} while Canadian born rapper, Drake who is accustomed to placing large wagers on high-profile sports games and losing most of those bets was on the losing side again after Joshua defeated former UFC champion Ngannou as the Grammy winner lost $615,000 (N950m). Joshua won…

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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. After securing consecutive victories in 2023 with wins over Jermaine Franklin in April and Robert Helenius with a seventh-round knockout in August, Joshua cruised to a fifth-round technical knockout win over Otto Wallin in December, who had been expected to be a formidable opponent, especially with his southpaw stance. Joshua has now secured knockout wins over two fighters…

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He was reportedly picked for the Nigerian natoonal team coach job by controversial fellow countryman, Jose Mourinho.

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Host Cote d’Ivoire, who were.the underdogs in their round of 16 game against defenging champion, Senegal have qualified for the Quarter-finals of the Africa Nations Cup 2023. After playing 1-1 at regulation time, Ivory Coast defeated Senegal 5-4 on Penalties. Franck Kessie’s decisive kick helped the Elephants sealed their place for the quarter-finals after Mousaa Niakhate missed his kick for Senegal. Senegal took the lead after only four minutes of the match through Habib Diallo’s volley from Mane cross. Ivory Coast took possession of the game and equalised in the…

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A Nigerian national team side, very wasteful in front of the opponent’s goal and devoid of its symbolic attacking prowess, helped by a first-half Opa Sangante own goal, got Nigeria a 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau on Monday to secure a place in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations. Sangante emphatically turned a Moses Simon cross into his own net in the 36th minute, after feeling compelled to intervene with Victor Osimhen lurking behind him. The result means the Super Eagles qualify in second place in Group A…

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Sebastian Brodericks Imaseun, the man who led Nigeria to her first soccer glory at the U-17 World Cup in China is dead. The 1985 U-17 champion’s coach who had been bedridden for a long time, reportedly died in the early hours of Wednesday morning according to family sources. The 85 years old had been diagnosed with Ischemic stroke in December 2022 and had been receiving treatment before he took his last breath at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital. Ischemic stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks or narrows an…

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Former Super Eagles captain, Vincent Enyeama, has dropped a cryptic message on Instagram hinting that he could join the technical crew of the national team when the camp opens on Tuesday (today) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, The PUNCH reports. Enyeama made this known on Monday when he reacted to a post about the team’s AFCON preparations on the official Instagram account of the Super Eagles. They will begin a one-week training camp on Tuesday (today) that will last until January 9. He wrote, “Let’s go, See you in camp. Time for…

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Nigeria’s medal hopeful, Tobi Amusan failed to defend her World championship on Thursday evening, finishing 6th in the final of the women’s 100m hurdles. Two other Nigerian athletes had lost out in the semifinals of their 200m events. Tobi Express had a slow start and could not recover. She ran 12.62secs to place sixth in a race won by Jamaica’s Danielle Williams in 12.43secs. America’s Kendra Harrison was third in 12.44sec while her compatriot, Nia Ali finished 4thin 12.46secs. Amusan had made her third straight final in the 100m hurdler…

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Nigeria’s Super Falcon needed a draw to be sure of the next round passage irrespective of the result between co-hosts Australia and 2020 Olympic Champions, Canada. They also made history by avoiding defeat in three consecutive World Cup matches for the first time. The Falcons had to endure an early minute of pressure from the Irish captain, Katie McCabe almost gave her side the lead when she attempted a low driving shot which fizzled past the post. However, in the 14th minute, Asisat Oshoala had the chance to put Nigeria…

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The Super Falcons are planning to stage a strike and boycott their opening game of the 2023 Women’s World Cup after the General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation Dr Mohammed Sanusi told them their match bonuses for the competition had been cancelled by the federation. A camp source said the decision was taken after six senior players — captain Onome Ebi, Rasheedat Ajibade, Asisat Oshoala, Ohale Osinachi, Tochukwu Oluehi and Desire Oparanozie — held a lengthy meeting on arrival at the Mercure Resorts, Gold Coast, following Sanusi’s announcement. “We…

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Guinness World Records on Tuesday announced Hilda Baci the new record holder for the longest cooking by an individual. The GWR in a statement on its website, said, “Following a thorough review of all the evidence, Guinness World Records can now confirm that Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, has officially broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes.” The 26-year-old Nigerian chef began on Thursday 11 May and continued through to Monday 15 May, cooking over 100 pots…

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Tobi Amusan, sensational World record holder, Tobi Amusan (OON), has added another feather to her well decorated cap, after bagging a Master’s of Arts in Leadership Studies and Sports Management at the University of Texas El Paso. The current Commonwealth and African champion in the 100m hurdles, as well as the meet record holder in three competitions, also graduated from the same University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) named Amusan Africa’s Best Female Athlete for the Year in December…

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Frank Lampard made a surprise return to Chelsea as caretaker manager until the end of the season on Thursday, just over two years after he was sacked by the Premier League club. Lampard, Chelsea’s record goalscorer, previously managed the Blues from July 2019 until January 2021, when he was replaced by Thomas Tuchel. The 44-year-old’s unexpected move back to Stamford Bridge came after Tuchel’s successor Graham Potter was dismissed on Sunday with the club in the bottom half of the Premier League. “We are delighted to welcome Frank back to…

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The referee that officiated the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar, Szymon Marciniak, has said he made a mistake during his officiating at the Lusial Stadium.

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The Portuguese superstar looks to have finally found himself a new club following his dramatic exit from Manchester United just two days before the start of the World Cup.

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All is not well at the camp of  Nigeria’s female national team as the players protested against the Nigerian Football Federation over accumulated bonuses and allowances In protest, the Super Falcons reportedly shunned training Wednesday night ahead of the third-place match in the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Complete Sports reports that their action was in protest over unpaid bonuses and allowances. The players had reportedly met with officials of the Nigeria Football Federation over the issue Wednesday morning.

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