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Nigeria’s home-based Super Eagles have secured their place in the 2025 African Nations Championship after a commanding 3-1 victory over Ghana’s Black Galaxies at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Saturday. Following a goalless draw in the first leg in Accra, the Eagles dominated the return fixture with three first-half goals. Remo Stars duo Sodiq Ismail and Nduka Junior put Nigeria ahead within the opening 22 minutes before Rangers’ Kazeem Ogunleye extended the lead in the 25th minute. Ghana pulled one back through Stephen Amankuna in the 73rd minute,…

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Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman was crowned African Player of The Year, while the Super Falcons retained their Women’s National Team of The Year award, and goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie successfully defended her Goalkeeper of The Year title at the 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday. Lookman’s triumph made him the seventh Nigerian to win the prestigious award and maintained Nigeria’s impressive record in the category following Victor Osimhen’s victory last year. The Atalanta striker’s remarkable year included three goals and two assists as Nigeria reached their eighth Africa…

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The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has narrated how its male national team, the Super Eagles were dehumanised and maltreated by its Libyan counterparts. The football federation made a 20-Point of a 20-hour ordeal in the north African country. The Libyan Football Federation had in a statement on Monday evening vowed to take legal actions against the Nigeria Football Federation for pulling the Super Eagles out of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Dr Ademola Olajire, the NFF’s Director of Communications, has provided a point-by-point account of how the qualifying match…

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The Nigeria Football Federation has decided to pull the Super Eagles out of Tuesday’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya. This follows a frustrating 12-hour ordeal at Al Abraq International Airport in Libya, where the team has been stranded since their arrival on Sunday afternoon. The Nigerian delegation was en route to Benghazi for the crucial qualifier when their chartered aircraft was dangerously diverted mid-flight to Al Abraq, a small airport typically reserved for hajj operations. The unexpected diversion left players and officials stranded without any assistance from…

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Nigeria’s senior male football team is currently stranded in Libya, where it is to play the second leg of the AFCON 2025 Qualifier game. Following Libya’s 1-0 loss to Nigeria in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Friday, both teams were expected to face off again in Benina, their fourth Group D match. The Super Eagles had departed for Libya on Sunday afternoon, but according to reports from the camp of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), an hour to landing at Benghazi, their destination, the Nigerian aircraft was diverted to Al Abraq,…

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Yemisi Ogunleye (Germany): Event: Women’s Shot Put Medal: Gold Yemisi Ogunleye, born in Germany to a Nigerian father, made history by winning the gold medal in the women’s shot put at the Paris 2024 Olympics. This victory marked Germany’s first gold in the event since 1996. Salwa Eid Naser (Bahrain): Event: Women’s 400m Medal: Silver Salwa Eid Naser, originally born as Ebelechukwu Agbapuonwu in Nigeria, claimed the silver medal in the 400m for Bahrain. Naser, who switched allegiance to Bahrain in 2014, continues to be a dominant force in track…

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Head coach of the Nigerian women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, Rena Wakama, has been named as the best female basketball coach at the Paris 2024 Olympics campaign. “Best coach of #Paris2024    Women’s Basketball.. Rene Wakama, Nigeria 🇳🇬,” the International Basketball Federation announced on X, formerly Twitter on Saturday. Wakama, the first Nigerian female basketball coach, guided Nigeria to a historical quarter-finals spot in Paris which is the first time an African team (both men and women) reach that level of the competition. Despite losing 74-88 to Team USA, her leadership and…

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Issa Hayatou, a former President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has passed away, aged 77. According to reports, the football administrator, who was a key figure in African football for decades, died in Paris on Thursday. His death comes just a day before his 78th birthday, having been born on August 9, 1946, in Garoua, Cameroon. Hayatou served as CAF’s president for an unprecedented 29 years (from 1988 to 2017) and was instrumental in getting Africa’s slots at the FIFA World Cup increased from two to five. It…

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se Lovina Ukpeseraye, a Nigerian Cyclist competing in the ongoing 2024 Olympics has narrated how help came her way from the German team at the Paris Olympics after she was stranded without a bicycle to to train with due to the short notice of her participation. In a display of sportsmanship, Nigerian cyclist, Ukpeseraye, got crucial support from the German cycling team at 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…

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has stepped down as coach of the Super Eagles. This was made known by ex-Super Eagles media officer, Toyin Ibitoye in a post on X.com on Saturday. He wrote, “News just in. Finidi George #FinidiGeorge_FG has resigned from his #NGSuperEagles manager position.” The resignation follows the Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) decision to appoint a foreign coach to oversee him, despite his recent appointment in May. George, 53, took the reins after Jose Peseiro’s contract ended in February, having served as his assistant for 20 months. However, the team’s disappointing performance…

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Kylian Mbape, France and PSG of France forward has penned a five year deal with European Champions League champion, Real Madrid of Spain. A statement on the club’s WhatsApp channel reads “Real Madrid C.F. and Kylian Mbappé have reached an agreement under which he will become a Real Madrid player for the next five seasons.

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Real Madrid have emerged victorious, defeating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the UEFA Champions League final at Wembley Stadium to lift their 15th major European title on Saturday. Both teams created great chances in the first half even though the game started a bit slow. But they were unable to take the lead in the first 45 minutes. The deadlock was broken in the 74th minute of the match as Dani Carvajal, who put in some fine performances, scored the opener to give the Spanish giants the lead, while Vinicius Jr…

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The Nigeria Football Federation considers recent insinuations by a football stakeholder and one-time Chairman of the Gombe State Football Association, Alhaji Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe, that the cordial relationship between the Honourable Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh and the Federation is untoward, to be entirely baseless. Since his assumption of the office a year ago, the Honourable Minister has been very positive, dynamic, transparent and energetic in supporting all activities, events and programmes of the NFF and the National Teams, as well as in driving new thinking…

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Fresh facts about how Finidi George beat fan favourite Emmanuel Amuneke and other applicants to the Super Eagles job have emerged. Monday, the Nigerian Football Federation approved the recommendations of its Technical Committee to appoint Finidi as coach ahead of over 60 other local and foreign applicants. Some of the other coaches who applied are US U-19 coach Michael Nsien, Spain-based former Katsina United coach Henry Makinwa, Sylvanus Okpala and Daniel Amokachi. Former Cameroon coach Antonio Conceicao and Dutchman Danny Bujis also reportedly applied for the job. A member of…

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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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