Iheanacho wins most promising talent at CAF awards
Nigerian teenager, Kelechi Iheanacho has been named the Most Promising Talent of the Year 2013 at the 2013 Glo-CAF Awards Gala held on Thursday, January 9 in Lagos
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Italy savages 2-2 draw with Nigeria in London
Nigeria and Italy drew 2-2 in an international friendly played at Fulham's Craven Cottage stadium in London on Monday night. Giuseppe Rossi gave the Azurri an early lead when he raced into a pass from Balotelli in the 7th minute, before chipping the ball over an advancing Austin Ejide, who manned the post in place of Vincent Enyeama. Bright Dike…
Nigeria defeated Ethiopia 2 - 0 in the second leg to qualify for FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
Super Eagles lead African forces to Brazil 2014
Nigeria became the first African side to reach the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ after a 2-0 victory over Ethiopia in Calabar confirmed a 4-1 aggregate play-off win.
Members of the victorious Nigerian U-17 team pose with their trophies at the Mohamed Bin Zayed Stadium on November 8, 2013 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.(Photo: FIFA via Getty Images)
Nigeria: Eaglets soar to fourth World U-17 crown
The Golden Eaglets became the only team to win the tournament four times, surpassing the achievements of Brazil, crowned champions on three occasions.
Garba releases Golden Eaglets’ 21-man list for UAE 2013
Manu Garba, the Nigerian under-17 boys football team’s Head Coach, on Thursday listed 21 players to represent the country at the 15th FIFA U-17 World Cup finals.
WCQ2013: Keshi is ‘not under any pressure’, no personal insult to Saintflet
Stephen Keshi, says his players are not under any pressure in their final Group F African qualifier for Brazil 2014 World Cup match in Calabar on Saturday.
Doping: Yusuf Ali wants straight life-bans for drug cheats
Former Long Jumper and assistant technical director of AFN, Yusuf Ali says straight life-bans for any one caught using performance enhancing drugs will help cleanse athletics of cheats
Ogunkoya applauds Okagbare for setting new African record
Former Nigerian athlete Falilat Ogunkoya-Omotayo has joined other Nigerians to applaud the heroics of sprint sensation Blessing Okagbare
Athletics Nigeria selects team for Africa Junior championships in South Africa
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Friday announced the selection of 28 athletes and nine officials for the 11th Africa Junior Athletics Championships.
AFN Golden League: Obisesan sets new national record
A new national record of 63.79m was set by Queen Obisesan in the Women’s Hammer event at the fourth leg of the AFN/Solid Works Golden League Meet held at the Sports Complex of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State on Saturday.
Katsina Spotlight FC receives N73m for its campaign
Katsina Spotlight FC has received N73 million for the prosecution of its campaign in the Nigeria Professional Football League this season
OSMi acquires Premier League Free-to-Air rights for SA,Sub-Saharan Africa
Optima Sports Management International (OSMI) awarded a package of live audio visual broadcast rights for Free-to-Air Barclays Premier League matches, for seasons 2013/14 – 2015/16 in the Sub-Saharan Africa region including South Africa.
Ndanusa, Ogba, Gumel retain posts as Edeze, Ejiogu, Nnaji lose sports federations’ presidency
The National Sports Commission (NSC) on Tuesday in Abuja supervised elections into executive positions of 21 national sports federations against the 22 earlier planned.
Edo Governor Adams Oshiomhole presents a cheque to Timothy Toroitich from Uganda, 2nd prize winner with time of 29 mins, 44 seconds at the Okpekpe Road Race 10km.
Kenyan Masai wins Okpekpe road race in Nigeria
Kenyan Moses Masai won the first ever IAAF-certified road race in Nigeria held on Saturday May 4, at Okpekpe, Edo State, which attracted seven hundred top athletes from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Nigeria.
AFN Technical Director Navy Commodore Omatseye Nesiama with President Solomon Ogba.
Athletics Nigeria meets with clubs, insist athletes re-register for 2013 season.
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria issued a communique at the end of its meeting with club owners in Abuja on Tuesday April 30th still insisting that clubs and state AAAs must re-register their athletes for the 2013 Athletics season.