All sports stories from Naija – Latest from the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Nigerian Super Eagles and Super Falcons preparations for the FIFA World Cups, and the Nigeria athletes compete at the Commonwealth Games, Olympics and the IAAF World Championships.
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has outlined the importance of long-term planning for the building of a competitive national team squad. The trainer, who replaced Samson Siasia last year following the latter’s failure to lead Nigeria to a place ...
Nigeria Premier League (NPL) champions, Dolphins have declared that it will appeal against Wednesday's ruling in a match-fixing allegation from last season. Dolphins were fined N10 million by the Organising and Disciplinary Committee ...
Real Madrid and Barcelona remain top of football’s rich list as the Spanish duo moved further clear of their rivals from England, Germany, Italy and France. According to the 2012 Deloitte Football Money League, published today, the Liga gi...
The troubled Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has said it will begin an inquest into an alleged N12 million (about $75 000) fraud. The NPL acting executive secretary, Tunji Babalolam said that, although he cannot go into any detail at the moment, an...
No fewer than 250 participants from the 15-member nations of ECOWAS will take part in the Second ECOWAS International Cycling Tour billed to flag off on Feb. 15. A press statement released by ECOWAS said the tour would take place from Feb. 15 to Feb. 1...
Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt manager, Stanley Eguma, says the team is prepared to play in the CAF Champions League. Dolphins will play their first match at away, against a club from Equatorial Guinea later this month. Eguma told sportswriters in Port H...
The new season is finally here, and the question everybody is asking, again, is if Tiger Woods is really back? Who wouldn’t love to see Eldrick succeed the way he did from 1996 to 2009, before we all got to know his dirty little secret(s)? Woods ...
The two most successful teams in the last seven years Man United and Chelsea will clash today at Stamford Bridge in this early awaited encounter. Man United and Chelsea have won the league between them in the last seven season and in previous seasons, ...
It’s West Africa versus North Africa today as tournament favourites Ghana will tonight take on Tunisia for the semi final ticket in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. With the absence of big guns, Ghana and Ivory Coast have been installed as the ...
With exactly six months to the London 2012 Games, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has handed over the Olympic and Paralympic Village site to the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG). Four-time Olympic gold medalist, Matthew Pinsent, helped to ...
John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy, sources close to the defender have told BBC Sport.The 31-year-old Chelsea centre-back was informed of the decision by Football Association chairman David Bernstein in a phone call at 1000 GMT.He is...
Football enthusiasts on Thursday in Lagos expressed shock over the death of a former Super Falcons’ player, Felicia Eze, who died in Anambra, aged 38. In separate interviews with newsmen, the fans described Eze's death as a great loss to the ...
Legendary trainer Angelo Dundee has died in Florida, aged 90. Dundee, famous for working alongside Muhammad Ali for 20 years, is reported to have had a heart attack after being taken to hospital with a blood clot. He guided Ali through his great...
Sierra Leone’s Under-20 Women Football team has withdrawn from the African qualifiers of the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, a Nigeria Football Association (NFA) official said. NFA's Chief Technical Officer, Siji Lagunju who made the di...
Festus Allen, coach of the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, says the club is ready for its week 6 match against the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) champions, Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt. The match will hold on Wednesday at the MKO Abiola Stad...