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.
Former Super Eagles captain, Austin 'Jay-Jay' Okocha on Monday joined Durgapur for $550,000 (about N89m) in the inaugural Indian football league. Okocha's former tam mate and immediate past Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia will coach ...
Former President, Nigeria Weighting Federation (NWF), Ajibade Fashina-Thomas has decried the poor treatment of weightlifters that will represent the country at the London Olympic Games. Fashina-Thomas, said in Lagos that weightlifting was a verit...
Novak Djokovic confirmed his place at the top of men's tennis by outlasting Rafael Nadal in a five-set epic to retain his Australian Open title. The world number one edged an gripping battle against with the second seed 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-7 (...
The Africa Nations Cup kicked off last weekend in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon with a lot of promise and hope. Big guns like defending champions Egypt, Nigeria, Cameroon, South Africa and Algeria did not qualify for the continental showpiece prompting a...
No wonder they call it El Clasico. When Barcelona and Real Madrid play, anything can happen!. On Wednesday, everything almost did. Barca and Real drew 2-2 in the second leg of Spain’s Copa Del Rey quarterfinals, a result that sends Barca to the s...
It’s world Number one and two today, as Rafeal Nadal battle Djokovic for the Australian crown.Nadal will be looking to break his recent run of poor result against Djokovic as the Serbian has beaten him in the last six games all in the final...
After being knocked out of the FA Cup by Liverpool, Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed that Manchester United can feel hard done by after “dominating the game” throughout the intense cup tie at Anfield. The Red Devils succumbed to defeat after a...
Victoria Azarenka sank to her knees in disbelieving triumph after winning her first grand slam singles title with a one-sided victory over Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final on Saturday. The 22-year-old simply bullied Sharapova into submissio...
What was supposed to be a friendly match and show of brotherhood between two streets in Ile-Oluji, Ondo state turned out to be the greatest undoing of the youths of the community, as it claimed the life of a promising young boy and left others injured....
Coaches at the ongoing All Stars Female Football Championship on Wednesday in Lagos advised parents to encourage their wards to take to sports to enhance their well being. The coaches said the combination of education with sports was an added advantage...
The insecurity situation in Nigeria has cost the nation the hosting of the African Junior Tennis Championship earlier slated for Abuja. The Confederation of African Tennis in conjunction with the lnternational Tennis Federation called for the shift on ...
Arsene Wenger was blasted by his own fans — and even skipper Robin van Persie — as chants of ‘You don’t know what you’re doing’ echoed around the Emirates. Supporters lost patience with Arsenal’s boss after his...
Monday Odigie, the Assistant Coach of Rangers International FC of Enugu, has assured the club's fans that it will soon return to its winning ways in spite of current challenges. Odigie told newsmen on Sunday after his team defeated Kaduna United FC...
Cote D’Ivoire yesterday started their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations title challenge with a slim victory over Sudan in Malabo. The Ivorians won 1-0. A Didier Drogba header on 39 minutes was all that separated the two sides at the end of regulation ti...
Beijing long jump bronze medalist, Blessing Okagbare, has high expectations for the coming season, and not just because it’s an Olympic year. Last year was a difficult one with injury dampening the expectations of an athlete who until then had be...