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.
Two years after he turned his back on French football, Nigerian defender, Rabiu Afolabi, 31, has returned to AS Monaco with the aim to help the club regain top flight status in no time after they were demoted last season. Besides playing f...
Nobody plays against Novak Djokovic and starts as a favourite. That’s how hot he is presently. The Serbian overpowered powerful-serving Spaniard Rafael Nadal during the week,in the US Open final, to add to his trophy cabinet and make it ba...
Nigerian Ukraine based dazzling midfielder, Michael Babatunde, has heaped praises on the Super Eagles Handler, Samson Siasia, for discovering and giving him the big break while handling the Flying Eagles in 2009. The player who made quick assist...
Team Nigeria has increased her medals tally at the on-going 10th All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique by winning additional 7 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze. Statement by NSC chief press secretary, Tony Ohaeri from Maputo, revealed that Nig...
Nigeria CAF Confederation Cup campaigners, Sunshine Stars of Akure and Kaduna United will be hopinng for places in the semi-finals of the continental competition, as the group mini-league phase ends this weekend. A win for Sunshine Stars ...
Defending champion, Manchester United, and Chelsea will meet tomorrow in a clash of Barclays Premier League titans. Both teams have started off the season well and find themselves at or near the top of the league table. It has been a terrific st...
Valerenga of Norway midfield star, Fengor Ogude tells MTNFootball.com there will be no hiding place for Guinea on October 8 as Nigeria’s Super Eagles aim to qualify for next year’s Nations Cup in fine style. What fired the Super Eagles to w...
Roger Federer will seek to banish the disappointment of his US Open semi-final exit at the hands of champion Novak Djokovic by taking a leading role in pushing Switzerland past Australia to break into the elite Davis Cup World Group. The 16-time...
Super Eagles head coach, Samson Siasia is expected to recall Peter Osaze Odemwingie and Ekigho Ehiosun when he announces the squad to face Guinea in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier next week. The same squad for the Cup of Nations qualifie...
Chelsea manager, Andre Villas-Boas maintained there was no longer an issue with critical comments from striker Fernando Torres after the Spaniard helped his side record a 2-0 Champions League win over Bayer Leverkusen at Stamford Bridge. Torres ...
Coach of the Super Falcons Eucharia Uche is optimistic Falcons will get up to three weeks camping before jetting out to Cameroon to honour the return leg of ...
Odense striker, Peter Utaka has asked Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia for more playing time so he could reproduce club form for country.The highly-rated Utaka told MTNFootball.com that his goals for the Eagles have suddenly dried up, while he continue...
AC Milan CEO, Adriano Galliani has insisted that his side’s style of play in Tuesday’s 2-2 Champions League draw against Barcelona was not defensive but merely a consequence of the Catalans’ intense pressure at Camp Nou. The Se...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will not dabble into the much publicised fallout between Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia and goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama. Enyeama was dropped from the Nigeria squad that beat Madagascar 2-0 in a 2012 Africa Cup of...
Chief Victor Rumson Baribote was yesterday in Abuja declared the duly-elected chairman of the Nigeria Premier League, at an election organised by the NPL Electoral Committee and supervised by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The declaration of Ch...