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.
Nigerian contingent to the 10th All Africa Games holding in Maputo, Mozambique, between September 3 and 10, have been promised cash reward of N50,000 per gold medal won by any Nigerian athlete. Senate President, Senator David Mark promised to reward ea...
Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, has charged Team Nigeria athletes for the All Africa Games to emulate the Flying Eagles of Nigeria who were adjudged the best disciplined team in the last FIFA World Youth Championship held in Colombia, eve...
West Brom manager Roy Hodgson is considering give a first start of the season to striker Peter Odemwingie in Sunday’s home Premier League clash with Stoke. The Nigeria international, Albion’s top scorer with 15 goals last term, has recovere...
Nigeria’s hope for a successful outing at the 13th edition of the IAAF World Championship which gets underway today in Deagu, South Korea, after a disappointing performance two years ago in Berlin, Germany rest on Africa’s queen of track, B...
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has won the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe award. The FC Barcelona forward finished ahead of club-mate Xavi Hernández and Real Madrid CF’s Cristiano Ronaldo in a poll of 53 sports journalists representing eac...
Super Eagles chief coach, Samson Siasia has commiserated with the families of Ladi Martins and Jibola Oni on the sudden death of their sons. Siasia has expressed shock and sadness over the demise of Ladi, the older brother of Super Eagles striker, Obaf...
The Nigeria Football Federation has ordered the election committee of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) to disregard the directive of the chairman National Sports Commission and the minister of sports, Alh Yusuf Suleiman, who ordered the inclusion of al...
Nigeria’s senior basketball team, D’Tigers have booked a place in the semi finals of the ongoing Africa basketball championship for men taking place in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Yesterday, in the quarter final clash decided between Nigeria ...
The 1st Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Mike Umeh has charged the senior national women’s team, Super Falcons to go all out and achieve good victory over their Cameroonian counterparts in tomorrow’s 2012 Olympic Gam...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles may play on a woeful pitch at the Mahamasina Stadium, Antananarivo, when they face Madagascar in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. The game will hold on September 4, but a preliminary inspection of the pitch by an ad...
UEFA Champions League winners, Barcelona will take on Europa League winners Porto today in the Super Cup in Monaco. Barcelona won the Champions League beating Manchester United in the final 3-1 while Porto defeated Braga 1-0. Barcelona is gunning for i...
Super Eagles gaffer, Samson Siasia has declared war against Madagascar senior national team for the all important African Cup of Nations qualifier on September 4, in Antananarivo. To this end, the dark skin coach has invited his 25 best for the c...
The technical crew of Super Falcons is not leaving anything to chance in their bid to perfect strategy for the match against Lionesses of Cameroon. To this end, they are moving training to the main bowl of the Abuja National Stadium. The team has been ...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has assured national U-23 coach, Austin Eguavoen and his technical crew that the federation will do all it can to ensure that the Olympic Eagles qualify for next year’s Olympics in London. The federation assu...
Nigeria has moved five places up from 43 to 38 in the latest rankings released by FIFA yesterday. Since March, Nigeria has been experiencing a downward trend in the global rating and have moved up for the first time this year. She has displaced Burkina...