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.
WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has set his sights on handing a first defeat to pound-for-pound star Floyd Mayweather Jnr.Khan is scheduled to face IBF title holder Zab Judah on July 23 in Las Vegas but is already planning further into the fu...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has said that he ordered the revocation of the N10 billion skill acquisition centres in Edo and Delta states to uphold President Goodluck Jonathan’s promises of meeting up the developmen...
Despite failing to guide the Nigerian women’s senior national team beyond the preliminary stage of the ongoing Fifa Women’s World Cup in Germany, Eucharia Ngozi Uche has got the nod to remain in charge of the Super Falcons as head coach. Ch...
Rivers State basketball teams have won the gold medals in the basketball men and women events decided yesterday at the soon to be completed 17th National Sports Festival. In the men’s category,the host defeated the Lagos State team 75 to 63 point...
Coach of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles John Obuh has asked his team make the most of the chances they create and score more goals. The Flying Eagles in Faro, Portugal, began intensive preparation for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Colombia. “We n...
Former welterweight and light-welterweight world champion, Ricky Hatton has announced his retirement at the age of 32. He has not fought since he suffered a crushing IBO light-welterweight world title defeat at the hands of Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas ...
The governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, is leading the Lagos State delegation to Abuja this weekend for the Veteran All stars tournament. The competition which is an annual event will consist of participants from Lagos, Benin, Onitsha,...
Fresh evidence has been uncovered in the investigation of claims of high-level corruption within Fifa, with Carlos Powell, the vice-president of Guyana’s federation, claiming “gifts” were given out at a meeting of the Caribbean Footba...
The finals of the basketball events in both the men and women category of the ongoing National Sports Festival would be decided today at the Ado kie Amasiemaka sports complex. To reach the finals and keep hopes alive of clinch the ultimate ...
After several postponements, hiccups and long waiting; accredited 12, 138 athletes and officials will finally assemble at the newly constructed Adokie Amesiemeka Stadium in Port Harcourt for the official kick off ceremony of the 17th National Sport Fes...
Gerald Asamoah certainly has had a storied career to look back on. Not only does he have a FIFA World Cup runners-up medal from 2002 and two German Cup trophies, he also won 43 caps for his country and made 300 Bundesliga appearances. And who can forge...
Despite the prevailing sponsorship tussle between Aminu Maigari lead board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Jarett Tenibe led Nigeria Football Association (NFA) faction as well as cash drought of Nigerian Premier League( NPL) following its ...
The South America Cup of Nations, Copa America kicked off yesterday in Argentina. It is the world’s oldest continental competition and was first held in Argentina in 1916, it has returned to the place where it all started as Argentina is hosting ...
Two years after they were originally due to fight, WBA champion David Haye and IBF/WBO holder Wladimir Klitschko will finally square off today in the biggest heavyweight title fight of a decade and titanic battle. The heavyweight division has long wait...
West Bromwich Albion striker, Peter Osaze Odemwingie, could make a return to the Nigerian national team setup after he was excluded from the last two games against Argentina and Ethiopia on June 1 and 5 respectively. A top official of the Nigeria Footb...