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Nigeria-born Lazio forward Ogenyi Onazi has said he will shine against Tottenham in a Europa League tie to prove to they were wrong to let him go.
Lionel Messi has revealed despite Barcelona’s failed Champions League and La Liga bids last season, he believes it wasn’t a bad one after all. Reflecting, he said his side can still be proud of their efforts. La Blaugrana won four trophies ...
Matches of Week 3 of the Nigeria Bankers Games (NBG) produced a mixed bag of results with Union Bank and First Bank the only teams that collected all three points in their matches on a day Fidelity Bank drew their second game and the star match between...
The Chairman, House of Representatives. Committee on Sports, Godfrey Gaiya has urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to entrust the rehabilitation of the six national stadia to the National Sports Commission (NSC). Gaiya, in an interview with the News ...
Dynamo Kiev’s Nigerian defender Taye Taiwo (C) is about to renew his personal rivalry against PSG. Dynamo Kiev’s Nigerian defender Taye Taiwo, who is about to renew his personal rivalry against Paris Saint Germain, believes Tuesday’s ...
Leading telecommunication company, Globacom has demonstrated its commitment to sports development in West Africa as it unveils the Glo Soccer Academy; a TV Reality show tagged The Dream Team in Lagos yesterday. Speaking during a press conference held t...
After the lack-lustre 2-2 draw away in Monrovia on Saturday against the Lone Stars, Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo has begged President Goodluck Jonathan and football-loving Nigerians to rally round the team. He said the team need that support when ...
Former African Player of the Year, Victor Ikpeba believes that Nigeria can carry on with their building process under Stephen Keshi without John Mikel Obi and Peter Osaze Odemwingie. Ikpeba made this statement as a guest analyst in a football magazine ...
Players of the Flying Eagles whose clubs won major honours this past season have celebrated with the rest of the squad at their training camp in Ilorin. The players are Shehu Abdullahi (Kano Pillars, Nigeria Premier League champions), Alhaji Gero (Enug...
Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has said he’s not too happy with news making the rounds that he quarrelled with his first choice goalie, Vincent Enyeama, during the 2-2 draw recorded last weekend in Monrovia. “there was nothing like...
Joseph Yobo, Mikel Obi and Yakubu Aiyegbeni are Nigeria’s biggest earners as they each pocket in excess of two million Euros a year. MTNFootball.com has again scooped that another top Nigerian earner in football is Spartak Moscow striker Emmanuel...
Jide Shiwoku, Lawrence Ojo and Funlola Oni scored a goal each to give Standard Chartered Bank the biggest win of the weekend and the best scoring side of the 2012 Nigeria Bankers Game which entered week two at the University of Lagos Sports Complex. St...
The Super Eagles was yesterday officially decamped and have been scheduled to resume camping in the first week of October for the October 13 crunch Nations Cup winner takes all tie against the Lone Star of Liberia in Calabar. Head Coach, Stephen Keshi ...
Nigeria Football Federation President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari has boasted that the Super Eagles will win the return leg of the 2013 Nations Cup qualifier which she drew 1-1 in Monrovia against the Lone Star in Calabar. Maigari stated this in Liberia afte...
Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has decried the continuous decline of sporting activities in Nigeria. He said the decline in sports is also affecting the nation’s economic and that the growth of every nation must reflect its improvement in sp...