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.
Cup holders, Heartland have placed 14 players on the transfer market while they retained 21. Heartland finished eighth on the log on 51 points from 36 matches. General Manager of the Naze Millionaires, Fan Ndubuoke said the players, who have been asked...
Nigeria and Canada played out a pulsating 1-1 draw in the Tofig Bahramov stadium yesterday despite the African side feeling they deserved all three points. Flamingoes dominated the first-half and Coach Peter Dedevbo was wondering how his side came in a...
Roberto Mancini says it is “difficult” to keep striker Mario Balotelli happy at Manchester City if he continues to miss the club’s biggest games. Balotelli, 22, was left out of City’s matchday squad for the high profile Champion...
A rampant but wasteful Nigeria side will feel hard done by to leave the Tofig Bahramov stadium with just a point, having hit the woodwork four times against Canada in a dominant display with the score finishing 1-1.
The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), confirmed on Friday it would announced the host cities of the 2018 World Cup in Russia next Saturday. FIFA President, Sepp Blatter and Russian Sports Minister, Vitaly Mutko, would jointly on...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s last-minute winner gave Real Madrid a thrilling victory over Manchester City in a pulsating Champions League clash at the Bernabeu. City took a shock lead through Edin Dzeko’s breakaway goal. Marcelo equalised with a def...
Globacom on yesterday in Abuja presented a cheque of three hundred and fifty million naira (N350m) to the Nigerian Football Federation as the five-year sponsorship deal it signed with the Federation last year entered the second season. Presenting the c...
Recipient of LEADERSHIP sports person of the year 2011 award and African number one badminton star, Ifraimu Bulus Jimkan has cautioned Nigerians, specially sportsmen and women not to get carried away by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s continu...
The Chairperson of the Nigeria Women League Board, Mrs Dilichukwu Onyedinma has appreciated President Goodluck Jonathan for the financial reward he extended to the National Women U-20 team (Falconets). The players were rewarded with cash gift of N1m ea...
David Haye is keen to regain a British boxing licence as he continues to pursue a fight with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. Haye fought Dereck Chisora under the auspices of the Luxembourg Boxing Federation in July because Chisora’s Br...
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 ...
Two Nigerian tennis young stars have done the country proud in the recently held International Tennis Federation tournament held in Benin Republic and Togo. The tournament was the ITF West and Central Africa Juniour Circuit for the 18 and under categor...