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.
A goal in each half saw Nigeria commence their 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory over Korea Republic in Saitama to take an early lead at the top of Group B.
The National Sports Commission has fully taken care of the therapy bills of Nigeria basketball star, Tony Skinn who got injured while on national duty during the just concluded Olympic Games in London. Skinn, one of Nigeria’s star men at the Lond...
Nigeria Basketball Federation president, Tijjani Umar has described as laughable the N2.6b given to Team Nigeria for both the Olympics and Paralympics when nations spent whooping millions in either pounds or dollars to prepare just athletes for medals ...
Flamingoes’ Head Coach, Peter Dedevbo has given kudos to his girls after they lost 2-1 to a boys’ team in a warm-up training match at the Area 3 Astro-turf pitch, Abuja,over the weekend. The Coach, who praised the team for rising up t...
Former Super falcons goalkeeper Ann Echejinne has thumbed up the Falconets for their 2-nil wonderful performance against the Korea Republic on Sunday at the on-going FIFA Under 20 Women’s’ world cup in Japan. Echejinne in an exclusive inter...
Barcelona has completed the signing of Arsenal midfielder Alex Song for a fee of €19 million [£15m]. The Cameroon international makes official his £15 million move to Camp Nou, penning a five-year contract to provide competition for th...
Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has reiterated his desire to one day return to management in the Premier League and refused to rule out a return to Chelsea. The Special One has once more stated that he would like to return to England, while also reveali...
Member, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Technical Committee, Austel Elumelu has said he is optimistic the Flamingoes will do well in the FIFA U-17 World Cup scheduled for Azerbaijan next month. Speaking while addressing the coaches during their train...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) is considering hiring a foreign coach for its men’s team, D’Tigers. SuperSport.com can report that this follows the decision of Ayo Bakare to leave his position as head coach of the men’s baske...
Manchester City have put their search for a new chief executive on the backburner after abandoning plans to appoint the former Barcelona vice-president at the top of the club. As revealed by Goal.com in January, City’s high command had lined up e...
Rank by Gold Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States of America 46 29 29 104 2 People's Republic of China 38 27 23 88 3 Great Britain 29 17 19 6...
China inflicted an early psychological blow at the top of the medals table with teenage swimmer Ye Shiwen’s stunning double gold, but the Aquatics Centre has ultimately proved a key venue as the United States have bitten back to dominate the Olym...
Roberto Mancini’s side defeated Chelsea 3-2 to win the Community Shield on the same day they agreed a deal with Everton to boost their midfield with the England starlet. The summer has had an uncharacteristic inactivity, but Manchester City portr...
The vice-president phoned the coach to wish him happy birthday, suggesting all has been forgotten after verbal remarks following the defeat to Real Madrid. AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani personally called coach Massimiliano Allegri on Saturda...
Usain Bolt says he will continue to “push the barriers” after finishing London 2012 as a triple Olympic champion for the second time. After claiming 100m and 200m golds, the 25-year-old anchored Jamaica to victory in the 4x100m relay ...