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.
Before Rashidi Yekini, the most physical and prolific player Nigerian football fans had ever known was the late Teslim ‘the thunder’ Balogun. In so many ways Yekini can be compared to the great ‘thunder’ Balogun, who could take ...
The Super Falcons arrived Harare on Friday for the African Women’s Championship qualifying game against The Mighty Warriors of Zimbabwe, and received unrivalled hospitality from the Nigerian High Commission in Zimbabwe. The High Commission offici...
Roman Abramovich is ready to offer Roberto Di Matteo the Chelsea manager’s job on a full-time basis as reward for guiding the club to Champions League glory, ESPN understands. Di Matteo, 41, replaced Andre Villas-Boas in March and led the Blues t...
FIFA is heading into calmer waters after a series of corruption allegations over the last two years, its president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday. "I am an optimist," Blatter told reporters ahead of the world soccer body's annual congress. ...
The Nigeria Football Federation have said they cannot commit on a resumption date for recently appointed technical director Tom Saintfiet. NFF general secretary, Musa Amadu, told MTNFootball.com that the federation's biggest challenge...
Gay and lesbian athletes from dozens of countries that outlaw homosexuality, should seek asylum in Britain during the Olympic Games in London to escape persecution or even death at home, a prominent human rights activist said on Tuesday. The advice cam...
Former Super Eagles captain and Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ambassador, Nwankwo Kanu has described Mikel’s involvement in Chelsea’s historic win of the European Champions League as another milestone for Nigerian players. Nwankwo, who ...
The President of the Nigeria Polo Federation Francis Ogboru has said he is very impressed with the just concluded Unity Polo Tournament held in Abuja. The week long tournament which was hosted at the Guards Brigade Club Abuja had 21 clubs with over 80 ...
The travel travails of the Super Eagles are yet to be over just a day before the international friendly in Lima against Peru. On Sunday, drug incident at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, forced the cancellation of the Iberia Airliner that the Sup...
Nigerians who still lament the non qualification of the country’s male and female football teams for the forthcoming summer London Olympic Games need not to cry any more. This is because the supervising minister of sports and Chairman National Sp...
Rafael Nadal yesterday snatched the Rome Masters crown from Novak Djokovic with a 7-5 6-3 victory. The title - a record sixth in Rome for Nadal - also returned the Spaniard to No.2 in the world rankings after Roger Federer displaced him a week ago. It ...
Ajax head coach Frank de Boer has said he is “honoured” to be approached by Liverpool over the managerial vacancy at Anfield, but insists he will be staying at the Dutch club. De Boer, who has guided the Amsterdam giants to back-to-back Ere...
Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck has revealed that the club’s owner Roman Abramovich is targeting another three Champions League wins following Saturday’s triumph. The Blues won Europe’s premier cup competition for the first time with vict...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has congratulated Nigeria’s international midfielder, John Mikel Obi, over the UEFA Champions League victory. Obi’s club, the English Premiership team, Chelsea defeated the Germany’s Bayern Munich...
Thirty two teams started the battle for glory from September last year. Now, however, the journey has been reduced to the final two-Bayern Munich and Chelsea. Today, both clubs will battle it out for Europe’s top club football honour. Football fa...