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Troubled Nigeria Premier League (NPL) says it is taking steps to address the lingering issue of its title sponsorship. An executive member of the disputed NPL, Owolabi Wopa, before a Federal High Court declared the body illegal, told SuperSport.com tha...
Libyan soccer fans of all ages came out to cheer the first international matches played in the North African country since the conflict that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, amid hope Monday's games would be the start of many more to come. CSKA Sofia, the 3...
Belgian Maurice Cooreman has been appointed as head coach/technical adviser of Warri Wolves, SuperSport.com can report. According to a statement from the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) club, Cooreman will be resuming on Tuesday. Cooreman has signe...
The winner of the 2nd ECOWAS International Cycling Tour, Burkinabe Rasmane Quedraogo said he owed to God and his teammates, his victory in the gruelling four-stage race across five countries. With a cumulative 104 points, Quedraogo, 24, emerged the ove...
Nigerian-American Andy Ogide is hoping the Nigeria Basketball Federation will invite him to star for D’Tigers in the July FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament win Venezuela. The Lagun Aro GBC forward hails from Atlanta, Georgia. Ogide believes he i...
Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has declared that sports will henceforth be a compulsory activity in all schools in the state. The declaration came at the monthly Walk-to-Live programme of the state government where the governor led thousan...
Eagles’ midfielder Dickson Paul Etuhu has backed Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi to restore the country’s football. The Fulham star, who is one of only 11 Europe-based stars called up for a 2013 Nations Cup qualifier in Rwanda, has also said he...
Five years after helping Nigeria lift the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup trophy in South Korea, a member of the Golden Eaglets Daniel Joshua is in pains and abandoned after an accident rendered him paralysed. Daniel Joshua who played as a central midfielder ...
Supporters of Wikki Tourist FC of Bauchi have expressed dissatisfaction with the team's performance in the on-going Nigeria Premier League. The supporters, led by Haruna Gadau, met with the club's management on Saturday in Bauchi, and demanded ...
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Keshi has invited only 11 foreign-based players for the Senior National Team’s 2013 African Nations Cup qualifying engagement with Rwanda in Kigali on February 29. The roll celebrates the retu...
The 2010/2011 Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Champions, Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt, will depart the country on Thursday for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, for their CAF Champions League match on Sunday. Chima Acheru, the club’s Media Officer, said in...
Nigeria has dropped 11 places from 45 to 56 in one of her worst ever rankings in 12 years in the latest rankings released by world football governing body FIFA yesterday. Nigeria’s lowest rankings in the FIFA rankin...
The Super Eagles on Tuesday departed the country aboard Air Nigeria for their international friendly with the Lone Star of Liberia. The match will hold on Wednesday in Monrovia. The team’s spokesman, Ben Alaiya, told NAN before their departure th...
Manchester United moved back to the top of the Premier League after two second-half goals from Wayne Rooney propelled them to victory over rivals Liverpool. Rooney fired in from close range from a Ryan Giggs corner just after half-time before coolly sl...
Austin Eguavoen, a former Super Eagles defender, has said that the elimination of the Super Eagles from the ongoing Africa Nations Cup (AFCON) qualifiers meant that the team has to show more commitment. Eguavoen said on Saturday in Aba, Abia, that the ...