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.
Substitute Victor Anichebe returned from a four-month injury layoff yesterday to give Everton a first away win this season in the English Premier League. The Nigeria international striker returned to action in fine style when he came off the bench in t...
Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien is set for Chelsea first team return in mid-January after recovering from a serious knee injury. The Ghanaian has not played this season after suffering the injury before the first match of the campaign. Chelsea coach ...
Sunderland’s Ji Dong Won struck in injury time as they beat Premier League leaders Manchester City 1-0 at the Stadium of Light yesterday. The result leaves City ahead of second-placed Manchester United on goal difference, after they fell to a 3-2...
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has backed Robin van Persie to maintain his sparkling form in 2012. The Dutch striker was the Gunners’ hero again when he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Queens Park Rangers at the Emirates Stadium. He has fal...
Ghana key striker Asamoah Gyan may make the Ghanaian national team squad for the Nations Cup despite being ruled out of action for three weeks. The UAE-based attacker suffered what looked like a serious injury on Friday just weeks before th...
President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Engr. Sani Ndanusa has revealed the committee’s action plan for 2012. “It has been 15 months since the present Nigeria Olympic Committee was elected. As we move into 2012, a new year and an Olympi...
The 2011 season in professional golf could be known for few different things. First, Tiger Woods won again. Granted, it was his own unofficial event with 17 other players in the field, but a win is a win. Woods’ Chevron World Challenge title was ...
Former U-17 and U-20 coach, Sam John Obuh has revealed that the Nigeria Football Federation is the biggest culprit in the age cheat racket. He said the eradication of the menace of age cheating in football in Nigeria can only be tackled if the NFF puts...
Rookie Norris Cole was the star man for the Miami Heat as they beat Boston 115-107 to maintain their impressive start to the National Basketball Association season. They handed the Celtics their second consecutive loss. The Heat, beaten by Dallas in la...
Dolphin coach Stanley Eguma is worried about the weakness of the team. The NPL champions will line out today in the Super Cup against Heartland in Kaduna. “We will make do with the players we presently have in camp as most of our top stars are on...
Senegal is hitting next month’s Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea with seven world-class strikers. The Senegalese Football Association named their final squad for the competition yesterday. The coach Amara Traore 23-man s...
Top Dutch club PSV Eindhoven has terminated the contract of Nigeria Olympic midfield star Rabiu Ibrahim. The sack was with immediate effect. Ibrahim failed to break into the PSV first-team and was subsequently fired as the contract his England-based ag...
Sports loving Nigerians will not forget 2011 in a hurry. It is a year sports administrators in almost all the federations failed to put smiles on the faces of Nigerians. Nigeria boasts of 32 federations and a handful held tourneys in line with sp...
After the home-based Super Eagles managed a slim 1-0 win over an Abuja selected side in their build-up for the Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda, in February, coach of the team Stephen Keshi has said he is not yet impressed with their performance. K...
Six new players have been pencilled to hit the Super Eagles camp while six others have been decamped. Kano Pillars gangling attacker, Gambo Mohammed will lead the new six players including teammate Kabir Umar and four others to the Abuja camp. This com...