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.
Super Eagles and AC Milan left back, Taye Taiwo is hoping to get more action with his new club in order to improve his game in his new club. The player is currently aiming to adjust fast in Italy. Taiwo joined AC Milan on a free transfer from Olym...
Arsenal is ready to loan out several of its promising starlets including Nigerian, Chuks Aneke.The team’s manager Arsene Wenger is planning to ship out Aneke along with Ignasi Miquel, Sanchez Watt, Oguzhan Ozyakup, and Daniel Boateng to lower lea...
Three players in the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) are chasing the goal king award to be given to the highest goal poacher. The Golden Boot award this season is very competitive after former Kano Pillars star, Ahmed Musa beat Eugene Salami to score 18 g...
Former Super Eagles skipper, Sunday Oliseh, has made an unprecedented u-turn from an earlier intention to consider the technical director job of the Super Eagles with an eye now on the job presently manned by embattled coach, Samson Siasia.Oliseh at th...
Coach Eucharia Uche of the Super Falcons operated up to the last game as coach of the team without a contract, it has been revealed. She was in charge of the team in Cameroon where they lost painfully to the Indomitable Lionesses in a penalty shootout....
Super Falcons player, Stella Mbachu is yet to get over the painful loss the team suffered in the hands of the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon last Saturday, in Cameroon. The Falcons lost out in the quest to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games v...
New Zealand rugby players yesterday were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point. Tony Woodcock’s early try and a penalty from fourth-choice fly-half Stephen Donald wer...
Manchester United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson has branded yesterday’s 6-1 humiliation to neighbours Manchester City as ‘our worst ever day’. After going 1-0 up through Mario Balotelli in the first half, City took full advantage of Jonny E...
Inter Milan tackle Chievo at the San Siro this weekend hoping to transfer their European form into the domestic arena. Inter have won their last two UEFA Champions League ties despite facing tricky away games but at home, they have been in crisis. They...
Liverpool manager, Kenny Dalglish, insists there is no prospect of his team taking promoted Norwich lightly today at Anfield.Paul Lambert’s team have won three of their last four matches and also impressed in their 2-0 defeat at Manchester United...
The eyes of soccer fans across the globe will be focused on Manchester tomorrow when English champions, Manchester United, will be taking on league leaders, Manchester City, in one of the most eagerly-awaited derbies between the two for years. Accordin...
Spanish league leaders, Barcelona, will welcome Sevilla to the Nou Camp today. Barcelona, who have an unbeaten run this season will take on Sevilla, who has not lost a match this season. The tie against Sevilla will be a tricky one as Sevilla are high ...
The Super Falcons of Nigeria will today take on Cameroon in the second leg qualifier of the London 2012 Olympics. The Super Falcons are heading to Yaoundé with a slim 2-1 advantage and need a draw to qualify for the Olympics. Nigeria has participated ...
With the recent release of Sunday Time 2011 Rich List and Forbes 2011 highest-paid soccer players, the below are Africa’s top five richest footballers of 2011. Samuel Eto’o Estimated net worth:$40 millionAnnual salary: £7million2010 E...
When the Nations Cup kicks off in January next year in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Algeria and South Africa will not be participating. Not because they are not good enough but because they did not qualify. With these five tea...