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.
Nigerian league champions, Kano Pillars and Rangers International of Enugu face tricky ties this weekend in the 2013 Orange CAF Champions League. The clashes will see them move to next round of the competition should they emerge victorious. The reignin...
The Zaria International Polo Tournament gallops today at the Zaria Polo Polo Ground, Muhammadu Aminu Square Zaria, Kaduna State. Captain of Kaduna Polo Club, Ali Hassan Hadejia said his club; Kaduna Polo club is ready and well prepared for the Zaria Po...
Vice president of Bauchi Polo Club, Ali Wanka has vowed that his team will win a major cup in this year’s Zaria Polo tournament which started this weekend. The Zaria polo tournament is one of the biggest annual tourneys in the country and has con...
Kaduna based GT2000 basketball coach Michael Oche has revealed the National Women’s League debutants have a mission for coming into the competitive league. GT2000 which is playing in the Zenith Bank sponsored league for the first time shocked bas...
Nigeria football boss Aminu Maigari has ordered an end to a face-off between the country’s coach Stephen Keshi and his captain Joseph Yobo. An unhealthy exchange of words between the two principal characters in the Nigeria squad has dominated the...
Obafemi Martins has dispelled fears that his sensational switch to the MLS in the USA could end his international career. Martins has so far failed to take his chance in two comeback games for the African champions and his move to the Major League Socc...
Nigeria have again dropped skipper Joseph Yobo from a series of matches, which include World Cup qualifiers, in May and June. Yobo was overlooked for last month’s World Cup qualifying match at home to Kenya leading to a huge row with Coach Stephe...
The Nigerian Football Federation would intervene in the face-off between some Super Eagles players and Stephen Keshi, the Chief Coach of the team, Emeka Inyama, Chairman, Media Committee of the NFF, has said. Inyama told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...
President of Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Engr Sani M. Ndanusa has hailed the Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan on his revolutionary strides in sports and said that the recent success of Team Nigeria at the just concluded African Youth A...
Nigeria head coach, Stephen Keshi, has expressed surprise at Joseph Yobo’s comment following his exclusion from last month’s Fifa World Cup qualifying against Kenya in Calabar. Keshi, 51, disclosed to supersport.com that he held talks with ...
Former FC Dragon coach, Edema Fuludu has said Flying Eagles are favourites to qualify from Group B of the 2013 Fifa Under-20 World Cup in Turkey. Nigeria has been pitched against Cuba, Korea Republic and Portugal. Fuludu said though the Flying Eagles f...
Players of three-time Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions, Dolphins have embarked on an indefinite strike to press home demands over the non-payment of their signing-on fees for the 2011/12 football season. This will be the second tim...
Kano Pillars have said they will unleash Flying Eagles defensive midfielder, Shehu Abdullahi on their Caf Champions League opponents, the Athletic Club Leopards de Dolisie of Congo this weekend. The Kano club won the first fixture, first round encounte...
Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes Reds captain Steven Gerrard will end his career at Anfield. Gerrard, 32, underlined his enduring value to Liverpool with a dominant display capped by the winning penalty in his side’s 2-1 victory at Ast...
Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has stated his desire to retain the Arabian Leagues Golden Shoe award at the end of the season. The Al Ain hitman won the prestigious award which is similar to the European Golden Shoe gong for the most goals scored in all th...