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Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has described the purported walked-over conducted by match officials led by L.A. Adeyemi for Ocean Boys of Brass at Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa, against Lobi Stars of Makurdi in their botched week 33 fixture as illegal, ...
Tiger Woods has revealed that rushing back from injury was one of the biggest mistakes of his career. He lasted just nine holes at The Players Championship at Sawgrass in May, before suffering a recurrence of his troublesome knee and Achilles injuries....
Nigeria FIBA graded referee, Babatunde Popoola has been listed by Africa basketball ruling body – FIBA Africa to officiate at the 26th edition of the FIBA Africa Championship for Men slated for Antananarivo, Madagascar, between August 17 and 28. ...
The Nigeria Olympic Committee has appointed Youdees Integrated Services Limited (YISL) as their official partner to manage the 2011 Olympic Games commercial promotions scheme. The appointment of the sports marketing firm was after the NOC scrutinized o...
The controversy generated by the match between Nigeria and Argentina is yet to abate with the news that the centre referee of the encounter, Ibrahim Chaibou, a Nigerien cannot be found. It was reported that as the match was ongoing, the betting pattern...
Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State and professional golfers, have commended the Dangote Cement company for sponsoring the just concluded Emir of Kano (Open) Pro-Am golf tournament. Speaking at the closing ceremony, the governor described Dango...
AthleticsAfrica.com celebrated its seventh year anniversary on July 25, 2011. And as London marked the one-year milestone to the kick-off of the 2012 Olympics Games on Tuesday July 26th, Athletics Africa would also be launching the ‘Mission 2 Lon...
Sergio Batista has agreed to step down as coach of Argentina after their quarter-final exit at the Copa America. Hosts Argentina went out to champions Uruguay on penalties in the last eight.Batista, 48, had been in charge for a year, initially on a car...
Member technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, (NFF) Barr. Austel Elumelu, has revealed that the idea to reform football administration in Nigeria is good even though he has his reservations about the committee set up by the new ministe...
The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has announced its Team of the Week after six games in Week 34 across six centres in the country at the weekend. The Premier League named four personnel from Ocean Boys, two each from 3SC and JUTH while Heartland, Dolphi...
Talking to Shehu Dikko about football is like drinking fine, French wine. He is smooth and convincing, and comes across as one who should always be involved in football administration. Shehu is way ahead of his peers with dynamic ideas and blue prints ...
Nigeria international striker Ekigho Ehiosun is now on a bigger shop window after his loan switch to Turkish club Samsunspor, according to his agent.Samsunspor shelled out 250,000 Euros to Warri Wolves for the all-action striker, who will earn 35,000 E...
A former BBC journalist, Osasu Obayuwana, has voiced his opinion on the current state of Nigerian football.Obayiuwana, displeased at the recent stand-off between members of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the self styled Nigeria Football Asso...
The fate of the former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi and three erstwhile officials, Amanze Uchegbulam, Taiwo Ogunjobi and Bolaji Ojo-Oba will be determined today as the substantive suit instituted by the...
The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has postponed the group stage games of this year’s Federation Cup competition, earlier billed to take place between July 20 and 24 in four centres across the federation. At a meetin...