Category: Sports

Senegal Lift Under-20 AFCON Trophy With 2-0 Defeat Of Gambia
March 12, 2023 No Responses

Senegal Lift Under-20 AFCON Trophy With 2-0 Defeat Of Gambia

The Young Teranga Lions of Senegal on Saturday at the Cairo International Stadium, Egypt, defeated their Gambia counterparts 2-0 to lift their first-ever Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy. Goals from forward Sulaymane Faye and midfielder Mamadou Camara were...
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Focus On World Cup, Sports Minister Charges Flying Eagles
March 8, 2023 No Responses

Focus On World Cup, Sports Minister Charges Flying Eagles

The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, has charged the Flying Eagles to put behind Monday’s semi-finals loss to The Gambia at ongoing Under-20 Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) and focus on the World Cup. Dare gave the...
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Nigeria Beat Mozambique To Reach Under-20 AFCON Quarterfinals
February 26, 2023 No Responses

Nigeria Beat Mozambique To Reach Under-20 AFCON Quarterfinals

The Flying Eagles beat Mozambique 2-0 in Ismailia on Saturday to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The Nigerian under-20 male side scored two sumptuous goals in the first half through Samson Lawal and...
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FIFA Bans Four Uruguay Players
January 28, 2023 No Responses

FIFA Bans Four Uruguay Players

Uruguay’s Fernando Muslera and Jose Maria Gimenez were hit with four-match bans by FIFA on Friday.  While Diego Godin and Edinson Cavani were suspended for a game each after they confronted the referee following their World Cup match against Ghana.&nbsp...
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Potter: Managing Chelsea Is the Hardest Job In Football
January 13, 2023 No Responses

Potter: Managing Chelsea Is the Hardest Job In Football

Chelsea manager Graham Potter has described running the team as “probably the hardest job in football”.  Potter however said he was not looking for sympathy as he tries to salvage the English football club’s season amid an injury crisis and...
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Buhari Mourns Pele
December 30, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Pele

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined world leaders in expressing grief over the death of Brazilian soccer legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pele who died on Thursday.  The world’s greatest-ever football player succumbed to death after suffe...
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Bright, Ahube, Emerge Top Winners As 4th NLNG Golf Classic Ends 
December 12, 2022 No Responses

Bright, Ahube, Emerge Top Winners As 4th NLNG Golf Classic Ends 

The 2022 edition of the NLNG Golf Classic ended in Bonny, Rivers on Sunday with Victor Bright and Nnenna Ahube clinching the top prize in the men and ladies categories.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NLNG...
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FIFA President Accuses West Of ‘hypocrisy’ 
November 20, 2022 No Responses

FIFA President Accuses West Of ‘hypocrisy’ 

FIFA  president, Gianni Infantino has accused the West of “hypocrisy” in its reporting about Qatar’s human rights record, on the eve of the World Cup.  In an extraordinary monologue at a news conference in Doha, Infantino spoke for ...
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Kia Nigeria, India Golf Foundation Seal 2022 Cup Partnership 
November 9, 2022 No Responses

Kia Nigeria, India Golf Foundation Seal 2022 Cup Partnership 

Kia Nigeria has sealed partnership deal  with the India Golf Foundation for the 2022 India Cup with Kia Sonet Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) as the star prize  A statement sent to City Business News explained that the Indian Cup, organized by...
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NPA beats Navy to win 2022 Maritime Cup
October 28, 2022 No Responses

NPA beats Navy to win 2022 Maritime Cup

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) football team on Friday defeated its Navy counterparts by a lone goal to emerge winner of the 2022 edition of the Ships & Ports Maritime Cup Competition. This is the second time the NPA team...
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FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup: Colombia To Face Nigeria’s Flamingos
October 23, 2022 No Responses

FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup: Colombia To Face Nigeria’s Flamingos

Colombia on Saturday booked a semi-finals place against Nigeria’s Flamingos at the ongoing FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in India.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Colombia breezed past Tanzania 3-0 in the quarter-finals at the Pandit ...
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Kenya Beat Hosts Nigeria To Win Final Match Of ICC Under-19 Qualifiers
October 9, 2022 No Responses

Kenya Beat Hosts Nigeria To Win Final Match Of ICC Under-19 Qualifiers

Kenya’s under-19 men’s cricket team on Saturday defeated hosts Nigeria by 11 runs to win the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup Africa Division Two Qualifiers in Abuja.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kenya defeated their hos...
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Cricket: Nigeria Wins Second Game, Beat Botswana By 10 Wickets
October 3, 2022 No Responses

Cricket: Nigeria Wins Second Game, Beat Botswana By 10 Wickets

Nigeria’s U-19 cricket team continues to show dominance at the ongoing ICC U-19 World Cup Africa Division Two Qualifiers in Abuja.  The Daniel Gim-tutored side had defeated Rwanda in the opening game on Friday as well as Botswana on Sunday,...
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Nigeria Lose Opening Game To Rwanda At Cricket World Cup Qualifiers
September 4, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Lose Opening Game To Rwanda At Cricket World Cup Qualifiers

Nigeria lost their opening game at the Under-19 Women’s Cricket World Cup qualifiers to Rwanda by nine runs on Saturday.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament is the first ever to be organised by the International...
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