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September 2, 2023 No Responses

Stallion NMN Excites Cricket Fans With World Cup Trophy Tour

Stallion NMN, the official Nissan representative in Nigeria, has completed hosting the Nigeria leg of the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s World Cup trophy tour in association with the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF). The cup was displayed to the public on...

August 31, 2023 No Responses

Man City Agree £47.3m Nunes Deal With Wolves

Manchester City have reached a verbal agreement with Wolves over a £47.3m deal to sign midfielder Matheus Nunes. The deal for the 25-year-old has not been formally agreed yet but if completed, there will be no add-ons. City had a previous...

June 22, 2023 No Responses

World’s Five Highest-Paid Athletes

For years, the world’s highest-paid athletes have been making hundreds of millions of dollars through their heavy contracts and endorsements, but 2023 set a new record. The Middle-Eastern cash flowing into some of the world’s highest-paid spo...

March 26, 2023 No Responses

FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy Arrives In Nigeria

The original FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy to be competed for by 32 teams from across the globe from July 20 to Aug. 20 arrived in Abuja on Saturday The trophy arrived in Nigeria after being taken to the three...

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 Ca...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

August 29, 2022 No Responses

First Bank Defeats Mountain Of Fire, Wins Crown Elite Basketball Championship

First Bank Basketball Club of Lagos defeated their city rivals, Mountain of Fire Miracles (MFM), 44-27 to win the 2022 Crown Elite Basketball Championship in Lagos. The team was made to work their socks off from the first quarter down...