Sports Archives — Page 15 of 16

July 12, 2016 No Responses

FIFA President, Secretary-General To Visit Nigeria

President of world football governing body, FIFA, Mr Gianni Infantino and the Secretary-General, Ms Fatma Samoura, will arrive in Nigeria on July 24 on a two-day working visit. This is contained in a statement on the website of the Nigeria...

December 4, 2015 No Responses

Super Eagles drops to 66th position

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped seven places to 66th in the latest Fifa world ranking released on Thursday morning. The Super Eagles gathered a total of 541 points to fall to no. 14 in Africa behind Cote d’Ivoire,...

November 23, 2015 No Responses

Akwa United wins Federation cup

Akwa United have emerged champions of the 2015 Federation Cup having silenced Lobi Stars 2-1 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Sunday. A fantastic first half free kick by Namso Edo and Afeez Awakan were all the Uyo based outfit needed...

November 18, 2015 No Responses

Siasia begs Kidnappers to free his mother

Nigeria U23 coach Samson Siasia has begged those who kidnapped his mother to free her to allow him focus on winning a ticket to next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Madam Ogere Siasia, 72, was, according to coach Siasia, abducted in the...

November 16, 2015 No Responses

Nigeria v Swaziland: Oliseh backs Super Eagles to soar after dour first leg

Nigeria were held to a dispiriting 0-0 draw by Swaziland on Friday but Sunday Oliseh remains confident of World Cup qualification progress. Sunday Oliseh believes his Nigeria players are ready to put a lacklustre outing in Swaziland behind them as...

November 16, 2015 No Responses

What happened to U-23 team in Ghana, the story by NFF, Arik Air

The managements of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF and that of ARIK Air have come out to clear the air about what happened with players and officials of Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles, the Dream Team, when they escaped an air mishap in...

November 13, 2015 No Responses

FCMB to Support 5th COPA Lagos Beach Soccer

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited, the major sponsor of the 2015 COPA Lagos Beach Tournament scheduled to hold between December 18 and 20 in Lagos has reiterated its commitment to the organisers of the event, Kinetic Sports Limited. France’s...

November 13, 2015 No Responses

2018 World Cup Qualifier: Glo Charges Super Eagles To Beat Swaziland

Telecommunications firm and sole sponsor of the Nigerian Premier League, Globacom, has called on Nigeria’s senior national male team, the Super Eagles, to work assiduously towards defeating the Swaziland National team,the Sihlangu Semnikati, in Lobamba today...

November 12, 2015 No Responses

Heroic Reception for Eaglets in Abuja

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria today, returned to the country from Chile amidst fanfare and jubilations from fans and well wishers after clinching the 2015 U-17 World Cup trophy, beating Mali 2-0 in the finals. The Coach Emmanuel Amuneke -led...

November 12, 2015 No Responses

Oliseh Absolves Self from Eagles Lowly FIFA Ranking

Super Eagles Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh, yesterday passed the buck and pleaded he was not liable for Nigeria’s free fall in FIFA world ranking. The Eagles are currently ranked as the 59th best team in the world following the updated...

November 8, 2015 No Responses

Man Utd 2-0 West Brom: Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata earn hosts win

Jesse Lingard’s fine strike and Juan Mata’s penalty earned Manchester United a 2-0 victory at home to West Brom in the Premier League on Saturday. United academy graduate Lingard struck superbly from 20 yards – his first senior goal for...

November 8, 2015 No Responses

Stoke 1-0 Chelsea: Marko Arnautovic condemns Blues to seventh defeat as Jose Mourinho banned

Chelsea’s struggles continued as Marko Arnautovic’s second-half volley earned Stoke City a 1-0 victory over the reigning champions on Saturday Night Football. Manager Jose Mourinho was not at the Britannia Stadium due to his one-match stadium ban b...

November 5, 2015 No Responses

Samuel Eto’o brings health promotion messages to West Africa

A FIFA delegation led by FIFA Chief Medical Officer Prof. Jiří Dvořák and supported by Cameroonian superstar Samuel Eto’o has just completed a visit to Sierra Leone and Ghana to experience first-hand the progress of FIFA’s health campaigns. One...

September 4, 2015 No Responses

Oliseh, player condols Enyeama

UPER Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh has condoles captain Vincent Enyeama over the death of his mother. He also used the opportunity to assure Nigerians that the team will excel in Tanxania as part of the 2017 Africa Nations Cup qualifier....