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July 10, 2023 No Responses

Air Peace To Honour 1976 Olympics Team, 1980 Green Eagles

Forty-seven years after Nigeria led other 27 African countries to boycott the 1976 Olympic Montreal Games in Canada, the Team Nigeria athletes who were denied lifetime opportunities to become Olympians and medalists will be honoured on July 28, 2023. Also,...

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...

June 11, 2023 No Responses

Manchester City Lifts Champions League Trophy

Manchester City have taken a scenic and often desperately painful route to winning the Champions League but the journey reached its destination at last as they were finally able to get their hands on the giant trophy with victory over Inter...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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 8, 2022 No Responses

Commonwealth Games: Buhari Celebrates Team Nigeria Amid Medals’ Galore

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined millions of other sports-loving Nigerians in celebrating the athletes that represented Nigeria gloriously in the 22nd Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022. The president also watched some of the colourful and spectacular ...

June 8, 2022 No Responses

Cricket: Team Nigeria Arrives Kigali For KwibukaT20

Team Nigeria has arrived Kigali for KwibukaT20 Women’s Cricket tournament, with 24-man contingent, comprising 16 players and officials. Nigeria joins Uganda, Botswana and Brazil to arrive in Rwanda for the tournament scheduled to begin on Thursday to June 18...

May 12, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Withdraws From International Basketball Competitions For Two Years

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the withdrawal of Nigeria from all international basketball competitions for a period of two years with immediate effect. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, disclosed this while briefing ne...