Victor Osimhen have been linked with a move from Napoli to Arsenal but the Nigerian attacker is unlikely to move to the Emirates Stadium as it looks more unlikely Arsenal will qualify for Champions League football.Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has been…
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Lagos State Backs Swimming Coaching Clinic
The Lagos State Government has embraced a private initiative of Insight Sports Limited, to improve the standard of swimming in Nigeria. The State’s Sports Commission Chairman, Sola Aiyepeku pledged the readiness of the commission to support Insight Spo…
Gabon’s Captain Aubameyang Quits International Football
Gabon Captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has announced his retirement from International football.His announcement comes just weeks before qualifying starts for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals.The 32-year-old did not make an appearance for Gabon a…
Flying Eagles Of Nigeria Qualifies For 2023 U20 AFCON
Nigeria’s U-20 national football team, the Flying Eagles, booked its place in the final of the WAFU Zone B regional tournament with a 2-1 win against Ivory Coast after extra time in Niamey, Niger Republic, thereby qualifying for the 2023 U20 Africa Cup…
NPFL Signs Multi-Year Sponsorship Deal With Bitnob
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), managed by the League Management Company (LMC) has signed a multi-year partnership deal with Bitnob, a company on a mission to redefine how financial services are built and delivered leveraging the bitco…
ITTF World Championships: Egypt Dominates Northern Regional Qualifiers
The race to qualify for the 2023 ITTF World Championships scheduled to hold in Durban, South Africa has been concluded in the Northern region as African powerhouse Egypt showed its supremacy with an all-Egyptian final in both the men’s and women’s sing…
Sports Ministry To Hold Maiden U18 Basketball Championships
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has concluded arrangements to hold the maiden edition of the Nigeria U-18 Basketball Championships in the country, with a view to ensuring more youth participation in sports especially in the game of…
Court Rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s Bail Application
A Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, has refused to grant bail to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, pending the determination of the treasonable felony charged against him by the Nigerian Government.Justice …
Sports Minister Congratulates Flying Eagles For Sealing U20 AFCON Spot
Nigeria’s Sports Minister Sunday Dare has commended the country’s Under-20 football team, the Flying Eagles, for qualifying for the final of the WAFU B Under-20 Championship in Niamey, Niger Republic.The Flying Eagles beat the Young Elephants of Côte d…
Waldrum Invites 32 Super Falcons To WAFCON Morocco Camp
The Head Coach of Nigeria’s women’s senior football team, Randy Waldrum, has invited 32 players to the camp of the Super Falcons as the Cup holders prepare for a two-week training camp in Morocco ahead of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON)…