Nigerian female freestyle wrestler, Odunayo Adekuoroye, has become the country’s first grappler to qualify for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris after winning the bronze medal in women’s 57kg at the ongoing World Championships in Belgrade. Adekuoroye won her third-place fight against Elvira Kamaloglu, defeating her Turkish opponent 9-5 to secure a spot for Paris. Paris …
Some athletes at the National Youth Games (NYG) have protested against what they termed poor feeding conditions, poor water and electricity supply as well as unhygienic environment in their camp in Delta State. The young males and females athletes who are between the ages of 10 to 20 accused the chairman of the state Sports …
NIGERIAN ATHLETES PROTEST POOR FEEDING, LACK OF WATER, ELECTRICITY AT DELTA STATE CAMP Read More »
Football star Jenni Hermoso has accused the Spanish federation of seeking to intimidate and threaten the World Cup champion players by calling them up against their will for two Nations League matches. The Spain international, who was forcibly kissed by former Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales following her team’s triumph in Sydney on August …
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Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has claimed her third consecutive title in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Diamond League Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field in the United States. Amusan emerged the winner with a season best-time of 12.33 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico finished second in 12.38 while American Keni Harrison came third in 12.44. In …
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Ahmed Musa has vowed to return for the Super Eagles squad when the World Cup qualifiers begin in November, Musa was excluded from the Eagles squad for their 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Sao Tome and Principe due to an injury he sustained in Sivasspor’s league opener against Samsunspor on August 8. The …
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Nigerian duo Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala have been shortlisted for the 2023 Ballon d’Or award in the men’s and women’s categories. The prestigious ceremony will take place in Paris on October 30. Osimhen currently the leading scorer in the African Cup of Nations qualifying series with seven goals, becomes the first male Nigerian footballer …
Bukayo Saka has won the England Player of the Year for the second year running. The Arsenal forward beat Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham to the prize. Saka finished top of the voting for the 2022/2023 season with the most votes from fans. The 22-year-old, who made his Three Lions debut in October 2020, scored …
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Nigerian striker, Victor Boniface, has been shortlisted for the Rookie of the Month award in the Bundesliga following his blistering start to his career at Bayern Leverkusen. According to the organisers, for a player to be qualified for the award, he must be younger than 23 on matchday 1 of his debut new season in …
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has extended the contract of Jose Peseiro as Super Eagles head coach. NFF’s spokesperson, Ademola Olajire, disclosed in a statement on Sunday that the NFF and the Portuguese coach reached an agreement for him to continue as the gaffer of the Super Eagles ahead of the 34th AFCON in Cote …
Everton Manager Sean Dyche has described transfer rumours surrounding Alex Iwobi as “noise” as the summer transfer window comes to a close on Thursday. The Nigerian international has been lately linked with a move out of Everton with Fulham appearing the likeliest destination.Reports have also milled the transfer rumours as that which involves a £20 …
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