After starting out with a loss in their opening game of the season against defending champions, Manchester City, Arsenal will be hoping to get it right in Saturday’s derby clash away to Chelsea. Saturday’s London derby will be involving two novices as it were as both Maurizio Sarri and Unai…

Nigeria is in a race against time to avoid a ban from the world football governing body, FIFA. An attempt by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, to meet with the FIFA President Gianni Infantino in Zurich has been met with a brick wall. This development many fear…

The organisers of the Lagos Media Marathon on Thursday provided details of plans for the event. At a press conference held at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, the modalities and motivation behind the 10km Road Race were revealed to journalists. Tony Ubani, the Chairman of the Lagos Media Marathon…

The Nigeria U-20 Women's team have crashed out of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup ongoing in France. Goals from Aitana Bonmatí and Patricia Guijarro helped Spain to the semi-final ticket ahead of Nigeria. The victory recorded by the Spaniards will see them in a  semi-final clash with either France…

The Nigeria U-20 Women’s team, the Falconets, are set for a crunch tie against their Spanish counterparts in the first quarterfinal pairing of the ongoing FIFA Women’s U20 World Cup in France. While Spain will be hoping to continue the fine form shown in a tough Group C , the…

Atletico Madrid have emerged as the winners of the 2018 UEFA Super Cup after they beat their fierce city rivals, Real Madrid, 4-2, in a thrilling encounter on Wednesday night at the A Le Coq Arena in Estonia. The UEFA Super Cup pitches the winners of the Champions League against…

Chelsea winger, Victor Moses, has announced his retirement from international football. Moses who switched allegiance to play for Nigeria after initially featuring for the English Youth teams, said on Thursday that he would like to focus on his club career now and his young family. In a statement on his…

The Confederation of African Athletics, CAA, has included 16 Nigerians in a shortlist of 77 athletes to represent the continent at next month’s IAAF Continental Cup. The event which would take place in Ostrava, Czech Republic will also have other athletes from other continents also on parade. The African athletes…

Super Eagles defender, Ola Aina, has joined Serie A club Torino FC on a season-long loan deal. Aina made the loan switch to Torino after extending his contract with Premier League club, Chelsea. The Nigeria international has made six appearances for the Blues first team, though his last run out…

The first big step that would culminate in big tennis stars like Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Maria Sharapova among others playing on Lagos soil has been taken. The annual Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis tournament (GCLT) has been rebranded by the organisers and will henceforth be known as the “Lagos Open…

The Nigeria Women’s U-20 team, the Falconets, have qualified for the quarter-final stage of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup taking place in France. A last-ditch effort from Rasheedat Ajibade saved Nigeria from exiting the cadet Women Cup as the Falconets forced China to a 1-1 draw. Just before the…

Aruna Qaudri on Sunday at the Molade Okoya Thomas Hall inside the Teslim Balogun Stadium added another feather to his cap; winning his maiden ITTF Challenge Nigeria open title. Quadri had to dig deep to battle to a 4-2 victory against Frenchman Antione Hachard in the men’s singles finals of…

No English team has successfully defended the Premier League title since 2009 but Manchester City on Sunday showed they can give a good try this season. Pep Guardiola’s men got their Premier League title defense off to a winning start courtesy of a comfortable 2-0 victory over Arsenal at the…

A former Nigeria international, Mutiu Adepoju, has suggested that August 12 of every year be declared as a public holiday in remembrance of the late Samuel Okwaraji. Okwaraji slumped and died at the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, 29 years ago while playing for the national team. While opinions have…

Manchester City are set for a tough start to their league title defence as they face a rejuvenated Arsenal team this Sunday at the Emirates stadium. A feisty clash is expected as new Gunners' boss, Unai Emery, and Pep Guardiola go head-to-head for the first time in the Premier League.…

Victor Moses was an 81st-minute substitute on Saturday for Chelsea as the Blues got off to a flying start in the Premier League; beating Huddersfield 3-0 away from home in their first league game. Maurizio Sarri opted to have the Nigerian star on the bench for the most part of…

The Nigerian duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi ended on the losing side in the first game of the season in the English Premier League on Friday night at Old Trafford. Iheanacho and Ndidi enjoyed 90 minutes of action. But they could not help their team escape an opening…

Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, recorded their first victory at the ongoing 9th FIFA U20 World Cup in France as the Christopher Danjuma-tutored side pipped hard tackling Haiti 1-0 in Saint-Malo. The Falconets needed a win to keep their hopes of a qualification to the knockout stage alive, and that they…

Another Nigerian, Moses Simon, will be playing in the Spanish La Liga in the new season. The latest entrant to the league on Monday completed a move from Belgian club, KAA Gent to modest side Levante UD. Having passed the routine medical checks, Moses signed a five-year deal with his…

Emmanuel Amuneke who is the latest Nigerian to be appointed as the national team coach of another country has said that he is ready for the challenge that comes with his latest position. Amuneke was on Monday named as the new head coach of the Tanzanian senior national team, popularly referred to…

Athletes and officials of countries that participated in the just concluded 21st African Senior Athletics Championship have already started departing Asaba for their various destinations. As promised by the Local Organising Committee for CAA Asaba 2018, airplanes were made available for the traveling contingents who all expressed delight at Nigerian…

The Nigeria U20 girls, Falconets lost 0-1 to two-time champions, Germany, in the opening game of Group D of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Saint-Malo on Monday. Stefanie Sanders slammed into the net from a corner kick even after inspired goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie made two consecutive saves. The Falconets,…

Team Nigeria ended their campaign on a blistering note at the 21st Senior Athletics Championships; winning three gold medals on the final day of action at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, Delta State. The last set of gold medals for Nigeria came in the Triple Jump Event, 400m Women’s…

After pulling out of the 100m and 200m events, Blessing Okagbare was in action on the Day 3 of action at the ongoing African Senior Athletics Championships. She made her presence count, helping Nigeria to a gold medal in the 4x100m women’s event. The gold medal-winning quartet for Nigeria had…

Though it is still early days, Team Nigeria athletes started their campaign at the African Championships on a bright note on Wednesday in Asaba, Delta State. The athletes that were on parade qualified for the next rounds in their various events on Day 1 of the biennial continental championships. Leading…