Month: August 2019
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EPL
Man Utd To Meet Twitter Over Pogba’s Racial Abuse
Twitter and Manchester United representatives will meet within the next few weeks to discuss the racist abuse aimed at Paul…
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Transfer
Breakdown: How Barcelona saved more than £20m (in wages, add-ons to Liverpool) by sending Coutinho to Bayern
Spanish giants Barcelona have pulled a stunning move on Liverpool after sending Brazilian attacker Philippe Coutinho to Bayern Munich on…
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Nigeria Football
NPFL: Plateau Utd Signs Twelve New Players
Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL side, Plateau United Football Club of Jos has signed twelve new players ahead of the…
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Nigeria Football
Buhari Appoints Sunday Dare As Minister For Youth And Sport
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Sunday Dare as the country’s new minister for youth and sport. While announcing his cabinet…
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Nigeria Football
Enyimba Ready To Punish Rahimo FC Says Onuwa
Ahead of Saturday’s CAF Champions League encounter between Nigeria’s representative, Enyimba and Rahimo FC of Burkina Faso, midfielder Chukwuka Onuwa…
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Nigeria Football
Okereke & Dennis’ Club Brugge edge Otubajo’s LASK in Last Champions League qualifiers 1st leg
Nigerian duo of David Okereke and Emmanuel Dennis were in action for their Belgian club as they secured an away…
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Basketball
FIBA World Cup: Amidst financial crisis, D’Tigers depart for China.
The Men’s senior national basketball team will tonight leave for China for the final phase of their 2019 FIBA World…
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Other Sports
Nigerians Abroad: Victor Moses, Sylvester Igboun, & Leke James on target; Stephen Eze, Kayode Olanrewaju in action
Victor Moses, Sylvester Igboun and Leke James joined the list of Nigerian players who were on target this weekend while…
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Other Sports
African Games: Flying Eagles Edge South Africa 2-1
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles got their first three points of the football event of the ongoing 12th African Games with a…
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Nigeria Football
Our Focus Is On Youth Development – Akinwunmi
Ahead of the FIFA U17 World Cup taking place in Brazil 26th October – 17th November, Acting President of the…
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Other Sports
NFF Speaks On FIFA Ethics Committee Decision On Samson Siasia
The Nigeria Football Federation has disclosed that its lawyers have started to review the decision against former Nigeria player and…
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Football
Debut Goal For Dani Alves In Sao Paulo
Dani Alves scored the winner on his Sao Paulo debut as they beat Ceara 1-0 in the Brazilian Serie A.…
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La Liga
Joao Felix Star As Atletico Start LaLiga With A Win
Alvaro Morata’s first-half goal earned Atletico Madrid a 1-0 win over Getafe as they made a victorious start to the…
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Ligue 1
Rennes Stun Toothless PSG
Paris Saint-Germain let slip a one-goal lead to lose 2-1 against Rennes in their first away Ligue 1 outing of…
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Serie A
Balotelli Joins Brescia On A Three Year Deal
Brescia have announced the signing of free agent Mario Balotelli ahead of their Serie A campaign, with the striker joining…
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EPL
Luiz Says Ambition Reason For Arsenal Move
David Luiz says ambition was the reason he decided to join Arsenal this summer and insists staying at Chelsea would…
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Basketball
Ezine Kalu named #AfroBasketWomen MVP; joined by Evelyn Akhator in tournament’s best 5
After a consistent display and most importantly in the 60-55 win in the final against Senegal; D’Tigress Ezine Kalu was…
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Other Sports
#RoadToTokyo2020: South Africa claim gold in men & women categories to book places in 2020 Olympics
The African Hockey Road to Tokyo 2020 men’s competition went right to the wire as South Africa (World Ranking:14) and Egypt…
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Basketball
Nigeria maintains 100% record; beats Senegal to claim 4th #AfroBasketWomen title
Nigeria’s women national basketball team, D’Tigress have won the 2019 Afrobasket title after a 60-55 win against Senegal at the…
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Other Sports
Nigeria’s D’Tigress Are FIBA AfroBasket Champions
Nigeria’s female Basketball team, the D’Tigress have been crowned champions of the 2019 FIBA AfroBasket Women Championship after a 60-55…
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Nigeria Football
Wilfred Ndidi marks milestone with a goal in Leicester 1-1 draw at Chelsea
Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi celebrated his milestone with a great goal as he helped Leicester City to a 1-1…
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Nigeria Football
Sanusi Charges Flying Eagles, Falconets To Go For Gold
The General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi has challenged the U20 boys’ and girls’ National Teams to…
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Nigeria Football
NFF Mourns The Passing Of Oyuki Jackson Obaseki
The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed shock over the death on the morning of Sunday 18th August 2019, of a…
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Nigeria Football
Nigerians Abroad: Haruna Garba, Samuel Chukwueze & Orji Okonkwo on target; Henry Onyekuru, Victor Osimhen and others play part
Quite a number of Nigerian players abroad were involved for their clubs on Friday and Saturday. While Haruna Garba, Samuel…
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EPL
Guardiola plays down Aguero’s confrontation
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has played down the significance of his one on one confrontation with Argentine hitman Sergio…
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Nigeria Football
12th AAG: Falconets Win Opening Match
The Falconets of Nigeria on Saturday kicked off their African Games campaign with an emphatic 3-0 win over South Africa…
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Aruna Quadri Stuns Japanese Star To Hit Bulgaria Open Semifinal
Aruna Quadri stunned one of the most decorated Japanese stars in table tennis to reach the semfinal round of the…
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Nigeria Football
8th ranked D’Tigers could miss FIBA 2019 World Cup due to lack of fund
D’Tigers’ earlier scheduled trip to China in continuation of their preparation for the FIBA World Cup may have suffered a…
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Basketball
D’Tigress zoom into #AfrobasketWomen final after 79-58 win against Mali
Nigeria’s women national basketball team D’Tigeres have booked their place in the Afrobasket women final after a convincing 79-58 win…
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La Liga
Real Madrid lose Eden Hazard for a month to muscular injury
Real Madrid megabucks signing Eden Hazard has been ruled out the Spanish giants La Liga opener against Celta Vigo after…
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