Nigeria
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D’Tigers open Afrobasket campaign with win over Mali
Nigeria’s male basketball team D’Tigers defeated their counterparts from Mali 81-63 in their opening match at the 2021 Afrobasket in…
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Team Nigeria hits gold in World U-20 Championship
Nigeria’s representatives at the World U-20 Athletics Championship in Nairobi, Kenya, have done the nation proud as Team Nigeria currently…
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Nigeria to face Egypt in group stage of 2021 AFCON
Nigeria has been drawn against the Egypt in the 2021 AFCON group stage after the draw for the delayed African…
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Super Eagles fall in FIFA rankings, may face difficult Nations Cup draw
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have fallen five places in the latest FIFA rankings to now sit in 34th place in the…
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Today in history: Golden Eaglets win inaugural FIFA U-16 World Cup
Today makes it 36 years since Nigeria’s first set of Golden Eaglets won the first edition of the FIFA U-16…
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D’Tigers crash out of Tokyo Olympics after defeat to Italy in final Group B match
Nigeria’s D’Tigers bowed out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after suffering a third defeat in three Group B matches at…
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Okagbare breezes through 100m heat, qualifies for semifinals
Four-time Olympian and Commonwealth double gold medallist Blessing Okagbare made light work of her qualification in the 100m Heat 6…
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Basketball
Disappointment as D’Tigers fall to second consecutive defeat at Tokyo Olympics
Nigeria’s D’Tigers were on the losing side once again as they took on Germany in their second preliminary round match…
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Basketball
Valiant D’Tigress falls to USA in Olympic Games opener
Nigeria women’s basketball team D’Tigress lost to the World’s number one ranked team USA in their Tokyo Olympic Games preliminary…
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Aussies defeat D’Tigers 84-67 in Group B Olympics opener
Nigeria’s male basketball team D’Tigers has lost its opening match at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to the Australian Boomers 84-67…
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Onyeka swells Super Eagles Premier League contingent
Super Eagles midfielder Frank Onyeka has signed a five-year deal with newly-promoted English Premier League side Brentford FC, completing a…
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Basketball
D’Tigers ranked fourth best team in Olympics in FIBA Power Rankings
Despite being ranked 22nd in the world, Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, has been listed as the fourth-best team…
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Oparanozie recalled into Super Falcons fold for Aisha Buhari tourney
Super Falcons captain Desire Oparanozie has been recalled by Super Falcons coach Randy Waldrum into the national team set-up for…
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Basketball
D’Tigers smash Argentina to make it two exhibition wins from two
Nigeria’s male basketball national team, D’Tigers, pulled off a brilliant win in their second exhibition game ahead of the Tokyo…
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D’Tigers make loud announcement of arrival with 90-87 win over USA in Olympics warm-up
Nigeria’s D’Tigers completed a brilliant 90-87 victory over the US Basketball Men National Team to pick up an impressive and…
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Super Eagles B-team walloped 4-0 by Mexico in friendly
Nigeria’s Super Eagles B-side was convincingly beaten 4-0 by Mexico as Central American side continues to prepare for the CONCACAF…
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Super Falcons end Summer Series with defeat to USA
Nigeria’s Super Falcons took on the best team in international women’s football, the USWNT at the newly built QZ stadium…
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Super Falcons fall to Jamaica in Summer Series opener
Nigeria’s Super Falcons fell to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Reggae Girlz of Jamaica, thanks to a…
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Super Eagles play barren draw with Indomitable Lions
Nigeria’s Super Eagles played out a goalless draw against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the Stadion Wiener Neustadt in…
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Silverware galore for Nigerian players in Europe as football season reaches conclusion
As the 2020/21 football season draws to a close, we have put together a list of Nigerian footballers who have…
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Super Falcons set to face world’s best side in invitational tourney
Nigeria’s women national team, the Super Falcons will do battle with world champions, the United States of America in an…
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Super Eagles path to Qatar World Cup set
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have seen their path to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar clarified by FIFA following the…
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Super Eagles soar in latest FIFA rankings
Nigeria’s male national team, the Super Eagles have moved up 4 places in the latest FIFA rankings following their performance…
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Onuachu, Osimhen, Nwankwo score as Super Eagles continue to soar in Europe
Super Eagles forwards all around Europe and Africa continued to fly the flag of the country as they put in…
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Super Eagles prove too hot to handle, dispatch Lesotho 3-0 to round up qualifying
Nigeria’s Super Eagles closed out their AFCON 2022 qualifying campaign with a dominant 3-0 win over the Crocodiles of Lesotho…
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Goal king Onuachu strikes late to pierce Beninoise hearts
Nigeria’s Super Eagles faced off with the Squirrels of Benin Republic in their AFCON 2021 qualifier knowing that result from…
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Super Eagles met with hostility in Porto Novo
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been received coldly by the Beninoise after they made their way into the country…
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Osimhen, Iheanacho look set to propel Super Eagles to victory over Squirrels
SSC Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen and Leicester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho are expected to lead the line for Nigeria’s Super…
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Olayinka, Chukwueze light up Europa League Round of 16
Nigeria remains well represented at this season’s UEFA Europa League after some of its players helped their teams to progress…
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Nigeria Football
Super Eagles AFCON qualifiers venues confirmed
The venues for the final two qualifying games for the 2022 AFCON involving Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been confirmed by…
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