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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021
By Editor Team Nigeria now has a chance to clinch a medal at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics as Blessing Oborodudu has qualified for the women’s Wrestling Freestyle 68 kg gold medal contest. Oborodudu qualified for the final after a semi-final victory over Mongolia’s Battsetseg Soronzonbold. The Nigerian wrestler defeated her opponent 7-2. Oborodudu’s qualification means […]
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Basketball, Headlines, Sports
Wednesday, July 14th, 2021
ESPN’s Stephen Smith apologises to Nigerian basket ball team for mocking their names By Abisola Olasupo ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has apologised for butchering the names of members of the Nigerian basketball team during a rant on a TV show “First Take” following the team’s win over USA on Saturday. Smith also apologised to the Asian […]
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Headlines, NNP News, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, July 4th, 2021
(NNP) Nigerian Super Eagles yesterday, July 3rd, suffered a devastating 4-0 loss to Mexico in an international friendly played in Los Angeles, USA. Goals from the Mexican side came very quickly in the 2nd and 4th minutes in the first half with two more coming in the 52nd and 78th minutes to seal the fate […]
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Friday, June 25th, 2021
The 1994 class of Super Eagles have been acknowledged as one of the greatest teams to come out of Africa. PHOTO: AFP. By Terhemba Daka, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has approved allocation of 3-bedroom houses to the Super Eagles Squad that won the African Cup of Nations in Tunis, Tunisia, in 1994, making real a promise […]
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Samson Siasia Former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia’s life-ban from football for bribery has been reduced to five years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS. The 53-year-old was initially sanctioned in 2019 by Fifa for agreeing to “receive bribes in relation to the manipulation of matches.” Siasia appealed against the ban with football’s governing […]
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Headlines, Rivers, Soccer, Sports, State News
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
Coach Stanley Eguma By Isa Abdulsalami Ahovi with agency reports •NOC mourns former scribe, William Boyd Rivers United Football Club were thrown into confusion on Tuesday when news broke that their manager, Stanley Eguma, have been abducted by unknown bandits. Also on Monday in Jos, unknown gunmen killed the assistant stadium General Manager at the Rwang […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
Victor Moses being unveiled by Russian club, Spartak Moscow Gianluigi Donnarumma is still only 22 years old but somehow has already made 250 appearances for AC Milan. In spite of helping them qualify for the Champions League for the first time in his fledgling career, the goalkeeper couldn’t be convinced to sign a new deal. […]
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Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Latest FIFA Rankings for African countries The following are the latest FIFA rankings for African countries, published in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday. World ranking African ranking Countries 22 1 Senegal 26 2 Tunisia 32 3 Nigeria 33 4 Algeria 34 5 Morocco 46 6 Egypt 49 7 Ghana 55 8 Cameroon 57 9 Mali 59 10 C d’Ivoire 60 11 Burkina Faso 61 12 DR Congo 72 13 Guinea 73 14 Cabo Verde 75 15 South Africa 82 16 Benin 84 17 Uganda 87 18 Zambia 88 19 Gabon 94 20 Congo 100 21 Madagascar 101 22 Mauritania 102 23 Kenya 107 24 Zimbabwe 108 25 Guinea-Bissau […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
NFF congratulates Okala, Oshoala, Balogun, Aribo The Nigeria Football Federation has sent a message of congratulations to much-respected former Nigeria goalkeeper Emmanuel Okala, who attained the platinum age of 70 on Monday, May 17, 2021. NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi praised the towering goaltender for his glorious service to fatherland in the round leather […]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
Nwakali Mr Allwell Nwakali, elder brother and agent to 2015 U17 World Cup winner, Kelechi Nwakali, says his brother and client may consider switching allegiance to a foreign country. Nwakali made the assertion while interacting with newsmen in Owerri on Monday. He said that the attacking midfielder had not been capped for Nigeria after he […]
