Category: Sports
Nigeria’s D’Tigress makes history as only African team in FIBA top 10
Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has risen to 8th in the latest Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA) Women’s World Rankings. Propelled by their historic ... Read More
Nigeria suffers 4-0 defeat to Sudan, crashes out of CHAN
Nigeria’s campaign at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) came to a crushing end after suffering a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Sudan in their second group ... Read More
Olowokere, Shooting Stars coach slumps, dies during training
Akin Olowokere, assistant coach of Shooting Stars, slumped and died on Monday morning. Olowokere is one of the coaches who were recently appointed by 3SC. ... Read More
Legendary Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, is dead
Peter Rufai, ex-Super Eagles goalkeeper and 1994 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) champion, is dead. The news of Rufai’s passing was confirmed in a post ... Read More
What to know about Diogo Jota
Diogo José Teixeira da Silva, who is popularly known as Diogo Jota, Liverpool forward and Portugal international, passed away earlier today at the age of ... Read More
CAF unveils new WAFCON trophy this week
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is set to launch a new trophy on Wednesday ahead of this year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) ... Read More
31 years after, FG hands over houses to 1994 Super Eagles heroes
Nigeria's federal government has now fulfilled its three-decade-old promise of house allocations to members of the 1994 Super Eagles squad that won the Africa Cup ... Read More
Four clubs banned from UEFA Champions League
Playing in the UEFA Champions League is a dream for most footballers and their clubs. As the most prestigious club competition in the world, second ... Read More
Tems excited ahead of historic FIFA Club World Cup show
Grammy-winning Nigerian music sensation Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has expressed excitement ahead of her performance at the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup final ... Read More
Details of Olanrewaju’s death emerge, his body to arrive Nigeria next week
The remains of Nigerian boxer Segun Olanrewaju are expected to arrive in Nigeria next week, the President of the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBBofC) ... Read More