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Former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia says his ex-teammates abandoned him when he was handed a life ban by FIFA in 2019. Siasia was banned for life by FIFA and fined $50,000 after he was accused of agreeing to receive bribes in order to manipulate matches. But the life ban was reduced to five years […]
Continue ReadingNigerian former professional football striker and ex-head coach of Nigeria national team, Samsom Siasia’s life ban from football has been reduced to five years by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). The world football body, FIFA banned Siasia for life and fined him $50,000 for agreeing to ‘the manipulation of matches’ for betting purposes […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-born Israel Adesanya successfully defended his middleweight Ultimate Fighting Championship title on Sunday morning, beating Italian Marvin Vettori in the main event of UFC 263 at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The Nigerian put up a dominant display over Vettori, winning 50-45 on all of the judges cards. He and Vettori first did battle […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian footballer, Kelvin Odenigbo, playing for FC Vitebsk in Belarus, has been found dead after drowning in a lake. Announcing his passing, the Belarusian Premier League club in a statement released, said the corpse of the 20-year-old striker was found on Saturday, June 5 by the lake Beloye, a tourist destination in the Vitebsk […]
Continue ReadingChioma Ajunwa, Atlanta 1996 Olympic gold medalist and first black woman to win a gold medal at the games in long jump, has revealed that she still hasn’t received the house she was promised by the then Lagos government. Speaking on Sunday afternoon on ‘The Chat’, a Channels Television programme, Ajunwa also spoke on how […]
Continue ReadingNigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare has set a new meet record after winning the 100m women’s event at P-T-S Meeting in Samorin, Slovak Republic in 10.98 secs. With her impressive run in 10.98 secs, Okagbare set a new meet record as no other woman has ever won the race under 11 seconds in the Meet held in the Eastern European country. […]
Continue ReadingChelsea football club of England have won its second Champions League title on Saturday, May 29, 2021, beating Manchester City, 1-0, in in Porto, Portugal. In a totally dominating display by the Blues, Chelsea showed more quality on and off the ball, showed more pace, panache and perseverance as they inflicted a third straight win […]
Continue ReadingNigeria international and Super Falcons of Nigeria forward, Asisat Oshoala is being tipped to depart Barcelona in this summer transfer window. Top Spanish sports daily paper, Mundo Deportivo says that the Super Falcons captain wants to leave Barcelona in search of regular game time, and Manchester United Womens football club are very interested in her. In […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, has become the first Nigerian and African female player to win the UEFA Womens Champions league after helping Barcelona defeat Chelsea in the final on Sunday night, May 16. With this win, it is now double success for Nigerian players as Iheanacho and Ndidi’s football club, Leicester also lifted […]
Continue ReadingNigerian superstars, Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi have claimed their first silverware with Leicester City after the Foxes defeated Chelsea 1 – 0 to win their first ever FA Cup. Belgian midfielder, Youri Tielemans’ thunderbolt strike in the 63rd minutes sealed the win for Leicester City at Wembley on Saturday night, May 15. Former Leicester […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Kamaru Usman, the UFC welterweight champion, has retained his title after knocking out his opponent Jorge Masvidal in the second round in the main event of UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday. Usman landed a perfect right hand that took the lights off Masvidal with the Nigerian landing five hammer shots to close […]
Continue ReadingThe Super Eagles of Nigeria, the national football team, has climbed up four places in FIFA’s latest ranking of football teams all over the world. The three-time African champions are, at this moment, rated as the 32nd best football playing nation in the world. In the new month of April’s rankings released by the Federation […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Super Eagles defeated Lesotho 3-0 in their final Group L match in the 2021 AFCON Qualifiers at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos State on Tuesday. Victor Osimhen, Napoli’s striker, opened the gate when he gave the Super Eagles their first goal 22nd minute into the match while Oghenekaro Etebo doubled the Nigerian team […]
Continue ReadingBelgium league goal scoring machine, Paul Onuachu scored a late winner as the Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Benin 1-0 at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on Saturday night, March 27, at the 2021 African Cup of Nations qualifier. Onuachu nodded home in the 93rd minute ending Benin’s eight year unbeaten home run, after scrambling […]
Continue ReadingThe second half cameo by Paul Pogba was all Manchester United needed to secure a quarter final berth at the expense of a dogged Milan side intent on frustrating Ole Gunnar Solksjaer’s team. Milan got a vital away goal in last week’s first leg at Old Trafford and with the availability of star man Zlatan […]
Continue ReadingKelechi Iheanacho scored a superb hat-trick as Leicester City maintained their push for a top-four finish with a commanding Premier League victory over Sheffield United, in the Blades’ first game since the departure of manager Chris Wilder. Leicester were far superior at King Power Stadium on Sunday, where Iheanacho continued his fine goalscoring form as […]
Continue ReadingSouth African billionaire and Africa’s ninth richest person Patrice Motsepe has been confirmed as the new Confederation of African Football president during the organisation’s 43rd Ordinary General Assembly in Rabat, Morocco on Friday. Motsepe, who is the owner of South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns, was elected unopposed to replace outgoing Ahmad Ahmad, whose three-year reign promised […]
Continue ReadingIsrael Adesanya has suffered his first career loss after he was defeated by Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 in Las Vegas on Saturday night, March 6. The New Zealand-Nigerian middleweight champion was bidding to become the fifth fighter to hold two UFC titles simultaneously after a 20 – 0 record. In the fight, Adesanya showed […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian basketball player has become one of the most discussed topics in basketball, with basketball greats talking about him, after a video of him started popping off on social media. Abiodun Adegoke (who so much resembles a Sudanese), 18-year-old, is 7ft 9ins and can slam dunk with his two feet on the ground. The […]
Continue ReadingItalian club, Atalanta confirmed that highly-rated youngster Willy Ta Bi has passed away following a year-long battle with liver cancer. The Serie A side announced the tragic death of the 21-year-old was announced by Atalanta on social media. “It’s with great sadness that we announce the painful loss and untimely death of one of your […]
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