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Nigeria U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets have booked their place in the quarter-final stage of the ongoing U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Algeria. The Eaglets showed great tenacity in their final group game on Saturday as they came from behind twice before beating South Africa 3-2 in an entertaining clash at the Stade Mohamed-Hamlaou. The victory sees the Eaglets secure six points (two wins and a loss) and thus qualify for the quarter-final. Shaky start The final group game between fierce rivals South Africa and Nigeria kicked off with a bang as Vicky Mkhawana netted the opening goal for…
Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, will today in Lagos, receive the athletes, who did the nation proud at the just concluded African U18 and U20 Athletics Championship in Ndola, Zambia. The first batch of Nigerian contingent to the championship arrived in Lagos yesterday afternoon. Team Nigeria, with a small contingent of 41 athletes, finished second on the final medals table behind South Africa with 17 gold, 10 silver and 9 bronze. South Africa paraded a large squad of 120 people, including 105 athletes at the battle of Ndola. Speaking with our correspondent yesterday on arrival in Lagos, female hurdler, Osamuyi Faith,…
Unless a miracle happens, Team Nigeria may lose the battle to win the ongoing 2023 African U-18 and U-20 Athletics Championships in Ndola, Zambia, to South Africa. Team Nigeria won eight more gold medals yesterday, but they may not be enough to beat the South Africans to the number one spot. Nigerian athletes were everywhere, yesterday, winning eight more gold medals to take their total medals haul, so far, to 12 gold medals. Two more finals were yet to be concluded as at press time yesterday. Tima Godbless earned gold in the U-20 women’s 200m, while Grace Oshiokpu won the…
The race is on once more to be crowned the continent’s leading marksman, with some of the most prolific forwards on the planet set to lead the way While various Golden Boots are up for grabs within the leading divisions across Europe, there is only one Golden Shoe that can be acquired in any given season by the continent’s most prolific marksman. The race to claim that prestigious prize is up and running once more, with some iconic forwards set to lead the charge for an individual accolade that marks them out as being superior to all of their fellow…
British-Nigerian fighter, Anthony Joshua, has returned to the path of victory, beating Jermaine Franklin to stage a comeback after string of losses. AJ made his return to the ring for the first time since his back-to-back loss to Ukrainian war hero, Oleksandr Usyk. Joshua had vowed to go into retirement if he lost to Franklin in one of the most important matches of his career. This is his first win since December 2020 when he was stopped by Kubrat Pulev. Franklin previously held an unbeaten start to his career, winning on his first 20 outings. But he lost against Dillian…
Gianni Infantino has been re-elected unopposed as FIFA President for another four-year term in office. This new term would run from 2023 to 2027. The election took place at the FIFA Congress held in Kigali, Rwanda on Thursday, and Infantino won by acclamation since no formal vote was required as there were no opposing candidates. During his campaign, Infantino highlighted the financial successes achieved under his leadership and suggested a need to keep the successful FIFA leadership in place. The 211 member federations saw their basic annual funding from FIFA rise from $250,000 to $2 million since Infantino took over…
Soccer's world governing body FIFA prevailed in a U.S. appeals court over a former Nigeria national team coach seeking to overturn his lifetime ban, later reduced to five years, for fixing matches. In a 3-0 decision on Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said Samson Siasia did not show why a trial court in New York had jurisdiction over his case. FIFA had in 2019 imposed the lifetime ban, saying Siasia violated its code of ethics over a bribery scheme for Australian matches. The ban prevented Siasia from using his U.S. Soccer Federation coaching license. Siasia,…
Pele’s mum, Celeste Nascimento, is unaware the soccer legend has died, his sister, Maria Lucia do Nascimento, revealed, yesterday. Maria looks after their mother, Celeste, who has just turned 100 and whose home is said to be on the route funeral organisers have planned before the football star is laid to rest in the world’s tallest cemetery. Overnight it emerged Pele’s only surviving sibling has yet to tell the matriarch her famous son has lost his fight against colon cancer. She said in an interview in her homeland: “We talk but she doesn’t know the situation. She’s in her own…
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for the last month said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer. “All that we are is thanks to you,” his daughter Kely Nascimento wrote on Instagram. “We love you endlessly. Rest in peace.” His agent, Joe Fraga, confirmed his death: “The…
Argentines let loose on Sunday and streets across the country became places of celebration after an epic World Cup final in which the national team beat France on penalties. It was the country’s third World Cup title, and the first since 1986. “I’m very happy, we really deserved this. The team suffered quite a bit, but it recovered as time went on,” said Josefina Villalba, a 55-year-old nanny who joined hundreds of fans at one of the many public plazas where giant screens were set up to watch the long-awaited match. Millions of Argentines cried, yelled and hugged as they…
February 12, 2025

CBN imposes new charges on ATM withdrawals

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the elimination of the three free monthly…
February 01, 2025

Tinubu targeting opposition, not corruption — Atiku

Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized the…
February 09, 2025

USAID: Here’s a list of the most insane things the agency spent money on

It’s been an exciting week, as Elon Musk and the DOGE have exposed the United…
February 08, 2025

Mayor loses re-election race to his personal driver’s wife

The mayor of Berezovsky shockingly lost the recent local elections to a “puppet candidate” who…
February 09, 2025

Oil theft: ‘Thieves in military uniforms will not deter thieves in civilian uniforms’, N’Delta leaders…

Former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Idada Ikponmwen (retd.), Udom Ekpoudom, Deputy…
February 12, 2025

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 495

Netanyahu says Israel will end Gaza ceasefire if hostages not returned on Saturday Israeli Prime…
February 12, 2025

2 uses of AI in healthcare that may be reducing the burden on doctors

Renee Onque Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, there has been a…
January 08, 2025

NFF appoints new Super Eagles head coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach…

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