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Guinea will face Burundi in a friendly match as part of their preparations for the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures against Nigeria. The Guinea Football Federation, in a statement, said the friendly encounter, will hold at the Grande Stade De Marrakech, Morocco, on November 19. The Guineans made it to the final qualifying round without kicking a ball following the withdrawal of their opponent, Uganda, while Olympic Eagles, […]

Organizer of the French topflight, Ligue 1, has celebrated Super Eagles striker Terem Moffi, after he netted his ninth goal of the season at the weekend against Paris Saint-Germain, PSG. Moffi cancelled out Neymar’s opener for PSG as he drew Lorient level on 53 minutes with a superb strike, making it his third goal in his last four games for his French outfit. Moffi left Nigeria to join the Buckswood […]

Kieran Tierney's sublime first-half strike was enough to ensure Arsenal held onto the top spot in Europa League Group A as FC Zurich were beaten 1-0 on a nervy night at the Emirates Stadium. The Scottish man kept his composure to spear a finish from the edge of the box shortly after the quarter-hour mark, as Mikel Arteta's side, finished their group-stage campaign with just eight goals from their six […]

Bayelsa Queens recorded their first-ever win at the CAF women’s Champions League after defeating DR Congo’s TP Mazembe 2-0 in their second Group B game yesterday in Morocco. Heading into the game, Bayelsa Queens lost 2-1 to defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns in their group opener but first-half goals from Ogoma Joseph and Chinyere Igboamalu secured the important win for Bayelsa Queens. Joseph broke the deadlock in the 3rd minute from […]

The Nigeria Professional Football League NPFL yesterday held an induction course for the newly promoted teams into the league for the upcoming 2022/2023 league season at the Sandrialia hotel Jabi, in Abuja.  The program which was aimed at sensitizing the newcomers to the top flight started at about 10:00 a.m, and the representatives of the clubs Bayelsa United, Bendel Insurance, Doma, and El Kanemi Warriors were put through various sessions […]

Nigeria Professional Football League NPFL side Plateau United yesterday evening secured a 4-1 win over Al Akhdar of Libya in their first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup playoffs played at the Mko Abiola Stadium in Abuja. The Jos side became the second Nigeria side to earn a victory against a Libyan side after NPFL champions Rivers United defeated Al Nasr 5-0 earlier yesterday ahead of the reverse fixture in […]

Nigeria continued their domination at the ongoing Para-powerlifting in Cairo, Egypt, after Loveline Obiji came clutch on her last attempt in Women's over 86kilograms, lifting 145kg to usurp her Egyptian counterpart for the gold medal while in Women's up to 67kg, Nigeria's Lucy Ejike won a Silver medal and increased the country's haul to 11 overall. Onyinyechi Mark is now the new World Record holder in women's -61kg event, surpassing […]

Dutch driver Max Verstappen of Red Bull has broken the record for wins in a season with a comfortable and controlled victory in the Mexico City Grand Prix. The world champion held off a challenge from Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes in the first part of the race before pulling away to take his 14th win of the year. It moves the Dutchman clear of Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, who won […]

Portuguese Captain Cristiano Ronaldo marked his return to the Manchester United folds with his 701st career goal to seal a comfortable 3-0 Europa League win over Sheriff Tiraspol at Old Trafford. Dropped for last weekend's trip to Chelsea as punishment for refusing to come on as a substitute against Tottenham eight days ago, Ronaldo got the third goal of the night with nine minutes left. Diogo Dalot put the hosts […]