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Twenty-year-old sprint sensation, Favour Ashe has won the National 100m title and qualified for the World Athletics Championships, while Grace Nwokwocha dominated the women’s final. Ashe, defeated Alaba Akintola and multiple national champion Seye Ogunlewe to win with a new personal best time of 9.99seconds at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium in Benin City, Edo State. It was the first legal sub-10 time for Ashe after running a wind-aided 9.79seconds on […]

Rangers International F.C further lost grounds for a continental spot this season as they were beaten by unsettled Kano Pillars led by former coach Salisu Yusuf, in a match day 35 of the Nigeria Professional football league. A controversial penalty kick awarded by the referee just three minutes into the second half for an alleged handball incident that was converted by veteran, Rabiu Ali on 52 minutes turned out to […]

Premier League club, Brighton & Hove Albion are looking at bringing Super Eagles winger, Moses Simon into their fold. The Seagulls are looking to bolster their attack next season and have identified Simon as a viable option. Brighton tried to sign the 26-year-old last summer but were rebuffed by Nantes’ 15million Pounds asking price, just like Newcastle United also tried to sign him in January. The pacy winger who is […]

FIFA has approved 26-man squads for this year's World Cup in Qatar in line with recent national competitions and an expansion on the 23-man squads that had been used before the coronavirus pandemic. FIFA also said up to 15 substitutes can be named for a game, meaning no player misses out, something the Head Coach of England Gareth Southgate had called for. The deadline for all 32 countries competing to […]

Golden Eaglets’ head coach, Nduka Ugbade, says his players are battle-ready as they face Burkina faso in the final of the WAFU-17 Championships on Friday. English club football giants, Chelsea are considering Nigerian super eagles striker Victor Osimhen as possible replacement for Belgium forward Romelu Lukaku.

North London side Arsenal have completed the signing of midfielder Fabio Vieira from Porto in a 34.2million pounds deal. Porto released a statement on 17 June saying the Gunners would pay an initial 29.9million Pounds for the 22-year-old, with the rest in potential add-ons. Arsenal have now announced Vieira has signed a long-term contract with them, with Manager Mikel Arteta saying they were excited that they have identified and signed […]

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria are through to the final of the WAFU B U-17 Championship after rallying back from a goal down to beat Cote D’ivoire 3-1 in their semi-final clash at the Cape Coast Stadium yesterday evening. The Golden Eaglets also booked a spot at the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations following the win. The Ivorians took the lead from the penalty spot in the second minute, but […]

The President of the Cameroonian football federation, Samuel Eto’o has pleaded guilty to a 3.2million Pounds tax fraud relating to his image rights while playing for Barcelona. The Former Cameroonian forward was given a 22-month suspended prison sentence when he appeared at the Ciudad De La Justicia court in Barcelona, Spain yesterday with his former agent Jose Maria Mesalles, and must repay the money he owes, along with a fine […]

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios beat world number six Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Halle Open, smashing his racquet and arguing with the umpire during the match. The Australian, ranked 65th, came back to beat Greek Tsitsipas 5-7 6-2 6-4. 27-year-old Kyrgios smashed his racquet after losing the opening set in Germany and then got into an argument with the chair umpire in the second set and received a warning for […]