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Nigerian women win quarter-mile relays, Idiata wins long jump gold

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Nigeria’s women 4×400 metres relay team on Thursday won their event at the 11th All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo, while…

Mourinho gets respite as Chelsea cruise

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Jose Mourinho’s selection gamble paid off as Chelsea got their spluttering season back on track with a 4-0 rout of…

Heads to roll in U-23 Eagles, vows Siasia

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Following Nigeria’s ouster from the football event of the ongoing All Africa Games in Congo-Brazzaville, Head Coach of the U-23…

Man Utd lose to PSV as Luke Shaw suffers double leg fracture

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(AFP) – Manchester United full-back Luke Shaw suffered a double fracture of the leg during his team’s 2-1 defeat to…

Buffon shows his class as Juventus dumps Man City

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Italian champions Juventus cast their early-season woes aside by beating in-form Manchester City 2-1 in their opening Champions League Group…

D’Tigress overrun tough Gabon to advance to semi-finals

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Adaora Elonu scored 22 points and scooped eight rebounds to pivot the D’Tigress to a 73-65 defeat of Gabon on…

Burkina Faso, S/Africa are beatable, Glo charges U-23 Eagles, Falcons

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National U-23 team, Dream Team VI and the female national team, Super Falcons have been advised by telecommunications giant, Globacom,…

AAG 100m finals: Egwero wins silver, Francis, 2 others fail

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Nigeria’s dwindling fortunes in the sprints were further underlined on Monday as it could only pick a silver medal in…

Zenith Bank to pay Oliseh’s salary worth N60m, says Pinnick

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Taiwo Adelu Nigeria’s Football Federation (NFF) has revealed that one of Nigeria’s leading financial institutions, Zenith Bank, will be responsible…

NFF plans Congo, Cameroon ties for Eagles in Brussels

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Taiwo Adelu President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick, has disclosed that the senior national team, Super Eagles, will…

Aston Villa ready to sign Adebayor – Sherwood

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Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood would jump at the chance to sign Emmanuel Adebayor if he showed the right attitude…

Liverpool’s Jordon Ibe dumps Nigeria for England

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Jordon Ibe has committed his international future to England, according to Nigeria head coach Sunday Oliseh. The 19-year-old Liverpool winger…

Falcons lose to Cote d’Ivoire

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Some football fans in Abuja have applauded the Super Falcons, in spite of their 1-2 loss to Cote d’Ivoire in…

African Games: Nigerian boxers shine, win 4 gold, silver

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The Nigerian boxing team at the ongoing 11th African Games, in Congo Brazzaville has placed second on the medals table…

Cristiano Ronaldo scores 5 goals, including a hat trick in just 20 minutes

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Have you been wondering if Cristiano Ronaldo is in decline? The 30-year-old Real Madrid legend has over 750 games on…

Siasia unhappy with team’s 1-1 draw with Senegal

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Samson Siasia, Chief Coach of the Dream Team VI has expressed dissatisfaction over his team’s 1-1 draw with Senegal in…

Martial marks his debut with a goal as Man Utd beat Liverpool

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Manchester United earned another victory to savour against Liverpool with Anthony Martial scoring on a dream debut to ensure a…

2015 AAG: Gaiya applauds Dream Team’s resilience against Senegal

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Godfery Gaiya, former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Sports, has applauded the performance of Nigeria’s Under-23 male football team…

Mourinho gives another excuse for Chelsea’s loss

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Jose Mourinho has given another excuse for his side’s loss on Saturday, saying his side deserved more from the match…

All Africa Games: Nigeria sets up Technical Study Group

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Taiwo Adelu The National Sports Commission, NSC, has set up a Technical Study Group (TSG) to monitor the performance of…

Iheanacho steals the headline, grabs winner for Man City

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Premier League leaders Manchester City continued their 100% start to the season with an injury time winner over their nearest…

Okagbare laments one event outing at All Africa Games

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Taiwo Adelu Africa’s fastest woman, Nigerian Blessing Okagbare, has described her decision to feature in only one event at the…

De Gea signs long term contract at Man Utd

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David De Gea has signed a new four-year contract with Manchester United, keeping him at Old Trafford until at least…

Hamburg joins race for 2024 Olympics

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Hamburg First Mayor Olaf Scholz officially signed the city’s application letter to bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Wednesday,…

Nigeria may play friendlies with Ghana, Cameroon

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The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is reportedly lining up two international friendlies for the Super Eagles in a bid to…

AAG: Glo rallies U-23 Eagles against Ghana, Falcons against Tanzania

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Official sponsor of Nigerian national football teams, Globacom, has urged the U-23 national team, ‘Dream Team’ and the Super Falcons…

Wayne Rooney breaks England goalscoring record

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An emotional Wayne Rooney became England’s all-time leading goal-scorer after netting his 50th international goal in a historic 2-0 victory…

Super Falcons to get new coach in two weeks

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Taiwo Adelu Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has mandated its Technical and Development Committee to employ a new coach for the…

Iceland makes history qualify for Euro 2016, Wales made to wait

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Iceland made footballing history as they qualified for a major tournament finals for the first time, joining the Czech Republic…

Sierra Leone Coach satisfied with outcome of match against Cote d’Ivoire

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Sierra Leone national team coach, Sellas Tetteh, said on Sunday that he was satisfied with the outcome of the AFCON…

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