Tag: Nigeria Sports
Onuaku’s Path To NBA Filled With Adversity
As Arinze Onuaku’s 2009-10 senior season at Syracuse University progressed, he envisioned a promising future. The No. 1-ranked Orange appeared…
Play Like Champions, Glo Urges Eagles
The national team, Super Eagles have been enjoined to ensure victory over the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia when both sides…
Nigeria Delegation Storms Addis Ababa Saturday Morning
Nigeria’s delegation to Sunday’s 2014 FIFA World Cup final elimination fixture, first leg encounter between the Super Eagles and Walya…
Canada 2014: Falconets Now To Play Sierra Leone
The U-20 Women national team, Falconets, will now play their Sierra Leonean counterparts in the first round of the African…
Table Tennis: Otu-Akpan Dreams Commonwealth Games Crown
Against all odds, Cecilia Otu-Akpan emerged champion at the first Lagos International Table Tennis Classics, after conquering tournament’s favourite, Congo…
3SC Star, Ogaga Dies
A player of Shooting Stars of Sports Club, 3SC, of Ibadan, Oyo State, Moses Ogaga has died. The skillful midfielder…
‘I’m Honoured To Be Glo Ambassador’
Nigerian International and Liverpool Football Club winger, Victor Moses has described the ambassadorial deal Globacom signed with him as a…
Ethiopia’ll Be Tough, Moses Warns Eagles
Super Eagles’ winger, Victor Moses has warned his teammates preparing in Abuja for the World Cup playoff against Ethiopia that…
U-17 World Cup: Nigerian Embassy Mobilises Support For Eaglets In UAE
The Golden Eaglets have been assured of massive Nigerian presence at their matches as soon as the 2013 FIFA U-17…
World Cup Playoffs: Super Eagles Begin Training For Ethiopia
The Super Eagles will this afternoon have a feel of the newly re-grassed Abuja National Stadium ahead of Sunday’s first…
U-17 World Cup: We Won’t Disappoint In UAE — Eaglets
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria have declared a readiness to do the nation proud as the countdown to the kickoff…
13th Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis: Can Nigerian Players Survive The Heat?
When the 13th edition of the Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship serves off on Sunday, 13 October at the Lagos…
Glo Premier League: Only Miracle Can Save 3SC —Asuquo
Philip Asuquo has told supersport.com that he is confident a miracle can help 3SC beat the drop in this season’s…
I Want To Be A World Star –Ayetimiyi
Abiodun Francis Ayetimiyi was meant to follow his father and pursue medicine in Nigeria. He found a different path one…
Spanish Nigeria ‘99 Hero Tips Eaglets To Win U-17 World Cup
Pablo Coira, a member of the 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup-winning team hosted by Nigeria, has tipped the Golden Eaglets…
Governor’s Cup Tennis: Ex-Champions Back In Lagos
The 2013 Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis will be tough going by the quality of players coming for the International Tennis…
Eagles Need United Nigeria To Fight Ethiopia —Maigari
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, has called on the entire Nigeria football family, including media…
Nigeria Unveil Squad For U-17 World Cup
Head Coach of Nigeria’s U-17 Golden Eaglets, Manu Garba, has listed 21 players to fly the country’s flag at the…
Ability In Disability
Despite the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the Sports Centre of the University of Lagos,…
Glo Premier League: 3SC Closer To Relegation
Shooting Stars are all but mathematically demoted from Nigeria’s top flight after they forced to a 1-1 draw at home…
Glo Premier League: Fear Of Boko Haram Grips Dolphins
Dolphins Manager, Stanley Eguma has revealed that he is worried about the safety of his players ahead of tomorrow’s Glo…
Keshi Clears Ameobi For Ethiopia Tie
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has disclosed that injured Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi will be fit for a 2014 World Cup…
Nigerian Sports Still Crawling At 53
Nigeria as a nation on 1 October 2013 rolled out the red carpet to celebrate her 53rd independence anniversary, but…
Globacom Premier League: 3SC Declare War On Enyimba
The 3SC Football Club of Ibadan have declared total war on former Africa champions, Enyimba Football Club of Aba when…
NFF Plans Scouting Unit For Foreign Stars
Plans are afoot to set-up a unit within the NFF to scout and recruit foreign-born Nigerian football talent for the…
Foreign Stars Storm Lagos For Chess Classics
Grand and International Masters from Belarus, Romania, Egypt and Uganda have confirmed their participating in the Lagos International Chess Classics…
U-20 World Cup Qualifier: Uganda Beat Sudan 13-0
The Uganda Under -20, She Kobs, walloped Southern Sudan 13-0 in the return leg, at the KCCA, Lugogo ground, Kampala,…
Women’s Afrobasket: Foreign-Based Stars Failed D’Tigress —Nnaji
The overreliance on foreign-based Nigerian basketball players was the reason Nigeria’s female team, D’Tigress fumbled at the just concluded Mozambique…
2013 Ekiti Governor’s Cup: FA Boss, Ogunjobi Praise Fayemi
Ekiti State Governor, John Kayode Fayemi, has been commended for the support he gave to the 2013 Ekiti Governor’s Cup,…
Ref Edibi Tutors Eaglets On Hot Topics Of FIFA
Ahead of their departure to their pre-2013 World Cup camp in Dubai, the Golden Eaglets have been tutored by FIFA…