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Nwabali: Why West African players move to Europe

Super Eagles and Chippa United goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, has offered his reasons on why a lot of players from West Africa are desperate to travel abroad to ply their trades in...... Read more Shooters hold Pillars 21-21 in Ardova handball league

Safety Shooters and Kano Pillars clash on Friday ended 21-21 as both teams battled to maintain their places among the leaders at the ongoing Ardova Handball Premier League in Benin City, the...... Read more It’s Okoye time!

Resurgent Udinese keeper primed to battle Nwabali for Eagles No. 1 shirt Stanley Nwabali arguably earned the Nigeria cap the easiest, with the Super Eagles number one shirt tossed on his lap...... Read more Dynamos beaten, Pillars bounce back at Ardova league

Bendel Dynamos of Benin on Thursday lost to Imo Grasshoppers of Owerri 33-17 as their abysmal run in the Ardova Handball Premier League continues. The hosts had no answer to the superior...... Read more B’Faso hold champions Eaglets 0-0 in WAFU U-17 opener

Burkina Faso held the Golden Eaglets to a goalless draw in their opening game of the WAFU Zone B U-17 Championship at the University of Ghana Stadium, Accra on Thursday evening. Manu...... Read more Eaglets face old foes B’Faso in WAFU U-17 opener

National U-17 men’s team, Golden Eaglets, will begin their WAFU B U-17 title defence in Ghana on Thursday (today) against old foes, Burkina Faso, the team that prevented them from reaching...... Read more Anambra, Kebbi Win as 2nd Round Beach Soccer League Gets Underway In Anambra

Anambra Beach Soccer team secured a 3-2 victory over Nmanko Patigi of Kwara state as the second round National Beach Soccer League gets underway in Anambra State. Earlier, Kebbi United Beach...... Read more Team Effort: Nnadozie credits teammates with best keeper award

Super Falcons and Paris FC goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, has heaped praises on the management of her club as well as her teammates in France after winning the National Union of Professional Footballers...... Read more Aruna downs Egyptian foe to reclaim ITTF Africa Cup

Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna waxed lyrical about fulfilling his dream as a table tennis player again on Tuesday after reclaiming the International Table Tennis Federation Africa Cup for the first time since 2017...... Read more SESC leadership Crisis : Dagana Optimistic Of Favourable Court Judgment

A chieftain of the Super Eagles Supporters Club, Dr. Johnson Dagana said he's optimistic his group will get favourable judgment in the court case involving them and the pioneer National Chairman, Prince Vincent Okumagba....... Read more Animoke, ‘Mighty Fancy’ Unveils Plan For Wrestling As Association Chairman In Anambra

A veteran wrestler, Uchenna Animoke, has promised to restore the glory of the sport when assumes office as chairman of Anambra Wrestling Association. Animoke popularly known as ‘Mighty Uche Fancy’ in...... Read more Lagos SWAN Commiserates With Bishop Wale Oke Over Mother's Death

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Lagos Chapter has expressed its condolence to Bishop Francis Wale Oke Over the death of his mother, Mama Elizabeth Areola Oke. Mama Oke slept...... Read more MEET FINIDI’S ASSISTANTS

Finidi George was officially confirmed as Nigeria’s new coach on Monday — becoming the 10th indigenous coach to manage the Super Eagles in two decades. The former Ajax and Real Betis player...... Read more ‘Don’t owe Finidi salaries’

The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday officially unveiled Finidi George as the new head coach of the Super Eagles, leaving a rash of mixed reactions in its wake. The former Nigeria winger,...... Read more Nnadozie, Oparanoize for LIS conference

Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie tops the list of speakers to grace the eighth edition of the 2024 Ladies in Sports International Conference, organisers of the event has informed The PUNCH....... Read more Beach Soccer President In Anambra Impress With Preparations

Mahmud Hadija, President of Nigeria Beach Soccer League (NBSL) has commended the level of preparations by Anambra Beach Soccer Association ahead 2nd round of the league in the commercial hub of...... Read more Nigerian Wheelchair Tennis Player, Ukari Seeks Asylum In Canada Over Threat To Life

A Nigerian wheel chair tennis player, Terlumun Williams Ukari has appealed to the Canadian Government to consider him for an asylum following series of threats to his life in his home country....... Read more HB Utility Wins 5th JOF U-13 Football Tournament

The 5th edition of the annual JOF U-13 football tournament came to a successful end Sunday, May, 12, 2024 with HB Utility of Ilupeju, Lagos defeating Zamadek Boys of Lagos Island...... Read more Chukwueze doubtful for Eagles W’Cup qualifiers

Super Eagles forward, Samuel Chukwueze, has emerged as a doubt for Nigeria’s World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Benin Republic, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Eagles are scheduled to host Bafana Bafana...... Read more Garba picks 19 Eaglets for U-17 AFCON qualifiers

Coach Manu Garba has picked a final 19-man squad for the WAFU B U-17 AFCON qualifiers, which kick off Wednesday in Ghana. The Golden Eaglets are the defending champions, and they will...... Read more WAFU B tourney: Eaglets to arrive Accra today for title defence

Champions Nigeria will arrive in the Ghanaian capital, Accra on Saturday (today) for the defence of their WAFU B U-17 Championship title at this year’s edition of the competition that commences...... Read more U-17 World Cup winner Babangida buried, Atiku condoles with family

Retired footballer, Ibrahim Babangida, a member of the 1993 U-17 World Cup-winning Golden Eaglets squad, who died in a ghastly accident along the Kano-Zaria Road on Thursday, was buried on Friday...... Read more Odegbami inspires Special Eagles ahead of Amputee Nations Cup

Former Super Eagles captain and 1980 Africa Cup of Nations winner, Segun Odegbami, was the special guest of Nigeria’s Special Eagles – the country’s amputee football team – as they unveiled...... Read more Eagles 2022 World Cup no-show still ‘haunting’ Pinnick

Former President, Nigeria Football Federation and member of the FIFA council, Amaju Pinnick, is still haunted by Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, The PUNCH reports. Amaju made...... Read more AFCON goal against Cameroon gave me goose bumps – Lookman

Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman is still basking in the euphoria of his first Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, with the Atalanta forward saying his second goal against Cameroon gave...... Read more