Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo has expressed delight on his goal during Watford’s 2-2 draw at home to FC Lorient in a pre-season friendly. Ighalo who...
Ibrahimovic announced his arrival in English football with an 83rd-minute winner as Manchester United edged Leicester City 2-1 at Wembley on Sunday to win the Community...
Nigerian trio of Alex Iwobi, Chuba Akpom and Kelechi Iheanacho scored on Sunday as Arsenal concluded their pre-season programme unbeaten by overcoming Manchester City with a...
It was another show of shame by the Lagos fans as they disrupted the Nigeria Professional Football League match between Ikorodu United and Shooting Stars of...
Jose Mourinho is delighted that Manchester United are on the brink of signing France midfielder Paul Pogba from Serie A champions Juventus. Mourinho was speaking after...
It was not a good day for African players competing in the women’s singles of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as most of them were shown...
The legendary performance of Segun Toriola at the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympic Games came to a glorious end on Sunday after the record making African was...
A stray bullet cut through the plastic roof of the equestrian media center on Saturday, alarming journalists and underlining concerns about the host city’s ability to...
Nino Salukvadze is already a legendary figure of Olympic shooting, but in Rio she is set to make history for not one but two reasons. The...
The manager of the Kenyan Olympic athletics team, Michael Rotich, has reportedly been recalled from the Rio 2016 Games following allegations of bribery over doping. An...
New Argentina head coach Edgardo Bauza has expressed his desire to persuade Lionel Messi to reverse his retirement from international football. The Barcelona forward made his...
Oscar Pistorius has denied reports that he attempted to take his own life after being rushed to a private hospital in Pretoria to treat injuries suffered...
New signing Sadio Mane scored one goal and made another as Liverpool slickly defeated Barcelona 4-0 in a one-sided friendly match at a sun-soaked Wembley on...
FIFA U17 World Cup defending champions, Nigeria started their campaign for the CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Madagascar 2017 with a narrow 1-0 win against...
It was a good start for Nigerian athletes competing at the on-going Rio Olympics as the trio of Chierika Ukogu, Funke Oshonaike and Edem Offiong qualify...
Manchester United target Paul Pogba will return to Italy to train with Juventus on Monday. Pogba has been holidaying in the United States while his agent...
Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has visited Team Nigeria at the Olympic Games Village in Rio. Dalung charged the athletes to be of...
After months of negotiations, Arsenal have finally announced the signing of Nigerian wonderkid Kelechi Nwakali. The Gunners have been working on a complicated deal for the...
The League Management Company (LMC) has expressed appreciation to the Spanish Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Alfonso Barnuevo for the prompt attention they gave to visa...
FIFA ethics prosecutors have cleared President Gianni Infantino in the case of alleged misconduct over use of private flights. Infantino was under investigation last month over...
Barring any last minutes change, the Nigeria Football Federation will on Monday in Abuja unveil German coach, Gernot Rohr as the new technical adviser of the...
Ill health will prevent Pele from participating in the Olympic opening ceremony, the football legend said just hours before the show was due to begin on...
The four goal –hero in the 5-4 victory of the Nigeria U-23 team against Japan, Oghenekaro Etebo has said his target is to help the team...
Despite arriving in Brazil few hours to the first game, Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles proved bookmakers wrong with a 5-4 thrilling win over Japan. An enterprising Sadiq...
United States Olympic Committee has concluded plans to reward American Olympians with bonus payouts for podium finishes. USOC pays athletes $25,000 for a gold medal, $15,000...
Ireland’s Olympic team has been thrown into turmoil on the eve of the Rio Games after it emerged that a boxer has failed a doping test....
China has sent a policeman to the Rio Olympics to help protect its sports delegation, journalists and traveling spectators, after a Chinese hurdler said he had...
The Slovenia Olympic Committee will send a plane-full of sports fans to the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics for cheering Slovenian athletes at the event live, local...
The CAF Organising Committee for Women’s Football has disqualified Equatorial Guinea from November’s Women African Cup of Nations in Cameroon after being found guilty of fraud,...
The 11 Russian boxers qualified for the Rio Olympics have been cleared to compete in the Games by an International Olympic Committee review panel, the International...
World number one Novak Djokovic was handed a blockbuster first round Olympics match on Thursday when he was drawn to face Juan Martin del Potro who...
Chaotic scenes marred the arrival of the Olympic torch in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday just as the opening ceremony of the event takes place later...
But for the timely intervention of the Presidency, Nigeria U-23 Eagles would have missed out of their first match of the Rio Olympics against Japan by...
Super Eagles assistant captain and Leicester City record signing, Ahmed Musa, showed the English Premier League champions what to expect in the new season after scoring...
Former U-23 Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu and striker, Emmanuel Amuneke, have tipped the current squad to repeat the 1996 feat when Nigeria lifted the trophy in...
Nigeria’s Olympic football squad are stuck in Atlanta because of a problem with the payment for a flight to Rio. The delay means the men’s team...
Club owner, Chris Giwa, has given reasons why he has taken a leadership tussle of the Nigeria Football Federation to the country’s apex court, the Supreme...
The U-23 Eagles will launch Nigeria’s new Nike home and away kits featuring Dri-FIT technology when they battle Japan on Friday in the men football match...
The national U-23 team left Atlanta after about four weeks of training tour in preparation for the 31st Olympiad which opens on Friday in Rio, Brazil...
U-23 Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, has finally formalised his change of name after the Nigeria Football Federation mistakenly changed his name to Mikel on the submission...
Super Eagles midfielder Ogenyi Onazi has undergone medical examinations at Turkish club Trabzonspor and he is close to seal a deal from Lazio. The Super Lig...
Coach of Nigeria’s senior male basketball team, the D’Tigers, Will Voigt has expressed disappointment following his team’s loss to USA on Tuesday. USA men’s basketball team...
Wissam Ben Yedder turned down the chance to join Arsenal in order to move to Sevilla, according to Toulouse boss Pascal Dupraz. The 25-year-old was one...
Chelsea’s lack of Champions League football will boost their Premier League challenge, manager Antonio Conte believes. Antonio Conte believes failing to qualify for the Champions League...
U-23 team coach Samson Siasia has courted the trouble of Minister of Sports Solomon Dalung over his comments about the poor condition of his squad at...
Nigerian Olympic basketball team will be heading to the Rio 2016 Olympics with without the duo of Portland Trail Blazers big men Al-Farouq Aminu and Festus...
Saudi Arabia will send four women to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, doubling its female participation after two women competed for the first time at the...
As past Olympics hosts like Russia and China have learned, hosting the games comes with a plethora of potential problems. With the 2016 Summer Olympic Games...
Rafael Nadal is currently in Brazil with the Spanish tennis team and he is also due to be his country’s flag bearer. Rafael Nadal has conceded...
Elegant Table Tennis star, Funke Oshonaike would lead out Team Nigeria at the Opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics, at the Maracana stadium on Friday, August...
