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Osimhen scores four goals in Napoli’s pre-season victory
SUPER Eagles striker Victor Osimhen was the star of Napoli's first pre-season match on Sunday, scoring four goals in a 12-0 win over non-league team Bassa Anaunia.
The Nigerian…
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Olympics: Nigerian official tests positive for Covid-19 as Ugandan weightlifter disappears
MORE cases of Covid-19 have been found among teams arriving for training camps, with Japanese media reporting today that an unnamed member of Nigeria's delegation had been…
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D’Tigers beat USA in Tokyo Olympics warm-up game, make African history
THIS is not how USA Basketball expected to open its Olympic summer.
Nigeria probably didn’t expect it, either.
If there was any expectation of invincibility for the Americans heading…
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Argentina pip Brazil to win Copa America as Messi lands first international trophy
ARGENTINA won their first major title in 28 years on Saturday night/Sunday morning with Angel Di Maria scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win over hosts Brazil in the Copa America final at…
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FIFA ban: How sports ministry, NFF, ex-teammates abandoned me – Siasia
Former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has recounted how the sports ministry, the Nigeria Football Federation and ex-teammates abandoned him when he was handed a life ban by FIFA in…
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UEFA abolishes away goals rule
EUROPE'S football ruling body has scrapped the away goals rule from its competitions.
The contentious rule serves as the tie-breaker when two teams have scored the same number of goals…
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Nigerian, Ime Udoka, named NBA’s first African head coach
The Boston Celtics will appoint Nigerian-born Ime Udoka as their head coach, according to reports in the United States of America.
The Brooklyn Nets assistant coach and former D'Tigers…
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Troops eliminate ISWAP’s ‘One Eye General’
TROOPS of Operation Hadin Kai have eliminated another top commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Amir Kennami.
Kennami also known as ‘One Eye General’ was…
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Siasia’s ‘excessive’ life ban reduced to five years
FORMER Super Eagles head coach Samson Siasia has had his life ban from football reduced.
He was banned for bribery by FIFA but he took his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport…
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Usain Bolt, fiancee welcome newborn twin sons
JAMAICAN track and field great Usain Bolt announced the birth of his twin sons in an Instagram post on Father's Day this Sunday.
The post shows a family photo, with Bolt sitting next…
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