Cameroon’s 1988 AFCON-winning coach Claude Le Roy has tipped the Super Eagles as well as hosts Morocco, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Egypt and Algeria as the favourites to contend for the title in December. The 2025 tournament will be played from December 21 to January 18, 2026, across six cities in Morocco. Nigeria finished as runners-up…
The 11 home-based players invited for the D’Tigers’ next phase of the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers will open Nigeria’s camp in Abuja on Monday (today), with their foreign counterparts scheduled to join them later, the Nigeria Basketball Federation has announced. The NBBF on Sunday released a preliminary 24-man roster for the third phase of the…
Nigeria’s table tennis sensation, Matthew Kuti, has been penned by the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation to make his debut at the 2025 African Cup which will be played from February 25 to 27 in Tunisia. Kuti, who has demonstrated why he is one of the continent’s rising stars, will join a star-studded cast for the…
Newcastle United are among the clubs monitoring Victor Osimhen’s situation, with Napoli ready to offload the Nigerian striker this summer. Osimhen, 26, remains one of Europe’s most in-demand forwards and is expected to seek a new challenge once his season-long loan at Galatasaray ends. The Super Eagles star has been in prolific form in Turkey, scoring…
An 88th-minute header from Timothy Zechariah provided a reprieve for ex-international and Rivers United coach Finidi George as they ended an unwanted run of five games without a win, beating Lobi Stars 1-0 in Port Harcourt on Sunday, Sports Extra reports. Zechariah broke the bottom-placed Lobi’s resilience in the closing stages of the game and…
Nigeria’s head boxing coach Anthony Konyagwachie talks about his journey from Olympic boxer to record-breaking coach and more in this interview with PETER AKINBO How did you get into boxing? I picked up boxing in 1984, right after the Olympics. My brother had just won silver at the Los Angeles Olympics, and that inspired me to try….
Dele-Bashiru also on target for Lazio Super Falcons duo Gift Monday and Rinsola Babajide can’t stop scoring in the Spanish Women’s top division, headlining another weekend of actions for Nigerian stars abroad, ABIODUN ADEWALE writes SPAIN MONDAY, BABAJIDE (TENERIFE) Super Falcons duo Gift Monday and Rinsola Babajide can’t stop scoring. The players were on target for…
American-based teenage fencer Peluola Akinbamiro has pledged her allegiance to Nigeria on the international stage, becoming the second fencer to pick the country after Folayemi Akinyosoye switched his allegiance from Great Britain to Nigeria last year. The 13-year-old student from Fort Bend Fencing Academy in Houston expressed that her love for Nigeria inspired her decision to…
Nigerian sprinter and 2023 National Junior College Athletic Association 100m outdoor champion, Success Umukoro, is the fastest Nigerian female athlete so far this year after clocking a fast 7.13s on her way to winning the women’s 60m at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic on Saturday, Sports Extra reports. She produced the fastest time for Nigerian women and…
The Nigeria Cycling Federation has praised the efforts of ex-Nigerian cyclist, Samuel Fasema, who rode from Lagos to Maiduguri and returned on Saturday, for not only promoting peace but also promoting the enormous benefits of the sport. Fasema started the ride from Yaba Local Council Development Area of Lagos State on January 19 and returned to…
The Philadelphia Eagles soared to a crushing 40-22 Super Bowl victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, shattering their opponents’ bid for a historic hat-trick of NFL titles in a rout watched by President Donald Trump. Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another as the Eagles avenged their agonizing…
The Kano State Judicial Service Commission has compulsorily retired Hudu Idris, a Registrar at the Upper Shari’a Court in Gwarzo, for accepting bribes. He was also demoted by one grade level before his immediate retirement. Additionally, the JSC has terminated the contract of Bala Gwarzo, a casual watchman at the same court, with immediate effect….