Nigeria U-23 Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has concluded plans to rest his key players when Nigeria battle Colombia in Wednesday’s Group B final game at the...
Team Nigeria’s medal hopeful, Blessing Okagbare has joined the rest of Team Nigerian athletes as her presence alone has brought sparks in the sprawling Olympic Village....
After several weeks of speculations, the Nigeria Football Federation has finally have signed a two –year contract with Gernot Rohr that will see the former Gabon,...
Manchester United have completed the transfer of Paul Pogba from Juventus for a world-record transfer fee of £89m. The France international has signed a five-year contract...
Manchester City have signed John Stones from Everton for £47.5m, making him the world’s second most expensive defender. The 22-year-old England international has signed a six-year...
Nigeria’s Quadri ARUNA defeated former world number one and current world number thirteen Timo BOLL in the Men’s Singles Round of 16. With this feat, the...
After several weeks of hitting hard on the U-23 Eagles, Nigeria’s Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has apologized to players and officials of the country’s...
Host nation Brazil are still searching for their opening win of the Rio 2016 men’s football competition after an embarrassing 0-0 draw against Iraq. Led by...
Top seed Novak Djokovic was beaten in the first round of the Olympic men’s singles by Juan Martin del Potro. The Serb, who lost to Del...
U-23 Eagles coach Samson Siasia has said that the team is not thinking of playing against host Brazil but poised on defeating Colombia in their last...
The rapturous applause that attended his exit from the Table Tennis event of the Rio Olympics could have been mistaken for a victorious ovation. Nigeria’s legendary...
Buoyed by the impressive performances of Team Nigerian athletes at the Rio Olympics, President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Engr Habu Gumel has ordered for...
The most-decorated Olympian of all time added to his record medal haul with yet another gold on Sunday as the U.S. pulled away to win the...
Manchester United’s new striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck late to ensure Jose Mourinho’s reign got off to a winning start as the FA Cup holders beat champions...
Nigeria and Africa number one Table Tennis star, Aruna Quadri qualified for the round of 16 of the men’s singles of table tennis at Rio Olympic...
Manu Ginobili got his fourth Olympics started with 12 points and an easy victory, as Argentina beat Nigeria 94-66 on Sunday in the final Olympic men’s...
A first half goal by Sadiq Umar has propelled Nigeria through to the quarterfinals of the Rio Olympics after they defeated Sweden 1-0 for their second...
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...