Families whose loved ones are missing after the dam collapse in southern Brazil are now stewed in despair after authorities in Minas Gerais state put search...
The death toll arising from a deadly dam collapse at an iron ore mine in southeast Brazil has risen from seven victims to 34. Rescue officials...
The Nigerian government on Thursday disclosed that it would require a total sum of $1.1 billion loan to implement its Green imperative initiative. The Minister of...
Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro who was stabbed during a rally a day ago has successfully undergone emergency surgery to address a perforated liver. However,...
Pandemonium struck in the city of Juiz de Fora, about 200km north of Rio de Janeiro when Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed during...
Nigeria is in need of 550,000 tons of maize valued at N72.6billion ($201.8million) to meet domestic demand before the end of the year, New Telegraph has...
English Premier League club Liverpool have officially signed Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson from AS Roma in a deal said to be worth up to £66.8m. The Brazil...
Two first-half goals by Belgium were enough to overcome Brazil in their quarter-final clash at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Manchest City’s Kelvin de...
Two second-half goals by Neymar and Roberto Firmino saw Brazil beat Mexico 2-0 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup round of 16 contest at the Samara...
Goals by Paulinho and Thiago Silva in their final group game against Serbia helped Brazil book their place in the 2018 FIFA World Cup knockout stage....
Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho and Paris St Germain’s Neymar made the difference for Brazil in a 2018 FIFA World Cup Group E clash against Costa Rica, as...
Brazil forward Neymar has been reported injured during the team’s training session on Tuesday – three days before their 2018 World Cup group game against Costa...
Barcelona star Philippe Coutinho scored from a stunning strike for Brazil in their opening game of the 2018 FIFA World Cup against Switzerland, but the Canarinha...
Paris Saint-Germain superstar, Neymar scored for Brazil in a friendly against Croatia on Sunday – his first game since returning from an injury that sidelined him...
Former Brazil international Bebeto has claimed that if Real Madrid sign Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain they would be “unbeatable”. The 54-year-old striker, who found fame in...
Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain right-back, Dani Alves will miss the 2018 FIFA World Cup with a knee injury. The 35-year-old damaged the cruciate ligament in his...
By Remi Oyeyemi “…even the teams over which he triumphed …share in his pleasure, for it is no disgrace to be defeated by a phenomenon defying...
A raid by armed policemen across 24 states including the Brazilian capital of Brazilia, witnessed the arrest of no less than 108 suspected pedophiles across the...
Argentinian superstar, Lionel Messi found the back of the net thrice to ensure his country came from behind to win in Ecuador early Wednesday to qualify...
Among the two leading economies in Sub Saharan Africa, Nigeria’s economy would grow faster than that of South Africa in 2017, according to the International Monetary...
Embattled Brazilian President Michel Temer has waved aside corruption charges leveled against him claiming that the charge is a fiction. He also accused the prosecutor general...
Iran became the second team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup after beating Uzbekistan 2-0 in Tehran on Monday. Five-time winners Brazil had emerged the...
Less than six months after their air crash tragedy, Brazilian league side, Chapecoense, have lifted the Santa Catarina state championship – their first trophy since the...
Eight men who were plotting to launch a series of bomb attacks during the last staged Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil have been served jail sentences...
As Brazilian forward Neymar faces a fraud trial in Spain in connection with the value placed on his transfer from Santos to Barcelona in 2013, Spanish...
Brazil has erupted with violence after the end of its first general strike in the country for more than 20 years. Reports say many people stayed...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up one place from 41st to 40th position in the latest Coca-Cola/FIFA world rankings released on Thursday on Fifa website. The...
A 42-year-old transgender woman Dandara dos Santos has lost her life when she was dragged from her home and attacked in front of residents in Fortaleza,...
A fresh outbreak of prison violence which occurred late Saturday in one of the overcrowded facilities in the northeastern region of Brazil has claimed the lives...
Three days after no fewer than 33 Brazilian inmates lost their lives following a prison riot in the Amazon region of Brazil, four other inmates were...
No fewer than 33 Brazilian inmates have lost their lives following another prison riot in the Amazon region of Brazil. However, few details were made available...
A 34-year-old man hoping to evade the attendant harsh economic conditions by trafficking in cocaine has been apprehended by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement...
In the aftermath of the air crash just outside Medellin, Colombia, in which most of the players, staff and directors of Brazilian league side Chapecoense were...
Neymar scored his 50th international goal as Brazil thrashed arch-rivals Argentina 3-0 in their 2018 World Cup qualifying duel in Belo Horizonte. Brazil’s fifth consecutive victory...
Carlos Alberto, who scored one of the greatest goals in World Cup history while captaining Brazil to glory in the 1970 final against Italy, has died...
Brazil and Uruguay scored easy victories to maintain their lead at the top of South America’s 2018 World Cup qualifying tournament on Thursday as Chile lost...
Head Coach of the Nigeria U17 Women’s team, Bala Nikyu has assured that his girls will bounce back from their 1-0 loss to Brazil, when they...
Nigeria U-17 women team, the Flamingoes on Saturday began their campaign at the FIFA U-17 Women World Cup in Jordan on a losing note after they...
The members of House of Representatives have rewarded the victorious Team Nigeria athletes to the just concluded Rio Paralympics Games in Brazil on Wednesday with a...
Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri, who set a record as the first African to reach the Olympic Games quarterfinal stage in Rio as well as the first to...
Athletes and officials of Team Nigeria arrived in Rio, Brazil for the 2016 Paralympic Games in high spirit and promising to win medals. A total of...
Kenya faces a ban from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after Hassan Wario, the Sports, Arts and Culture Cabinet Secretary disbanded the National Olympic Committee of...
The President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has ordered the detention of its athletes who just returned from the 2016 Olympics in Rio for not winning a...
Brazilian football legend Ronaldo Nazario will return to Real Madrid as an advisor to president Florentino Perez and as a global ambassador for the club. Ronaldo...
By Okey Ndibe… Nigeria went to Rio, Brazil and, as the world looked on, gave a thoroughly embarrassing account of itself. Don’t get me wrong: this...
Seven players who won gold for Brazil at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics are in new coach Tite’s squad for the next two World Cup qualifiers....
Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, and captain John Obi Mikel have dedicated the Olympic bronze medal the team won to Nigerian football fans across the...
After two consecutive weeks of losses, Nigerian equities rallied on the back of bargain-hunting for highly capitalised stocks to record net capital gain of N138 billion...
Brazil star Neymar labelled winning Olympic gold as one of the “best things” of his life as he hit back at critics following Saturday’s dramatic win...
U-23 Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel, has stated that the team will strive to win the bronze medal against Honduras on Saturday as a consolation for...
