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Nigeria's Tobi Amusan stormed to victory in the women’s 100-meter hurdles at the Diamond League meet in Rabat, Morocco, delivering a commanding performance that signaled a strong return to form. The 28-year-old Nigerian star clocked a season-best 12.24 seconds, smashing the previous meet record of 12.51 seconds set by Brianna...

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ola Olukoyede has expressed optimism in the abilities of the Commission’s athletes to emerge in flying colours at the ongoing 6th One Service, One Medal, OSOM Games, taking place in Abuja. He disclosed this through the Secretary to...

English Premier League club Liverpool would rather sign Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman rather than Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitike or Newcastle’s Alexander Isak due to the Nigerian’s relatively lower price tag, Soccernet.ng reports. Lookman has been heavily linked with Liverpool in recent months following his impressive performances for Atalanta that has seen him...

The newly appointed Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Éric Chelle has vowed to introduce an attacking mentality to the senior men’s football national team, saying football is about scoring. Chelle made the remarks during his official unveiling at a ceremony inside the Media Conference Room of the Moshood Abiola...

Brito Sporting Club of Portugal, a football club founded in 1956, has signed an official contract with a United Kingdom-based, young Nigeria-born footballer, Yaqub Usman-Malah. The official unveiling of the young promising footballer was carried out on Saturday, January 4, 2025. Yaqub, born in Nigeria in 2006, is a budding...

Spain and Manchester City midfielder Rodri won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world on Monday evening. He beat Brazil’s Vinicius Jr and England’s Jude Bellingham, both of Real Madrid, to the prestigious prize. Barcelona’s Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati won the women’s award for a second...

The Confederation of African Football, CAF Disciplinary Board has slammed Libya with a 50,000 dollars fine and also awarded Nigeria three points from the botched Matchday 4 2025 AFCON Qualifier. The match earlier scheduled to be played between Libya and Nigeria in Benina on October 15, was cancelled. This was...

  Ahead of his arrival for the Super Eagles’ Morocco  2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) double header against Benin and Rwanda, Nigeria international striker Victor Osimhen is expected to complete a loan move from Napoli to Turkish giants, Galatasaray. Osimhen has been enmeshed  with transfer issues all through the...

  Ademola Lookman is not in Atalanta's squad for their Serie A opener at Lecce as rumours circulated on Sunday about the Europa League hero's possible move to Paris Saint-Germain. Nigeria forward Lookman became an Atalanta legend in May when his stunning hat-trick downed German champions Bayer Leverkusen and won...

Finidi George, Head coach of the Super Eagles, says his immediate task and priority is to qualify the nation for the 2026 World Cup slated for Canada, Mexico and U.S. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Board of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on April 19, appointed George...