It was a WrestleMania debut like never before for Oba Femi at WrestleMania 42 Night 2 in Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 19, as the Nigerian took 10-time WWE Champion Brock Lesnar to the cleaners in under five minutes. For anyone who has followed Oba Femi since his days as a […]
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Though recent developments might suggest otherwise, the Super Eagles of Nigeria don’t have a goalkeeping crisis just yet. However, Arthur Okonkwo’s availability is a welcome and long-overdue addition. The 24-year-old London-born goalkeeper, who currently plays for Wrexham A.F.C. in the EFL Championship, is now eligible to be selected by Nigeria after his international switch of […]
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When the 2026 FIFA World Cup commences in June in North America, the Super Eagles of Nigeria will not be present, having missed out on the automatic qualification route that guaranteed Africa nine teams in the expanded 48-team Mundial. Nigeria finished second behind South Africa in Group C of the African qualifying series, and […]
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has made a hard (and unprecedented) decision, and it should therefore be held to even harder scrutiny. Nowhere has it been heard that a team that won the final of a major football tournament would forfeit the trophy to their opponent, more so, 58 days after the result was […]
Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have endured a mixed run so far at the ongoing 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament in Lyon, France. Across their first four games at the qualifying event, the reigning African champions have recorded two wins and two defeats, with their last outing ending in a […]
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Bukayo Saka has been one of Arsenal’s biggest revelations in the last decade. Just this season, the 24-year-old English winger has worn the Gunners’ armband over ten times and marked his 300th appearance for the club with a goal that secured maximum points against Brighton & Hove Albion and sent them seven points clear on […]
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YouTuber KSI is the latest internet figure and celebrity to venture into football investment, having announced his purchase of a minority stake in Dagenham & Redbridge, an English club currently sitting mid-table in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The 32-year-old, born Olajide Olatunji in London to parents of Yoruba […]
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Some six months after Nigeria lost fast-rising sprinter Favour Ofili to the warm hands of Turkey over the administrative negligence of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), another promising athlete, Favour Ashe, has decamped, this time to Qatar, a central country in the Gulf region where it is overflowing with milk and honey for embittered […]
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If consistent excellence over an extended period is the defining mark of a great athlete, Efe Ajagba has earned the right to be regarded as Nigeria’s leading boxer of contemporary times. The 31-year-old Nigerian-born and bred boxer laid another brick toward that status last Sunday, February 15, by sending former IBF heavyweight title holder to […]
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The 2026 NBA All-Star weekend kicked off on Friday, February 13, with the Rising Stars Challenge that saw Team Vince, coached by Vince Carter, defeat Team Melo, coached by Carmelo Anthony. As entertaining and competitive as the opener was at the Intuit Dome, the centre of focus remains the 75th All-Star Game on Sunday, which […]
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When the 2026 Olympic Winter Games kicked off on February 6 at Milano Cortina, Samuel Ikpefan stood as the only Nigerian athlete set to participate in the Games. Competing in cross-country skiing, the 33-year-old, born to a Nigerian father and French mother, was raised in the French Alps, a region where snow and winter […]
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Nicholas Eze Emmanwori, who turns 22 on Saturday, is bidding to join an exclusive list of the youngest players to win the Super Bowl on Sunday, when he takes the field with the Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium. Emmanwori, who somehow lost the Defensive Rookie of the Year award […]
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