A few minutes before the winter transfer window for the 2025–26 season closed across Europe’s major leagues on February 2, Spanish giants Atlético Madrid managed to secure the signing of Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman. Fenerbahçe seemed the likeliest destination for the London-born Nigerian international, after the Turkish Süper Lig side matched Atalanta’s €40 million asking price […]
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When Giannis Antetokounmpo completed his fifth NBA season in 2018, the then-23-year-old Greek-Nigerian had grown into one of the league’s most productive and popular players. At the time, he was largely seen as the present and future of the Milwaukee Bucks, the very franchise that selected him 15th overall in the 2013 NBA Draft. […]
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For the first time in 15 years, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have reached a touching distance of the world’s top 20 national teams, soaring to 26th in the latest FIFA World Rankings. Rising from 38th in December 2025, the three-time African champions jumped 12 places — recording the highest points — their highest […]
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It has been 65 years since Patrice Lumumba’s transformative reign as DR Congo’s first prime minister was abruptly ended by Western influence, but the young leader’s legacy has been pivotal at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), particularly in the third week, where the competition narrowed to its final four sides. Here is […]
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As scheduled, the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has rolled into January 2026, where the new continental champion will be determined at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on the 18th. After a colourful and eventful opening week, the tournament took clearer shape in its second week, as the group stage concluded with […]
The much-anticipated 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) kicked off in Morocco last Sunday, December 21. It has barely been a week since the 35th edition of the continental showpiece got underway, but as ever, it has already delivered an engrossing asymmetrical mix of the memorable and the forgettable, overwhelmingly in favour of the former. […]
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have progressed to the round of 16 stage of the Africa Cup of Nations following a 3-2 win over Tunisia at the Fes Stadium on Saturday, December 27. With a head-to-head lead of three wins to Tunisia’s one in their previous six AFCON outings, Nigeria looked to extend their […]
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Just when you thought the blows to the Super Eagles’ preparation for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations can’t hit any harder, a concussive one hits, this time involving first-choice goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali’s availability. According to reports from South Africa, the Chippa United goalkeeper is suffering from an ankle and hand injury and might not […]
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For all the eye-rolling with which the bout is met, the Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul fight will happen on December 19 at the Kaseya Centre in Miami, Florida. No one surmised that for his first fight in fifteen months, the former two-time unified heavyweight champion would be taking on a YouTuber turned boxer. It […]
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Moroccan football reached an unprecedented high at the 2025 CAF Awards in Rabat on Wednesday, where they swept six of the honours on offer, including the main awards: the men’s and women’s African Player of the Year, which Achraf Hakimi and Ghizlane Chebbak won. Hakimi finally beat Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen and Egyptian […]
The ship has sailed, and whatever hopes Nigerians had of their senior men’s team, the Super Eagles, participating at the 2026 World Cup have gone with the tides. The ticket, however arduous, was there for the taking, but the three-time African champions listlessly handed it to the Democratic Republic of Congo after losing 4 – […]
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At the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta on Sunday, October 19, a devastating and unprecedented event occurred in Nigerian club football history. In their first-ever appearance in the second round of the CAF Champions League (CAFCL) preliminary stage, reigning Nigerian champions Remo Stars fell 5-1 to South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns, becoming the first Nigerian club […]
