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 […]
It’s now a full house in Nigeria’s camp in Polokwane ahead of the Super Eagles’ must-win 2026 World Cup qualifier against Lesotho on Friday, October 10 and Benin Republic on Tuesday, October 14. The last time the Super Eagles were in action, their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup were extinguished after the 1-1 […]
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The 2025 World Championships, the 20th edition of the biannual global track and field fest, has been underway in Tokyo, Japan, from Saturday, 13 September, and ends on Sunday 21 September. With over 2,000 athletes from 200 countries involved in 49 events in this year’s World Athletics Championships, Nigeria’s delegation comprises 15 athletes who […]
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For the first time since the World Cup tournament began in 1930, as many as 48 countries will be contesting at the expanded 2026 edition. It’s also the first time nine African nations will have a chance to improve on their long-standing medal drought. In all these, the continent’s most populous country, Nigeria, won’t be […]
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Oleksandr Usyk, the two-time undisputed heavyweight world champion and one of the greats of his era, is the latest to endorse Moses Itauma, the British-Nigerian prodigy who has taken the boxing world by storm. “Great man, great fight. I think Itauma is the future of boxing. I like this guy. Yeah, definitely (he’s ready for […]
“I have loved every moment but feel that now, after three wonderful years in Bergamo, it’s the right time to move on and experience a new adventure,’’ an emotionally detached Ademola Lookman shared midway through the ongoing summer transfer window in what was in parts an accusatory dig at Atalanta B.C’s ownership and a goodbye […]
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Come what may in their August 19 group finale against Congo, the Super Eagles B will leave with little to savour, having set out for Tanzania with hopes of claiming their first CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) title. CHAN, Africa’s second-tier men’s national competition exclusive to players active in their countries’ domestic leagues, kicked […]
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The D’Tigress of Nigeria received a heroes’ welcome at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday, August 4, following their historic triumph at the 2025 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket in Côte d’Ivoire. The win came courtesy of a 78–64 victory over Mali in a tense final at the packed Palais des Sports de […]
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Since Formula One (F1) became a World Championship in 1950, Africa remains the only underrepresented continent in the sport’s global growth. In its 75 years of running, only Morocco and South Africa have hosted F1 races and those were held as far back as the 20th century. This over-three-decade absence on the continent has […]
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The 13th edition of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) concluded with a thrilling showdown between record champions Nigeria and hosts Morocco at a packed Olympic Stadium in Rabat on Saturday night. Before an over 20,000-partisan crowd, the Super Falcons mounted a dramatic 3-2 comeback win against the Atlas Lionesses to reclaim continental glory. […]
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