The FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) 2025 kicks off this Saturday, June 14, and runs until July 13, 2025. The international club football tournament, usually featuring the top seven teams from each continent, will expand to 32 sides this year. Originally announced in 2019 and scheduled to debut in China in 2021, the new format’s […]
Across the continent, there’s hardly any national football team that has attained the level of dominance the Super Falcons have achieved. Nigeria’s senior women’s national team holds a formidable legacy, having won nine of the 11 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) titles and reaching at least the semi-finals in every edition they’ve contested. […]
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Having survived a rocky qualifying campaign in Morocco in April, Rivers Hoopers are back in the spotlight ahead of the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) playoffs, which run from June 6 to June 14 in Pretoria, South Africa. This marks the fifth edition of Africa’s premier men’s basketball league, and the Nigerian side’s third appearance. […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have won the 2025 Unity Cup after edging Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz 5–4 on penalties, following a 2–2 draw at the Brentford Community Stadium in London on Saturday, May 31. Fresh off a 2–1 victory over Ghana in the semi-final on Wednesday, Nigeria started brightly against a Jamaica side that […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria marked their return to the Unity Cup with a 2-1 victory over the Black Stars of Ghana in a lively semi-final clash at the Brentford Community Stadium in London on Wednesday, May 28. Back in the competition for the first time since winning its maiden edition in 2004, Nigeria […]
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World record holder Tobi Amusan has again returned to the headlines in style after a commanding victory in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Rabat Diamond League on Sunday, May 27. The Nigerian sprint hurdler clocked a time of 12.45 seconds, setting a new meet record. Amusan’s performance broke a seven-year-old mark of 12.51 […]
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Unarguably one of Nigeria’s best athletes in 2024, Favour Ofili is already making a strong case to finish 2025 as the country’s standout track and field star. Her performances so far have been nothing short of spectacular. At the 2025 Adidas Atlanta City Games held on Saturday, May 17, Ofili stunned the world with […]
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Nigeria’s Flying Eagles wrapped up their 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) journey with a third-place finish and a ticket to the FIFA U-20 World Cup set for September in Chile. The team recorded a 1-0 win over Tunisia and drew against Morocco and Kenya in the group stage. These results pitted them […]
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Nigeria’s U-20 men’s team, the Flying Eagles, ended their campaign at the U20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a hard-fought third-place finish, beating hosts Egypt in a penalty shootout at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo on Sunday, April 18. Coming off a disappointing 1–0 semifinal loss to South Africa, the Flying Eagles […]
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Osereme Inegbenebor is a heavy bundle of talent and creativity in Nigeria’s media space, defying the bounds of conventionality and defined by a string of elusive features that keep her as fluid in form as she’s firm in impact. A sportscaster, actor, compère, producer, and sometimes model, her multi-hyphenate disciplines collide, blur, and build on […]
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Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have booked a spot in the quarter-finals of the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after holding the Rising Stars of Kenya to a 2-2 draw at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Under coach Aliyu Zubairu, the Flying Eagles began their AFCON campaign with […]
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Nigerian excellence echoed across Europe this past weekend, thanks to three players: Chiamaka Nnadozie, Bruno Onyemaechi and Raphael Onyedika, all of whom clinched trophies with their respective clubs. It all began with Super Falcons’ Chiamaka Nnadozie, whose penalty heroics ended Paris FC’s trophy drought in the Coupe de France Féminine on Saturday, April 3, […]
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