Arthur Okonkwo’s long-awaited first invitation to the Super Eagles has emerged as the biggest talking point after Eric Chelle released his squad for the upcoming Unity Cup and international friendlies in Europe. The Wrexham shot-stopper and former Arsenal academy product receives his first Super Eagles call-up since formalising his switch of allegiance to Nigeria. […]
The hurdle standing between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and a place at the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is now known, after Tuesday’s qualifying draw in Cairo paired Eric Chelle’s side with Tanzania, Madagascar, and Guinea-Bissau in Group L. Tanzania, one of three nations hosting the 2027 tournament alongside Kenya and Uganda, holds an […]
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is less than one month away. Soon enough, the eyes of the football world will turn to North America, where the United States, Canada and Mexico will host the biggest edition of the Mundial yet. Expanded to 48 teams for the first time, the tournament has opened the door for […]
Tobi Amusan made history on Wednesday at the 2026 African Senior Athletics Championships in Accra, Ghana, delivering Nigeria’s first gold medal of the competition with a dominant display in the women’s 100m hurdles final. The world record holder crossed the line in 12.83 seconds, a performance that earned her a third African title in […]
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Spotify has launched a beta feature that lets AI agents generate personal, private podcasts and save them directly to a user’s Spotify library. The move puts the streaming platform in the middle of a growing habit where people use tools like OpenAI’s Codex, Anthropic’s Claude Code, and OpenClaw to turn their notes, schedules, and research […]
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The 2026 NFL Draft is about the best possible outcome for Nigeria, at least relative to the country’s interest and investment in American football. The 6-foot-4, 306-pound Nigerian phenomenon Uar Bernard, drafted in the seventh round by the Philadelphia Eagles, may have stolen the headlines with his extraordinary physique and, more interestingly, his near-zero football […]
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The first contingent for the UEFA Champions League (UCL) final in Budapest has been decided. Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal squad will touch down in the Hungarian capital later this month for the Champions League final, the first time the club has gone this far in European football’s grandest competition since 2006. After two decades […]
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YouTube is rethinking what a search bar can do. The platform has begun testing a conversational AI search tool that moves well beyond returning a ranked list of videos, offering users something closer to a guided experience built around their actual intent. The feature, accessible via a prompt in the search bar labelled “Ask […]
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Anthony Joshua might not be leading the pack right now, but the world is never quite done watching him. It is now confirmed that the British-Nigerian is set to return to the ring against Kristian Prenga on July 25 in Riyadh, his first fight since surviving a road accident that claimed the lives of his […]
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There is a world where Uar Bernard would have ended up as a real estate developer somewhere in Abuja. It was always his plan to do something different from most people around him, and by all accounts, he had the drive to succeed with his ambitions. What he did not have, until a basketball coach […]
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Despite the qualms, and there are many, about the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), the 2026/27 season will be one to watch, thanks to the presence of three Lagos-based teams in the country’s top-flight league. Ikorodu City had been Lagos’ sole representative for the past two seasons, but they will now be joined by Sporting […]
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Nigeria’s D’Tigress came out of Tuesday’s draw in Berlin knowing exactly what September holds for them. Placed in Group B of the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, they will face France, South Korea and Hungary when the tournament opens on September 4 at the Berlin Arena. The competition will run from September 4 […]
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