Ever since making his debut for the Super Eagles of Nigeria two years ago at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côte d’Ivoire, there has been no Nigerian goalkeeper more trusted than Stanley Nwabali. However, the goalkeeper’s position in the national team is currently under threat, as he was the only fit senior […]
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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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Bam Adebayo etched his name into NBA history Tuesday night, scoring 83 points in the Miami Heat’s 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards. The All-Star big man produced the second-highest scoring game in NBA history, surpassing the 81-point masterpiece by Kobe Bryant in 2006. Only the legendary 100-point game by Wilt Chamberlain in 1962 […]
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Nigerian heritage racing prospect Ugo Ugochukwu delivered a landmark moment in his rising career on Sunday, claiming his first victory in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with a commanding performance in the feature race at Albert Park Circuit in Australia. The 18-year-old Campos Racing driver fought back from an early setback to seize control […]
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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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It is official. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the postponement of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), about 12 days from when it was originally set to commence in Morocco. The move had been rumoured for days, but CAF announced on Thursday, March 5, that the tournament will instead […]
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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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Hollywood star Damson Idris has extended his run with the Formula One family, joining the sports franchise as a Global Brand Ambassador following the launch of F1’s “All To Drive For” campaign, in which he starred. Damson, a British actor born to Nigerian parents in London, starred in F1: The Movie about one-year ago. […]
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Nigerian sprint hurdler sensation Jared Ejiasian has sent shockwaves through the athletics world after shattering a seven-year world record in the men’s 60-meter hurdles at the French U18 and U20 Indoor Championships in Val-de-Reuil on Saturday. The 16-year-old clocked a breathtaking 7.43 seconds in the final at the Stade Couvert Jesse Owens, eclipsing the […]
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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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