Tag: football
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Long EPL weekend on GOtv: Teams eye vital wins in final stretch
Premier League action continues over the Easter long weekend, with clubs across the table battling for European places and survival. With five Champions League spots now available to English clubs, the race for the top five heats up. On Saturday, all eyes will be on the late kick-off between Aston Villa and Newcastle United at…
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Yenagoa SC battle Gateway for Inter Club Scrabble Challenge top prize
The surprise package of the 2025 Nigeria Scrabble Federation Inter-Club finals, Yenagoa SC, have punched their ticket to today’s final of the competition in Benin City, South-South, Nigeria Thanks to their convincing and comfortable win over Central Scrabble Club A in the semi-finals decided on Wednesday, with Yenagoa winning the first three matches, leaving the…
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Defending champions of NSF Inter-club Challenge, Pyramid SC eliminated
The defending champions of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation Inter Club Challenge, Pyramid SC of Lagos plan of finishing on the medal bracket at the 2025 edition of the competition is up in flames. Pyramid, one of the biggest and dominant forces in club scrabble in Nigeria failed to cross the grueling group stage of the…
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Edo State Sports Commission boss Enabulele backs National Scrabble Festival
The Edo State Sports Commission officials say they are fully backing the biggest scrabble event in the country, the Nigeria Scrabble Federation Festival going on at the Florence Hotel and Suites, Benin City, Edo State, in the South-south region of Nigeria. The Executive Chairman of ESSC, Amadin Desmond Enabulele made this known in a chat…
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CAF B-Licence Coaching Course takes off in Nigeria
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, on Monday at the NFF-FIFA Technical Centre inside the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja officially inaugurated the first batch of participants for the CAF B-Licence Coaching Course. The NFF boss expressed his delight at witnessing this significant milestone: “Today marks a moment of great joy for me,” he declared, emphasizing the importance of progress in Nigeria…
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NDSF opening ceremony holds in Uyo with Phyno, Eben on stage
President Bola Tinubu is expected to on Wednesday, April 2nd flag off the much anticipated Niger Delta Sports Festival sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission. The festival will be concluded on April 8 with about 3000 athletes and over 500 officials competing in 17 sports. A lot of entertainment will go with the opening…
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The Heartbreak of a last minute draw: A lesson in football’s unforgiving nature – Paul Okoku
The final whistle of the match between Nigeria and Zimbabwe, ending in a 1-1 draw, reverberates like an emotional punch. After a stellar 2-0 victory in Rwanda, the momentum was clearly in our favor. Expectations were high, yet what we witnessed left us feeling deflated and profoundly disappointed. For many Nigerians, especially those who grew…
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Great to be back in the World Cup race, says Super Eagles captain Ekong
Super Eagles’ captain William Ekong who has reviewed the 2-0 victory over Rwanda on Friday, says the win was just the statement the Eagles needed to put out as the World Cup race reached halfway mark. Ekong on the journey back home, “It was important to make the statement that we did, and we’re all…
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Osimhen overtakes Odegbami, pursues Yekini’s record in Nigeria’s 2-0 win against Rwanda
Nigeria’s forward Victor Osimhen, who had not played any part in the campaign previously, rose stoutly to the occasion and boldly revamped Nigeria’s campaign for a place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals. His two goals in the 2-0 win over Rwanda in Kigali gave him 25 goals so far for Nigeria. Before the…
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Rwanda vs Nigeria: All You Need to Know
Rwanda hosts the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a 2026 World Cup qualifying match in Kigali. Extrasportnigeria.wordpress.com serves all you need to know about this match Nigeria must have to win… ●It is the first match for Nigeria’s new coach Eric Sekou Chelle. ●Rwanda coach Adel Amrouche is not new to facing the Super Eagles.…
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