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AFCON U20: Flying Eagles target Senegal win
It is a date with another set of Lion Cubs on Monday afternoon and Head Coach Aliyu Zubairu has assured everyone that Nigeria’s U20 boys are focused and determined to achieve a win that will guarantee them a place at this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals. Unbeaten in their Group B campaign, the Flying…
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NPFL 2024/25: Last stage dramas for continental tickets and against relegation
Tolu Oguntimehin takes a look at the different fight centres for relegation survival and continental ticket slots The 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season has been nothing short of a rollercoaster, filled with twists, late drama, and shifting narratives. With the title already clinched, the real battles now rage at both ends of the…
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Frustration from China forces Team Nigeria Athletics to boycott World Relay Championship
Team Nigeria, to the World Relay Championship in China, has pulled out of the competition as a result of the hide-and-seek game of the Chinese embassies in the United States of America, Germany, and Nigeria in the delay in issuing visas to athletes. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) made this known on Friday in…
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AFCON U20: Nigeria in quarter finals after 2-2 draw with Kenya
Nigeria reached the quarter finals of the ongoing CAF U20 Championship in Egypt despite having to force Kenya’s Rising Stars to a 2-2 draw in the last match of Group B on Wednesday. In the event, the Flying Eagles finished second on the table with five points, two behind group leaders Morocco who drilled Tunisia…
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U20 AFCON: 5 Kenyan players that can stop Nigeria’s Flying Eagles
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will take on the Rising Stars of Kenya in their final Group B match at the ongoing 2025 U20 Africa Cup of Nations (Egypt 2025). The Nigerians coached by Aliyu Zubairu beat Tunisia 1-0 in their opening group game before playing a goalless draw against Morocco yesterday. They’re now second in Group…
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Abdulfatai, Udoaka win titles at 2025 National Table Tennis Championships in Osun
Kwara’s Abdulbasit Abdulfatai and Cross River’s Hope Udoaka emerged as champions at the 5th Michael and Felicia Alabi Memorial National Table Tennis Championships, held Otan Ayegbaju, Osun State. With the defending champions exiting in the quarterfinals, Abdulfatai had a smooth ride to the final, where he mesmerized giant-killer Matthew Fabunmi with a 4-0 victory (12-10,…
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Atilola’s fairy tale run cut short but wins Outstanding Player award
Nigeria’s emerging tennis kid Mofi Atilola had her drive to win two titles in two age categories breached in the Girls 16 finals where the No.2 seed, Goodnews Aina from Ekiti played with a lot of determination to win 6-4, 6-2. Atilola, who easily won the Girls 14s title on the same day beating Success…
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Christian Chukwu’s name stays permanently with Nigeria football – Gusau
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has declared that late former Green Eagles’ captain ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwuemeka Chukwu is a man that can never be forgotten.. Gusau spoke Friday afternoon in Enugu when a delegation from the NFF and FA Chairmen from the South East zone paid a condolence visit to…
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I know my performance will help me at the polls – AFN President, Okowa
The Election Day into the office of the President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, (AFN), is close and the incumbent president, Chief Tonobok Okowa, says he will be seeking re-election in order to consolidate on the gains already made. Okowa told journalists in Delta State, South-South, Nigeria, that the work, reforms and programmes that…
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Remo Stars’ NPFL win: Quality testament to GTI’s work on football development
On Sunday, April 27, 2025, Remo Stars Football Club of Ikenne achieved a historic milestone by clinching their first-ever Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) title in the 2024/25 season. After coming up short in the previous two seasons, where they finished as runners-up, this victory was not just a personal achievement for the club, but…
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