Tag: soccer
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FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup: Nigeria beats Samoa 4-0 to reach Round of 16
Nigeria reached the Round of 16 at this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in Morocco after a dominant performance earned them a 4-0 win over Samoa in Rabat. Queen Joseph hit a brace to take her tournament tally to three, and Captain Shakirat Moshood scored from the penalty spot while defender Azeezat Oduntan…
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Nigeria’s Green Falcons to square up against giants Fiji in Women’s Rugby League World Series finals on Sunday
Nigeria’s Green Falcons, who defeated Ireland 10-0 in the hard-fought first semi-final of the Women’s World Rugby League Series in Canada, will square up against the Fijian Women’s Rugby League team in Sunday’s final game. The Fijian ladies demolished hosts Canada in the second semifinals at the same venue by 48-0. On paper the Canadian…
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Port Harcourt to host Nigeria’s Men’s Basketball final playoffs
Pius Ayinor Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has been confirmed as the host city by the Nigeria Basketball Federation for the 2025 Final-8 and the Final Four Playoffs of the Nigeria Men’s Basketball Premier League. A communique from the Nigeria Basketball Federation on Monday and addressed to all clubs due to participate in the…
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FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup: Nigeria lose 4-1 to Canada in opener
Canada’s U17 girls scored three second-half goals to dominate Nigeria 4-1 in the opening match of Group D of the ongoing FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in Morocco. The game at the Football Academy Mohammed VI (Pitch 2) in Moroccan city of Salé, near Rabat, was barely two minutes old when Canada went in…
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Super Eagles duty has drained Iwobi, Bassey and Chukwueze – Fulham coach
Fulham manager Marco Silva has stated that international commitments with the Super Eagles impacted the readiness of Alex Iwobi, Calvin Bassey and Samuel Chukwueze ahead of his side’s Premier League clash against Arsenal. The trio featured in the back-to-back 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Benin, although the AC Milan loanee was substituted at…
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2026 Women’s AFCON Qualifiers: Ajibade, Nnadozie, 19 others for Bénin
Days after the senior men’s national team of Nigeria, the Super Eagles, dashed the Bénin Republic’s dream of a first-ever FIFA World Cup appearance, the senior women’s team, the Super Falcons, are all set to stop their counterparts from the same country from reaching the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. Both West African neighbours clash…
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Boboye resumes as Bendel Insurance Technical Manager
The newly appointed Technical Manager of Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin, Coach Kennedy Boboye, has begun work with the club, taking charge of the morning training session. The two-time league champion with Plateau United and Akwa Utd superintended over the Benin Arsenals team for the first time at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium on Wednesday…
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2025 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup: Flamingos beat Paraguay 3-2
Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football team, the Flamingos, rounded off their pre-World Cup preparations in style with a hard-fought 3–2 victory over Paraguay in Casablanca on Tuesday evening. It was a match filled with pace, precision, and plenty of lessons as Coach Bankole Olowookere’s girls sealed their 12th warm-up game, extending their scoring tally to an…
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NPFL: Abia Warriors Azubuike’s brace helps sink El-Kanemi in Umuahia
By Emmanuel Chinedu in Umuahia, Reporting for Extrasportnigeria.com Two first-half goals from Abia Warriors’ youngster, Casmir Azubike, secured a vital win for the hosts over visiting El-Kanemi Warriors in a Matchday 8 encounter of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), decided at the Umuahia Township Stadium. Umuahia. The game was played on Sunday. Abia Warriors’…
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Osimhen scores as Galatasaray beat Liverpool 1-0
*Becomes first Nigerian player to score 10 goals in the Champions League Victor Osimhen scored an early penalty as Galatasaray beat an error-prone Liverpool, who lost goalkeeper Alisson and striker Hugo Ekitike to injury, 1-0 in a raucous Champions League clash in Istanbul on Tuesday. The masked Nigerian striker blasted the ball past a diving…
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