Tag: sports
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NPFL Youth League: Remo Stars Daniel Arierhi emerges Top Scorer in Ikenne
*El Kanemi beat Nasarawa 2-1 in Kano Remo Stars emerged champions of the Ikenne Centre of the 2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Youth League with their striker, Daniel Arierhi topping the scorers log with four goals from five matches. For the young Stars, it was a near maximum outing as they won all their…
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CHAN: Eagles must beat Sudan to avoid going home
Nigeria’s bounce-back-ability on the football field will again be subjected to a stern test when the home-based men’s national team take on Sudan in a must-win 8th Africa Nations Championship Group D encounter in Zanzibar on Tuesday. Title-holders Senegal scored with their only shot on goal with only a quarter-hour left in the two teams’ clash…
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Musa Kida encourages D’Tigers inspired by champions D’Tigress
Pius Ayinor The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Engr. Musa Kida was with the men’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, at training on Monday in Abuja, even as Nigerians focused their attention on the victorious D’Tigress, who just accomplished an unprecedented 5-peat. Kida who addressed the players at the Mo Arena where they have holed…
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Trump tightens visas for transgender athletes
After warning back in January that it intended to ramp up on stricter border control policies and do away with males allegedly competing in women’s sports, the United States government is following through by restricting access to those travelling to international tournaments. Per a New York Times report dating all the way back to February,…
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CHAN 2024: Why Nigeria lost to Senegal – Eric Chelle
Super Eagles of Nigeria coach Eric Chelle has explained why the home-based Eagles lost their CHAN 2024 opening match against Senegal. The defending champions beat Nigeria 1-0 on Tuesday. The game played at the Amaan Stadium was a drab, physical one marred by fouls and reckless challenges. An error from Nigeria’s Leonard Ngenge allowed Senegal’s…
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AfroBasket fallout: Zenith Bank hosts victorious D’Tigress, gifts team N200m
Sponsors of the Nigerian Women’s National Basketball League, Zenith Bank Plc, on Tuesday at a reception held at their Abuja head office, rolled out the drums for the champions D’Tigress after the team secured a record-setting 5th back-to-back AfroBasket title. The bank rewarded the team with N200m. Each of the players will receive N10m which…
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D’Tigress get $100k, national awards, flats for historic AfroBasket victory
Pius Ayinor Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have been rewarded by the Federal Government following their remarkable feat of winning a fifth consecutive African title. At a special reception held for the team at the State House on Monday evening, each player of the triumphant squad was awarded $100,000, a national honour (OON), and a…
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Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat Mali to win 5th-straight African title
Pius Ayinor Nigeria’s D’Tigress have cemented their dominance in African women’s basketball, by winning their fifth consecutive Women’s AfroBasket title with a lovely 78-64 victory over Mali. The game was played Sunday night in Abidjan. The Malians started off with their supporters and won the first quarter 26-21. And as in their precious three games…
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Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat Senegal for the seventh time in a row, to face Mali in Sunday’s final
Nigeria survived a hard-fought test, beating arch rivals Senegal to advance to the Women’s AfroBasket final for the fifth time in a row. In a game with three crucial lead changes, the reigning champions, Nigeria, prevailed with a final score of 75-68. With this victory, Nigeria extended their Women’s AfroBasket winning streak to 28 games,…
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Nigeria’s athletics future still very bright – AFN President
The President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, (AFN), Chief Tonobok Okowa, strongly believes that the future of athletics in Nigeria is bright. He gave this assurance on Friday during an interview with journalists during the AFN National Trials at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex in Lagos. He based his confidence on the…
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