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BREAKING NEWS: Victor Moses dumps Nigeria for Chelsea

Nigeria’s midfielder Victor Moses has announced a stunning decision to quit international football, choosing his club Chelsea over answering duty calls from Nigeria. Moses, who is just 27, announced his decision...... Read more FIFA says Nigeria, Ghana risk being suspended over federation leadership crisis

World football governing body FIFA on Tuesday said it would go on to suspend Nigeria and Ghana from football activities if they failed to comply with its instructions by Monday. FIFA,...... Read more CAA selects 77 athletes for forthcoming IAAF Continental Cup

With less than 30 days to the beginning of the 2018 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Continental Cup, the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has selected 77 athletes to represent...... Read more U17 AFCON Qualifiers: 12 Players Fail MRI Test, No Cause For Alarm As Eaglets Wallop Black Arrows 11-0

The dreams of twelve promising footballers to represent Nigeria at the upcoming 2019 Africa U17 Cup of Nations qualifiers have been cut short after they failed the compulsory Magnetic Resonance Imaging...... Read more Nice coach Vieira turns to Barcelona striker Alcacer

Nice coach Patrick Vieira is planning a raid on Barcelona to boost his attack. Vieira has announced Mario Balotelli intends to leave this month - and he needs to find a...... Read more I’m a Proud NTTF Boss, Says Tikon

President of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), Ishaku Tikon, has said that he is proud to be in charge of the sport that has continued to set standard for others to...... Read more Cycling Lagos 2018 organisers parade partners, cyclists at mini tour ahead of grand finale

It was a parade of corporate partners and cyclists as the city of Lagos witnessed the Cycling Lagos Mini Tour on August 10 in readiness for the highly anticipated international cycling...... Read more Nigeria's Falconets hold China 1-1, qualify for U-20 World Cup knockout stages

Nigeria U-20 female football team Falconets on Monday played 1-1 with China in their final group match to reach the quarterfinals of the 2018 U-20 FIFA World Cup in France. Nigeria...... Read more Power Tussle: Giwa Sacks NFF General Secretary Sanusi

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF led by Amb Chris Giwa has terminated the appointment of Mohammed Sanusi as General Secretary, with immediate effect. Sanusi’s termination letter, was made known to Breaking...... Read more Francis reiterates Enyimba’s desire for win in Bamako

Enyimba defender Benjamin Francis has reiterated their desire to go all out in their next Group C game at the CAF Confederation Cup. The People’s Elephants who third on the log...... Read more Falconets Must Beat China – Coach

Nigeria’s youth female national team, Falconets’ assistant coach, Mansur Abdullahi has declared that the side will go all out for victory against China in their third group match of this year’s...... Read more Quadri Emerges First Nigerian to Win ITTF Nigeria Open

Aruna Quadri has become the first Nigerian to win the ITTF Nigeria Open men’s singles title after defeating Frenchman, Hachard Antoine in the final match of ITTF Nigeria Open 2018 held...... Read more Handball: Nigeria wins Africa challenge trophy in Rwanda

Nigeria were crowned Africa Challenge Trophy champions after narrowly beating defending champions DR Congo in the final 27-26. As a result, Nigeria booked the ticket to the IHF Trophy Intercontinental Phase...... Read more Galatasaray Cruise To Victory As Nigeria International Onyekuru Makes Debut

Everton loanee Henry Onyekuru made his Super Lig debut for Galatasaray, starting in the 3-1 victory over Ankaragucu at the Osmanli Stadium. The Nigeria international look sharp down the wing, making...... Read more Giwa-led NFF distances self from Pinnick-led elective congress time-table

Chris Giwa, President of a faction of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Congress, on Friday said his board would have nothing to do with the adjusted 2018 NFF Elective Congress time-table....... Read more FIFA bans former African Player of Year Bwalya

Zambia’s former African Footballer of the Year, Kalusha Bwalya, has been banned from the game for two years by world governing body FIFA after an investigation into his links to banned...... Read more Enyimba return to Aba home ground, get $5,000 boost from Gov. Ikpeazu

Players of Enyimba International Football Club on Friday trained for the first time in almost three years on their home ground in Aba. The former african champions have played home games...... Read more Under-20 Women's World Cup: Nigeria beat Haiti to kick-start campaign

Nigeria got their Under-20 Women's World Cup campaign back on track in France on Thursday with a 1-0 win over Haiti. A 36th minute penalty from Rasheedat Ajibade was enough to...... Read more NFF Election Confirmed for September 20th

The electoral committee for this year’s Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) polls has finally fixed September 20 as substantive date for the process that will usher in a new president and executive...... Read more Nwakaeme, Ogu combine to rescue Hapoel Beer Sheva in Europa League

Nigeria internationals Anthony Nwakaeme and John Ogu helped Hapoel Beer Sheeva fight back to a 2-2 home draw against APOEL Nicosia in Thursday's Europa League third qualifying round encounter. Having recently...... Read more Transfer news: Fulham sign Zambo Anguissa, Bryan, Rico, Vietto and Fosu-Mensah

Fulham have signed Marseille midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa in a £22.3m deal, one of five transfers the Cottagers completed on Thursday. Bristol City left-back Joe Bryan joined for £6m, with loan...... Read more Top Seeds Set to Battle at ITTF Challenge Nigeria Open

After two days of qualifying round, the top seeds at the 2018 ITTF Challenge Seamaster Nigeria Open, the top seeds will begin their campaigns for honours at the $46.000 prize money...... Read more Giwa Faction Invades NFF as DSS Withdraws from Glass House

Three members of the factional board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) headed by Chris Giwa, wednesday visited the NFF’s Glass House secretariat in Wuse Zone 7, Abuja, with the intension...... Read more Falconets in Make or Mar Clash with Haiti

Nigeria’s Falconets are condemned to beat Haiti today at the ongoing FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in France for them to have any chance of progressing to the quarter final. Chris...... Read more Nwora To Compete For Nigeria’s FIBA World Cup Qualifying Team

University of Louisville forward Jordan Nwora has been named to Nigeria's 17-member preliminary squad for the 2018 FIBA World Cup African Qualifiers on June 29-July 1 at the Indoor Sports Hall...... Read more