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Nigeria lose Copa Coca-Cola title to Kenya

Kenya was crowned COPA Coca-Cola Africa Cup champion following a dramatic penalty triumph over Nigeria in a pulsating finale at the Afraha Stadium in Nakuru, Kenya. Nigeria had beaten Zimbabwe, South...... Read more FIFA bans Gambia football head for 4 years for corruption

FIFA has banned Seedy Kinteh, former president of the Gambia Football Federation, from all football activities for four years after finding him guilty of bribery and corruption, world soccer’s governing body...... Read more Ibrahimovic to rejoin Los Angeles Galaxy

The Los Angeles Galaxy confirmed on Tuesday that Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic would rejoin the club next season after a successful debut in Major League Soccer. A statement from the Galaxy...... Read more Sports Festival: Okowa to reward victorious Team Delta with N229m

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has congratulated Team Delta for emerging victorious yet again in the just concluded 19th National Sports Festival. This is even as the Team is to...... Read more Delta State Government bags award for promoting continental sports

The Delta State Government has bagged a special award for promoting track and field athletics in the African continent, even as the state easily retained its position as champions of the...... Read more Excitement as Team Delta wins National Sports Festival •Buhari Congratulates Okowa

Delta State has lifted the trophy for the 19th edition of the National Sports Festival bagging 163 gold medals to beat Rivers State which got 69 gold medals to clinch the...... Read more Pele: Neymar needs to score more and dive less

Brazilian football legend Pele has warned Neymar that his on and off-field antics, including his propensity to go down, are hurting his bid to reach greatness in world football. Neymar has...... Read more Real Madrid get Club World Cup semi-final opponents

Real Madrid will face Kashima Antlers in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup after the Asian champions beat Mexican side CD Guadalajara 3-2 in the United Arab Emirates. Guadalajara took...... Read more Qatar 2022 World Cup organisers unveil stadium design for final

Qatar 2022 World Cup organisers have unveiled designs for the stadium where the tournament’s final will take place. The 80,000-capacity Lusail Stadium will be the largest venue used during the tournament,...... Read more Tragedy hits Nigerian football as star defender Dominic Dukku slumps and dies before match

In what is yet another tragedy to hit Nigerian football, star defender defender Dominic Dukku has slumped and died while warming up for a match. Dukku, formerly of Kano Pillars FC,...... Read more Salah equals Jay Jay Okocha’s record, emerges BBC African Footballer of the Year for second straight year

Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been voted BBC African Footballer of the Year for the second time in a row. The 26-year-old beat Medhi Benatia, Kalidou Koulibaly, Sadio Mane...... Read more Most FIFA federations vote for 48-team World Cup in 2022

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Thursday that a majority of national football federations were in favour of expanding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to 48 teams. Infantino said a...... Read more Chukwu tasks NFF over beach soccer

Following Super Sand Eagles victory against host, Egypt, in the semifinal of the on-going 2018 Beach Soccer Africa Nations Cup, former Super Eagles coach, Christian Chukwu says the Nigeria football Federation...... Read more Data-driven sports management hits SA shores with launch of SAP Sports One

South African and African sports teams gained access to the same technology used by the German football team in their successful bid for the 2014 FIFA World Cup at the launch...... Read more Delta wins 2018 National Sports Festival title, hits 85 gold

With three days left to end the 19th National Sports Festival tagged Abuja 2018, Team Delta may have successfully defended its title, after extending the lead on the medals table to...... Read more South Africa, Egypt, Congo Brazzaville bid for AFCON 2019

South Africa, Egypt and Congo Brazzaville are bidding to host the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), the continental football showpiece. “We have submitted our bid documents,” South African Football Association...... Read more Remo Stars Youth Director Speaks on Eye-Opening Portugal Training

Remo Stars Director of youth Development, Daniel Ogunmodede, has described his capacity enhancement training at CD Feirense in Portugal as an eye-opener. Daniel Ogunmodede, popularly known as Coach Dan, became the...... Read more Sports Minister to probe Super Falcons’ unpaid bonuses

Two years after the Super Falcons defeated their Senegalese counterparts 2-0 to qualify for the 2016 edition of the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in Cameroon, their winning bonuses is said...... Read more WAFU Cup: Flying Eagles beat Ghana 4-2 to hit semi-finals

The Flying Eagles on Wednesday rallied from behind to beat the Black Satellites of Ghana 4-2 and reach the semi-finals of the ongoing WAFU Under-20 Championship in Togo. After drawing goalless...... Read more 19th NSF: Seven-time Olympian Toriola wins Table Tennis men’s singles gold

Seven-time Olympian Segun Toriola on Tuesday won the men’s table tennis singles event, beating Ganiyu Hashimyu 3-1 in the final match at the ongoing 19th National Sports Festival (NSF). Hashimyu, who...... Read more IB CHAMPIONS CUP: Young Monsuru Umoru emerges star with hat trick of assists to shock IB Sports Dreams 3-0.

The beauty of football. When the direction of games look predictable, a twist comes along to change the course of events and leave observers scratching heads in utter surprise. So it...... Read more Why I dumped Enyimba for Katsina Utd — Ikechukwu Ezenwa

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, has revealed why he left Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) giants Enyimba FC. The goalkeeper recently agreed to join Enyimba’s rivals Katsina United, who are also...... Read more Afcon 2019 hosts to be decided on January 9

South Africa could step in as hosts of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, according to the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad in an interview with...... Read more FIFA to decide on 48-team World Cup in March 2019

Gianni Infantino reiterated that FIFA will decide in March whether the 2022 World Cup could be extended to include 48 teams but conceded it was not a simple decision. Thirty-two teams...... Read more River Plate beat Boca Juniors to claim fourth Copa Libertadores crown

River Plate claimed their fourth Copa Libertadores title, 5-3 on aggregate, after defeating Argentine rivals Boca Juniors in 3-1 in a pulsating second leg at the Bernabeu that went to extra...... Read more