In-form Onuachu makes strong AFCON 2025 case
As AFCON 2025 approaches, Trabzonspor striker Paul Onuachu can’t stop scoring, raising the possibility of returning to the Super Eagles after being left out in recent times. ABIODUN ADEWALE writes Game after game, Paul...... Read moreMedals rain as Special Eagles book final slot
Nigeria’s Special Eagles have advanced to the final of the football event at the inaugural West Africa Zone A and B Para Games in Abeokuta after securing enough points from the group...... Read moreNSC moves to approve Nigeria’s first flag football federation
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has announced plans to formally approve Nigeria’s official Flag Football Federation, with elections for new executive members expected to take place immediately after its inauguration. In...... Read moreUSHERING IN DECEMBER & CHRISTMAS
Everyone would have loved traveling to Rome due to the celebration of the fourth coming Christmas, but there is truly no place like home. It is sweet no justification needed. No...... Read moreAwoniyi’s Kwara Kiddies League season IV ends Dec 14
The organising committee of the Kwara Kiddies YEG League has announced that the grand finale of the 2025 edition will take place on Sunday, December 14, at the Kwara Football Academy pitch...... Read moreEnyimba end three-game winless run against Rangers
Former champions Enyimba returned to winning ways in the Nigeria Premier Football League on Sunday, thanks to a 2-1 win over Rangers International in an Oriental derby at the Aba Township...... Read moreNigerian coach sells Osimhen’s boots
Assistant coach of Solution FC – an Anambra-based Nigeria National League side – Olisa Ezeasor has sold the pair of boots gifted to him by Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, PUNCH Sports Extra reports....... Read moreBayelsa begin NWFL title defence against Edo Queens
Defending champions Bayelsa Queens will open their 2025/26 Nigeria Women Football League Premiership campaign against 2024 titleholders Edo Queens in a highly anticipated South-South derby at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa,...... Read more‘Nigeria ready for West Africa paravolley tourney’
The President of Paravolleyball Federation of Nigeria, Kayode Ladele, has declared full readiness for the maiden West Africa Zones A and B Para Games, which will take place from November 26...... Read moreNPFL: Pillars return to winning ways
Kano Pillars ended a seven-match winless streak with a 2–1 victory over Ikorodu City in Monday’s NPFL matchday 14 encounter, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. In Katsina, Pillars stunned second-placed Ikorodu City with a 2-1...... Read moreFinidi blames poor concentration for Rivers’ CAFCL collapse
Rivers United head coach Finidi George has attributed his side’s 3-0 defeat to Pyramids in their CAF Champions League group opener to lapses in concentration and costly errors in the second...... Read moreAgain, Falcons risk missing FIFA window
As the last women’s football international window in 2025 begins on Monday (today), 10-time African champions, the Super Falcons, are at risk of missing the opportunity to regroup, as the Nigeria...... Read moreOluwafemiayo powers Nigeria to gold in Riyadh
Para powerlifting icon Folashade Oluwafemiayo powered her way to a commanding gold medal in the women’s heavyweight event at the 6th Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saturday PUNCH reports. Oluwafemiayo, already one of the...... Read moreNigerian football suffering from nepotism – Cyro
Nollywood actor Tunde Shobayo, popularly known as Cyro, speaks candidly about his early love for Chelsea, admiration for Victor Osimhen, wider issues with the state of Nigerian sports amid World Cup...... Read moreSWAN Congratulates Victorious Anambra Beach Soccer Champion
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Anambra State Chapter, has congratulated the Anambra Beach Soccer “Warriors” for winning the 2025 Nigeria Beach Soccer League title. In a statement signed by...... Read moreS/E SWAN Commiserates With Rangers Int'l FC Over Passing Media Director, Norbert Okolie
The South East Zone of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has commiserated with Rangers International FC of Enough over the death of the Media Director, Norbert Okolie "We received...... Read moreNAFA flags off national school league finals
The Nigerian American Football Association has officially opened the national finals of the Nigerian Secondary School Flag Football League Season 4, marking another milestone in the sport’s rapid expansion across the country....... Read moreNRRF unveils 42-man squad for Ghana clash
The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation has named a 42-man provisional squad for the forthcoming Heritage Cup meeting with Ghana, confirming its intention to field an entirely home-based Stallions XV for the contest...... Read moreNigeria climb to 38th in new FIFA rankings
Nigeria have risen three places to 38th in the latest FIFA men’s world ranking announced on Wednesday following a month in which the Super Eagles played two competitive fixtures, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The...... Read moreNnadozie wins third straight CAF award
…Osimhen, Ajibade miss out Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie stood tall for the third straight year on the CAF Awards podium, winning the Women’s Goalkeeper of The Year Award at the 2025...... Read moreOsimhen to miss CAF awards
Victor Osimhen will be absent at this year’s CAF Awards in Rabat, Morocco, on Wednesday (today), as he returns to Galatasaray for a scheduled MRI scan on the hamstring injury he picked...... Read moreOlopade salutes Eagles despite World Cup miss
National Sports Commission Director General Bukola Olopade says Nigeria must “move on” from the disappointment of missing out on the 2026 World Cup, insisting that the focus must shift quickly to...... Read moreNigerians slam Eagles’ reliance on Osimhen
Nigeria’s defeat to DR Congo in the 2026 World Cup Africa play-off final has triggered widespread frustration among fans, who have criticised the Super Eagles’ deepening dependence on Victor Osimhen after the...... Read more2026 W’Cup miss, moment of profound sadness – NFF
The Nigeria Football Federation has issued a heartfelt apology to President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Government, and Nigerians following the Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup...... Read moreNFF apologises to Tinubu, Nigerians over Super Eagles’ World Cup miss
The Nigeria Football Federation has issued an open and sincere apology to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Federal Government, and millions of Nigerians, particularly loyal football fans, following the...... Read more