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Atletico Madrid’s Rasheedat Ajibade stole the show on Tuesday when the Super Falcons thrashed Ethiopia’s Lucy 4-0 in a Paris 2024 Olympic qualifiers. The first leg of the tie ended 1-1 in Addis Ababa meaning Nigeria won the encounter…

Mikel Obi has tipped the Super Eagles for glory at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) billed for Cote d’Ivoire next year. The Nigerian and Chelsea legend made the remark after the Super Eagles were drawn in Group A of the…

Nigeria on Wednesday lost out in the joint bid with Benin Republic to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, with the joint bid by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania clinching the hosting right. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) also…

Former two-time UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has entered a guilty plea in a newly surfaced drunk driving incident at home in New Zealand — which occurred just weeks out from UFC 293. According to the NZ Herald, Israel…

Former world champion and three-time Diamond League winner Tobi Amusan seems unbothered by the latest move by the Athletics Integrity Unit to challenge her racing status after the body appealed their disciplinary panel’s decision to…

Women’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan on Saturday won her third consecutive Diamond League trophy in Eugene, United States. After a disappointing show at the World Championship in Budapest, Hungary, Amusan was at her…

Paul Pogba has failed an initial doping test, but there are more steps now before it can be said that the Juventus midfielder tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. News agency ANSA announced this afternoon that Pogba had…

The Super Eagles of Nigeria started with attacking and stepping on the offensive sector against Sao Tome and Principe in their African Cup of Nation (AFCON) qualifiers on Sunday. Nigeria pressed and scored the first goal at the…

Sean Strickland set a pace an all-time great could not match and authored one of the biggest upsets in Ultimate Fighting Championship history against Israel Adesanya. The Xtreme Couture export outboxed and outwitted Israel Adesanya…

Chiamaka Nnadozie, Super Falcons goalkeeper, saved two penalties to lead Paris FC to a shock 4-2 shootout victory over Arsenal Women in their UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) second qualifying round match on Saturday in London.…

Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen has been nominated for the 2023 Ballon d’Or award, becoming one of the few players from the country to have achieved the feat. The Napoli striker was in impeccable form last season, helping the Italian…

Following a good season with Barcelona Femeni, Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria has been nominated for the 2023 Women's Ballon d'Or. The 30-person shortlist was announced by French Football, the award's organisers, via a tweet on their…

Fulham have completed the signing of Everton midfielder Alex Iwobi in a deal which could reach £22m. The 27-year-old Nigeria midfielder joined Everton from Arsenal in the summer of 2019 and made 123 league appearances for the…

Israel Adesanya, the middleweight champion of the UFC, will premiere his film "Stylebender" in September 2023. Following a worldwide premiere at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan in June, the fighter, who was born in…

Nigeria’s Super Falcons have moved up eight places from 40th to 32nd team in the world according to the latest women’s ranking released by FIFA on Friday. In the list by the world football governing body, the eleven-time African…