Nigeria’s contingent to this year’s International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships will depart for London on Tuesday, August 1. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) had initially prepared a list of 12 athletes for the championship, which run … read more
Boris Becker may have lost his £100m fortune in part because of questionable investments in the Nigerian oil industry, according to claims in the German press. Since the 49-year-old former tennis star was declared bankrupt in a London court last … read more
Most Nigerian sports fans only follow football, boxing, basketball and athletics. Rarely do games like bobsled interest us, or mean anything to us. Which is why many people may not yet know about Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga. The … read more
World football’s governing body FIFA on Tuesday said it had extended a ban on five officials who have been involved in a leadership battle for control of the game in Nigeria. FIFA said its disciplinary committee had “decided to extend … read more
Nigeria are hoping to have representatives at the Winter Olympics for the very first time in 2018. Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga, who are based in the United States, are looking to compete for Nigeria in the bobsledding … read more
Nigeria’s national women’s football team have launched a protest against the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for withholding allowances as the African country experiences its first recession in more than a decade. The Super Falcons have staged a sit-in at a … read more
Nigeria Premier League defender Izu Joseph has been shot dead in his hometown of Okaki. It is being reported that the 24-year-old Shooting Stars player was accidentally killed by troops battling Niger delta militants on Sunday. It is understood the … read more
Nigeria’s record-setting Paralympics athletes have returned to the country. The team, which won a record 8 gold medals at the Rio Paralympic games, arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Sunday evening to the scores of well wishers who … read more
Five Nigerian male football referees have failed the FIFA Physical Fitness Test held at the main bowl of the National stadium Abuja on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match officials are among the 16 ungraded … read more
After defeating Honduras in the third place match at the Olympics soccer event on Saturday (Aug. 20), Nigeria’s players ended up with bronze medals on their necks and thousands of dollars in their pockets—thanks to Katsuya Takasu, a Japanese plastic … read more