A staggering 26 members of Nigeria’s Under-17 side failed an age test carried out ahead of an African Cup of Nations qualifier. A mandatory Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) screening of the squad revealed almost half were ineligible to play. Only … read more
Nigeria’s Olympic football team are facing a race against time to travel to Manaus, Brazil after being left stranded in Atlanta, USA. Samson Siasia’s men are due to face Japan in their opening game on Friday and were originally scheduled … read more
Nigeria’s women’s 4x400m quartet has been disqualified from Rio 2016 by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Nigeria’s medals prospect in the track and field of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, diminished by one when Tosin … read more
The Nigerian Women’s 4×400 relay team will not compete in the 2016 Rio Games, after an athlete who tested positive for a banned substance was disqualified by the International Association of Athletics Federation. A spokesman confirmed to CNN that Cuba … read more
Nigeria became the second African country to be home to a LaLiga office, after South Africa. LaLiga president Javier Tebas was in the city of Abuja for the for the opening of the latest international base as part of the … read more
Nigerian athletes have taken to social media, to solicit for funds in order to compete at next month’s Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. American-born sprinter, Regina George, who participated at the 2012 Olympics, has opened a page on gofundme.com and … read more
Nigeria have appointed Frenchman Paul Le Guen to lead their qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup, where they are drawn in a difficult group along with Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia. Former Cameroon coach Le Guen was chosen ahead of … read more
As unique rugby club stories go, London Nigerian Rugby Football Club is up there with the best of them. Founded by a group of Nigerians in 1991, the club became something of a grassroots phenomenon over the next decade, securing … read more
Bitter rivals Nigeria and Cameroon will meet at the Russia 2018 World Cup final round qualifiers after being drawn together in Group B in Friday’s draw in Cairo. Algeria and Zambia are the other teams in their group. Tunisia are … read more
Nigerian gay rights activists have condemned a senior soccer official after he said sponsors were reluctant to back women’s soccer in the country because of a misconception that female footballers are “synonymous with lesbianism”. Seyi Akinwunmi, the Nigeria Football Federation … read more