Nigeria women’s bobsled team, consisting the trio of Akuoma Omeoga, Seun Adigun and Ngozi Onwumere, has qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics. The three-member team — which was only formed in 2016 — is the first to represent Nigeria at the winter event, to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February next year. Driver […]
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Following the international break that gave us some last minute world cup qualifications and a host of interesting friendly matches, the players have returned to their various clubs in the elite leagues. Here we bring you fixtures from the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga and other prominent European leagues. Premier League Saturday November 18, 2017 […]
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World football governing body, FIFA, on Thursday, November 16, 2017, announced the pots for the 2018 World Cup draw on its website. In the publication, Nigeria is placed in Pot 4, which means it will not play any of the countries in that pot. Pot 1: has Russia, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland, and France. […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria, on Tuesday defeated Argentina 4-2 in an international friendly match played in Krosnador, Russia. Argentina went two goals up through Sergio Aguero and Ever Banega before the Super Eagles staged a remarkable comeback. Kelechi Iheanacho goat a goal back for Nigeria, Alex Iwobi scored a brace and Brian Idowu scored […]
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The five-man shortlist for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2017, including Nigerian Victor Moses, has been revealed. Other contenders are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Naby Keita, Sadio Mane, and Mohamed Salah were unveiled during a special live launch broadcast in London. Cameroon’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations winner Arnaud Djoum was part of the panel […]
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“We’re Italy and if we qualify it will be by playing football,” coach Gian Piero Ventura insisted on Sunday on the eve of a crunch World Cup play-off against Sweden in Milan. Four-time world champions Italy need to overturn a 1-0 first-leg defeat to avoid missing out on the World Cup for the first time […]
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Tunisia and Morocco on Saturday joined Nigeria, Egypt and Senegal on the FIFA World Cup train to Russia next June. Tunisia last featured in the World Cup in 2006 and Morocco in 1998. Morocco qualified at the expense of Ivory Coast, beating the former African Champions 2-0 in Abidjan, to clinch a clear four point lead […]
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A former U.S. soccer star Hope Solo has accused former FIFA President Sepp Blatter of sexually assaulting her in 2013 during the Ballon d’Or awards ceremony. “Sepp Blatter grabbed my ass, it was a few years ago at the Ballon d’Or ceremony just before I got on stage,” Solo said. She said that sexual harassment […]
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After ending their last qualifying match against Algeria 1-1, Nigeria have now logged one of the best records in the qualifying race to the World Cup. The Super Eagles unbeaten run in World Cup qualifying has extended to 37 matches. They suffered their last defeat in World Cup qualifying on 20 June 2004. The Super […]
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The Super Eagles have arrived in Constantine ahead of Friday’s 2018 FIFA World Cup final qualifying round Group B Match Day Six clash with the Fennecs of Algeria. After a three-day camp in the Moroccan city of Rabat, the Super Eagles took off for Constantine on Thursday morning. According to a post on the Super […]
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