Author: Adebanjo Ogunseye

Super Eagles Head Coach Gernot Rohr admits his side played their best football in the first 45 minutes against Ukraine on Tuesday night at the Dnipro Arena.

Ukraine Head Coach Andriy Shevchenko believes the vocal Dnipro crowd among other things helped his side fight back to earn a 2-2 draw against Nigeria in an international friendly on Tuesday.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s father passed away at 52 after years of addiction to alcohol and Elma, Cristiano’s sister, posted a touching message on Instagram to their late father.

Super Falcons strikers Alice Ogebe has urged the Nigeria Football Federation to pay may more attention to women’s football and the senior women’s team like they do the men’s team.

In 2015 Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze announced their arrival on the world stage as Nigeria’s biggest young talents.

Team Nigeria arrived in Nairobi, Sunday, ahead of their Davis Cup campaign, which begins 11 September.

Nigeria’s D’Tigers, became the first team to secure a ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games following their 86-73 points victory over host China in a classification game at the 2019 FIBA Men World Cup.

Samuel Chuwkueze’s rising profile isn’t going unnoticed and while Villarreal know they can’t keep hold of him for long, it might be happening as soon as January according to some reports in England.

Josh Okogie inspired Nigeria’s 86-73 points win over host nation China, to finish as Africa’s best team at the World Cup and automatically book a ticket for the 2020 Olympic Games in China.

Asisat Oshoala got 54 minutes in this season’s opener for FC Barcelona in the 9-1 routing of CD Tacón at the Blaugranes new home ground, the Johan Cruyff Stadium.