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Enugu Rangers and Rivers United both won their scheduled NPFL matches by single goals against Plateau United and Remo Stars respectively Today.

Africa’s most celebrated table tennis star, Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri and the current African champion, Egypt’s Omar Assar have been listed among the 64 seeded players for the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships holding in Dusseldorf, Germany on May 29 to June 5. Already, 64 top players in the world including Olympic and World Champion, China’s Ma Long have been exempted from competing in the preliminary round of the championships while they are expected to begin their campaigns in the main draw (first round) of the tournament. Quadri who has also been listed among the world title contenders by the world…

The Nigeria Football Federation has moved to enforce earlier circulars it sent out to all its affiliate bodies in respect of football officials playing multiple roles that amount to conflicts of interest in the football space. In a letter dated 2nd May 2017 and signed by the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, the Federation unequivocally requested “all affiliates to send to the office of the National Integrity Officer received copies of resignation letters by all affected officials on or before 12th May 2017. The said letters should be scanned and sent to the following email: christian.emeruwa77@gmail.com.” For avoidance of doubt,…

A new penalty shootout format similar to the tennis tiebreak will be tested at the European under-17 championship, which began in Croatia on Wednesday, UEFA said. Known as ABBA, the new system is designed to prevent the team that goes second from being put at the psychological disadvantage of always having to play catch-up. Currently penalty shootouts see team A and team B take five penalties each in an alternating pattern with sudden death used after that if the scores are level. Soccer’s rule making body IFAB, which approved trials of the new system in March, says research proves the…

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Rivers Hoopers head coach, Ogoh Odaudu has promised that his team will not underestimate the threat posed by their opponents this week. After losing their season’s opener, Hoopers are now on a run of three consecutive victories and the KingsMen will host two newly promoted teams this week, NAF Rockets on Thursday and Hoops & Read on Saturday. NAF Rockets have won just two of the five games they have played this season while Hoops & Read have recorded two away wins against the Rockets and Oluyole Warriors. Former Nigeria international, Ogoh is not underrating the two Lagos based teams.…

The President of Germany-based NGO, PLAY!YA, Ian Mengel, on Tuesday said that football players’ trafficking was growing at an alarming rate in Nigeria and, indeed Africa. PLAY!YA supports grassroots sport and education development and also organises the African Football and Film Festival (AFFF). Mengel, a former FC Bonn of Germany player, said in Lagos that in spite  the magnitude of the problem, the Nigerian sports authorities and parents were not doing enough to address it. He spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) against the backdrop of the organisation’s 3rd African Football and Film Festival held in Gowon Estate,…

Mario Balotelli has hit back at Brendan Rodgers’ joke claim that the Italian is the best player he has ever coached.

Chris Smalling’s fiancée Sam Cooke enjoyed a hen do with friends ahead of their summer wedding, even donning masks of the defender during their stay in Barbados.

AS Roma striker Francesco Totti will retire from playing at the end of the season, with the news coming from a press conference with the club’s new director of football Monchi.