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Nigeria senior national team coach Eric Chelle has named a replacement for striker Victor Osimhen who is in a race against time to be fit for the upcoming AFCON qualifiers in September, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. The Super Eagles will begin their campaign to be in AFCON 2027 with a home draw in Uyo against Madagascar on September 23 before traveling to …

Post views: 60 The Nigerian Youth Basketball Supporters Association (AYNBA) has expressed concern over an alleged plot to disrupt the October 15 elective congress of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), warning that another leadership crisis could further affect the development of the sport in the country. In a statement released yesterday, the AYNBA alleged that former NBBF presidential aspirant, …

Rivers Alphas quarterback Adewale Akinpelu Yussuf has vowed that his team will remain focused after a difficult 41-0 loss to the Abia Warriors in their first game of SHOWTIME Flag Football XV Season of the League at Showtime Arena. Akinpelu, wearing number 55, finished with a player rating of 3.1 on a challenging afternoon for the Alphas. Instead of shying …

Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare has expressed his fierce determination to give his best and help Nigeria secure qualification for the 2027 African Cup of Nations (AFCON). Arokodare’s stellar form at the club has earned him a well-deserved place in Eric Chelle’s 24 Super Eagles squad for the upcoming opening qualifying matches against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau. Read also:AFCONQ 2027: Osimhen …

Nigeria’s senior team has suffered a setback ahead of its first match of the AFCON 2027 qualifiers later this month, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Nigeria will participate in the AFCON 2027 qualifiers by opening their campaign at home against Madagascar on the 25th, before traveling to meet Guinea-Bissau in Morocco four days later. Ahead of the match, coach Eric Chelle is sweating …

CALGARY – The Calgary Stampeders stay in the CFL playoff conversation, thanks to a long field goal from Rene Paredes, while the Ottawa Redblacks remain winless after Calgary’s 40-38 win over Ottawa on Saturday. Paredes kicked a 62-yard field goal, the longest of his career, with two seconds left to end a tug-of-war between two football teams desperate for different …

EDMONTON – Dozens of protesters chanted “no is no” and “intoxication is not consent” outside the Rogers Place arena ahead of the Edmonton Oilers’ first home game on Saturday, which featured the team’s controversial new forward, Alex Formenton. Protesters held signs with messages like “Believe Survivors” as fans arrived, renewing calls for the Oilers to cancel Formenton’s Sept. 9 signing. …

Five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team — Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, Dillon Dubé, Cal Foote, and Michael McLeod — were acquitted in July 2025 on sexual assault charges stemming from an encounter at a 2018 Hockey Canada party in London, Ontario. Since then, the NHL has reinstated all five, allowing them to play starting Dec. 1, …

Coventry City ended a 25-year wait for a Premier League win on Saturday after securing a dramatic 1-0 victory away to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. The victory marked Coventry’s first Premier League triumph since April 2001, when they defeated Bradford City 2-1 before being relegated from the top flight at the end of that season. First points of …

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – Rivers Hoopers captain Victor Koko has made a firm appeal to his teammates, insisting that the six-time Nigerian champions must redeem themselves and reclaim the Nigeria Premier Basketball League (NPBL) title at the upcoming 2026 Final Four on home soil. The season-ending round robin was originally scheduled for early this month but was rescheduled to September …