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The Island AllStars PatrickLingo Super League 2026 offered another explosive afternoon of football on Saturday, October 17, as Jendol Superstores opened their winning account with a stunning 3-1 comeback against Wellborn Hotels, while Daily Manna Bakery handed Zudachi Construction a bitter injury-time upset in a dramatic 2-2 draw at the Lagos Business School Sports Arena. Sports247 reports that Wellborn Hotels …

Post views: 105 By Wakawaka Sports The Vice President-elect of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Ugo Udezue, has pledged to work with the newly elected leadership to strengthen basketball development across the country, following his election on Thursday at the federation’s elective congress in Abuja. Udezue, in a statement of gratitude to the delegates, said his election represents a …

Enyimba assistant coach Lawrence Ukaegbu has expressed great optimism that the team will bounce back with a better performance when they host Warri Wolves in Sunday’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) match. The ‘People’s Elephant’ are looking to bounce back quickly after suffering a disappointing 4-2 defeat to Katsina United last weekend. Also Read:Euromatch NPFL: Warri Wolves coach and captain …

The Nigeria National League (NNL) has expressed deep condolences to Crown FC of Ogbomoso following the death of its team driver, Yinusa Popoola Amole, popularly known as Olaloomi, in a road accident involving the club’s touring party headed to Ogun State for a pre-season tournament. The accident, which occurred on Thursday, reportedly involved the club’s Toyota Coaster bus and a …

Nigeria’s women’s cadet team, Flamingos coach Akeem Busari and team captain Harmony Chidi have captured global attention ahead of their tango with Poland at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco. Sports247 reports that as both teams prepare for their opening match of this year’s World Cup on Saturday, Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) served a detailed preview …

Deprecated: The WP_Dependencies->add_data() function was called with an argument i.e deprecated from version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. In /home/corerepo/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php online 6260 NSC DG Olopade tasks stakeholders to sustainably invest in sports – Core Reporters NSC DG Olopade mandates stakeholders to sustainably invest in sport From our journalist Abuja (Core Reporters) – Director General of …

EDMONTON – The Edmonton Elks will host the CFL West final for the first time in more than a decade. Cody Fajardo ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more as Edmonton cruised to a 35-27 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday. Edmonton hasn’t hosted the Western Conference finals or even a home playoff game at all …

Golden Eaglets head coach Eboboritse Uwejamomere says his team is determined to bounce back from their first loss to Niger Republic when they take on Ivory Coast in the 2026 WAFU B Under-17 Championship. Nigeria suffered a 2-1 defeat to Niger in their opening match, leaving them little room for error heading into Saturday’s crucial match against the Ivorians. Meanwhile, …

Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) returned to winning ways after beating Ranchers Bees 3-1, in the first match of matchday 9 of the EUROMATCH NPFL in Ibadan on Friday. Heading into the match, 3SC have failed to win their last five league matches, recording three defeats and drawing two. Desmond Ojietefian put 3SC 1-0 ahead in the 14th minute, but …

Shooting Stars Sports Club returned to winning ways in impressive fashion, defeating Ranchers Bees 3-1 in their EuroMatch Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) matchday nine encounter in Ibadan, giving under-pressure technical advisor Salisu Yusuf a much-needed victory. READ ALSO: EuroMatch NPFL: Big test for Salisu Yusuf as shooting stars host cattle bees amid mounting fan pressure | Sports247 Nigeria Sports247 …