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Mariam Aruna, daughter of the Nigerian Table Tennis icon Aruna, is ready to make her debut for the country at the Ittf Africa Youth Championships, scheduled for Sunday 27 July to Sunday 3 August at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. The twelve year old is part of the team of the U-15 girls from Nigeria together with …

In addition to ensuring a new WAFCon trophy tonight, the Super Falcons will win a major award if they beat the Morocco hosts to the continental championship. The winners of the WAFCon 2024 between the Super Falcons and the Morocco lions will win an award in the money of one million US dollars and, according to the main journalist Osasu …

A contingent of 60 athletes has abandoned Nigeria to Annaba, Algeria, to compete in the inaugural edition of the African School Sports Championship, which will take place from July 26 to August 5, 2025 in the Nation of North Africa. The athletes will represent Nigeria in 10 sports, which includes: athletics (12 athletes), swimming (8), football (18), taekwondo (4), beach …

… you want the clubs to play according to the rules on the contractual agreement and the well -being of the players The union of the players of Nigeria, the National Association of Professional Footers (Nanpf) has declared that the union is focused to ensure that the issues relating to the well -being of the players and the provisions of …

Adam Gbadebo, 10 years old, has been crowned champion of the 2025 Winifred Awosika Foundation Tournament for schools. Gbadebo, a recent graduate from Akingbogboade Nursery and Primary School and son of the top Ogun State Scrabble Player Femi Gbadebo, popularly known as ALESH, dominated the competition with five victories and without losses, ending with an accumulated extension of +682. He …

Lionel Messi and his teammate Inter Miami Jordi Alba each received a suspension of one match because he lost the All-Star Soccer Main League match earlier this week. This duo was absent from the Wednesday event at Austin, Texas, where the MLS team won a 3-1 win over the All-Stars MX League. “Per league rule, every player who does not …

The newly limited Nigeria International Ombudsman, Benjamin Fredrick, has been presented by the newly promoted Belgium Side FC Dentor of the English Premier League Brentford in a loan agreement, reports Owngoalnigeria.com. The 20 -year -old will join the club in a seasonal loan agreement with the aim of obtaining regular game time, which will further help its development after two …

In an amazing moment in the 14th African Armwrestling championship in Abuja, the Adefunke Aheniforo de Nigeria surprised the continent by defeating the African African champion Marie de Benin Republic in the fiercely answered category of 65 kg of women, a couple that is already called the greatest discomfort of the tournament. Also read: All or nothing: The last stage …

Flying Eagles’s duo, Daniel Bamayi and Ahmed Akinyele, have been included in the Wafu B U-20 team of the tournament. Bamayi and Akinyele helped the Flying Eagles to a finalist in the recently completed competition in Ghana. The best 11 of the tournament was dominated by the champion Côte D’IVorire, who beat the Flying Eagles 1-0 in the final. An …

Zeus Sports Ltd has announced the intention of organizing the largest boxing event in Nigeria with World Boxing Federation (WBF) in the state of Anambra. Emmanuel Emenogu, a famous sports promoter, revealed him while he spoke with Awka sports journalists on Friday. Emenogu said that the maximum weight boxing game baptized the “solution meeting” would present Taiwo Agbaje and Thomas …