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Stanley Nwabali Honored with Chieftaincy Title – Latest Sports News In Nigeria Bestowed with the title “The Pride of Egbema Kingdom”, Nwabali was honored in recognition of his outstanding performance for the Super Eagles during the recently concluded 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.   His Royal Majesty, Nzeobi Evaritus Amida, expressed that Nwabali’s contributions had …

Super Eagles forward, Paul Onuachu has completed a season-long loan move to Turkish Super Lig club, Trabzonspor.   The 29-year-old Nigerian international joined Trabzonspor from English Championship side, Southampton, where he had a brief stint.   Onuachu’s time at Southampton was not as successful as he had hoped, as he failed to make a significant impact during his spell at …

Nigeria’s badminton team made history at the All African Senior Badminton Championship in Egypt, winning gold, silver and bronze medals in the women’s and men’s events. The team defeated the hosts Egypt in the final of the women’s team event, while the men’s team settled for silver after losing to Algeria. Nigeria also clinched bronze medals in the mixed team …

Joshua overcomes Helenius Anthony “AJ” Joshua (26-3-0, 23 KOs) knocked out Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius (32-5-0, 21 KOs) with a massive right punch in the seventh round on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London. Joshua, 33, executed his gameplan to perfection, stalking the opponent from the start in search of a knockout blow. The first five rounds seemed like a slow …

Harry Kane made his debut with Bayern Munich in a 3-0 defeat to Leipzig in the German Super Cup on Saturday night. Kane completed his move to the German champions from Tottenham at the weekend, and came on as a 64th-minute substitute to a huge cheer at the Allianz Arena. Dani Olmo scored a hat-trick for Leipzig to deny 30-year-old …

Atletico Madrid fullback Samuel Lino has revealed that the team’s Champions League clash against Inter Milan will be a ‘do or die’ affair on Tuesday.. He made this known in a chat with Marca, where he stated that Atletico Madrid will be aiming to defeat Inter at their own backyard. “Let that role of favourites remain for them, we are …

The Nigeria Football Federation has described as ‘admirable’ the mental toughness displayed by midfielder Peace Efih in helping the Super Falcons to a five-goal spanking of the senior women national team of Cape Verde in Abuja on Thursday. Efih’s biological mother breathed her last 48 hours before the 2024 Women Africa Cup of Nations final round, first leg encounter, but …

Nigerian midfielder Ngozi Okobi has called more inclusion of local league players in the Nigeria’s Women’s senior national team, the Super Falcons. Okobi during an X (Twitter) space interaction with Osasu Obauiwana stated the players plying their trade at home will stand no chance of making the team, with the current influx of players from abroad. Waldrum handed number of …

Big Defeats for Super Eagles Stars on PL Return – Latest Sports News In Nigeria Onyeka, experienced a 4-1 defeat with Brentford against table-toppers Liverpool.     Coming off the bench, the Midfielder was introduced in the 63rd minute, only to receive a yellow card shortly after for a challenge on Ibrahima Konate. Meanwhile, Iwobi, …

2023 AFCON: Nigeria draw hosts Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau – Latest Sports News In Nigeria Nigeria have been handed a tough draw at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The draw which held on Thursday night, in Abidjan, saw …