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Nigeria's Okagbare Finishes Second At Shanghai Diamond League 100m

Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare on Saturday continued her impressive run in the IAAF Diamond League as she finished second in the Women’s 100m event with an ...

The Senior Players At Manchester United Will Help David Moyes - Ryan Giggs

Manchester United great Ryan Giggs says incoming boss David Moyes will have the full backing of himself and the other senior players at the club.However, ...

Wayne Rooney No Longer Sir Alex Ferguson's Problem

Sir Alex Ferguson is content to leave the problem of what to do about Wayne Rooney to new Manchester United manager David Moyes.Rooney has asked ...

Neymar Named World's Most Marketable Athlete Ahead Of Messi, Bolt, Woods

The Brazilian forward, is number one ahead of superstars like Lionel Messi, Tiger Woods, Usain Bolt and Lewis Hamilton, in the list of 50 compiled ...

Okagbare Jumps 7.14m At Diamond League In Qatar to break Chioma Ajumwa's record

BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games bronze medalist, Blessing Okagbare, Friday at the IAAF Diamond League holding in Doha, Oatar, set a new African long jump record ...

Emenike Offers Team Mates $50000 As Incentive To Defeat Kenya

Nigeria soccer buffs have hailed the gesture by Africa Cup of Nations star, Emmanuel Emenike’s offer to award his colleagues 50,000 dollars (N7.9m) if they ...

Paris St Germain Reject An Approach From Real Madrid For Carlo Ancelotti

Paris St Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi says the club have rejected an approach from Real Madrid for the services of their title-winning coach Carlo Ancelotti.The ...

IN PICTURES: Manchester United Win Historic 20th League Title

Here is Sir Alex Ferguson's speech in full:  'Thank you to all of you. It’s been the most fantastic experience of my life. I’ve been very ...

Jossy Lad, Ex-Super Falcons Coach Dies

Former Coach of Super Falcons, Mr. Joseph Ladipo fondly called Jossy Lad died Thursday in his residence at Kuole Area of Apata, Ibadan, capital of ...

BREAKING NEWS: Sir Alex Ferguson Retires As Man Utd Manager

After 26 and a half successful years as coach of Manchester United, the club have announced that Sir Alex Ferguson will retire at the end ...

Manchester City Will Take Part In The Audi Cup In Munich This Summer

Manchester City have been invited to take part in the four-team Audi Cup in Munich during the close season.Hosts Bayern Munich, Italian giants AC Milan ...

2013 Africa Cup of Nations closing ceremony performance - Video

The Kokomaster ..D’Banj was LIVE @ the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Final.He performed two of his most-recent monster singles ..Oliver Twist & Top of ... Full story

Stephen Keshi Allegedly Sacked Prior To Clash Against Ivory Coast

Stephen Keshi has left  Nigerians wondering on his next move as Eagles coach when he asked; “do Nigerians  want me? He did not wait for ... Full story

Stephen Keshi - They don’t want me

Stephen Keshi has left  Nigerians wondering on his next move as Eagles coach when he asked; “do Nigerians  want me? He did not wait for ... Full story

Nigerian fan tried to slap coach Keshi for substituting Moses for Yobo

Despite the glorious win over competition favorites, Ivory Coast, some fans are still mad at Keshi for his decision to remove Moses for Yobo towards ... Full story

Peter Odemwingie Embarrasses Himself On National TV

West Brom have denied giving Peter Odemwingie permission to talk with QPR despite him arriving at Loftus Road in an apparent bid to force a ... Full story

Burkina Faso oust champions Zambia at the African Nations Cup

Burkina Faso sprung a major surprise at the African Nations Cup when they drew 0-0 with holders Zambia on Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals along ... Full story

Super Eagles of Nigeria for quarter finals, meet Ivory Coast

The Super Eagles of Nigeria this evening at the Royal Mafikeng Stadium in Rustenberg, South Africa, defeated Ethiopian national team 2-0 to qualify for the ... Full story

Zambia 1-1 Nigeria

Scorers: Emmanuel Emenike 57, Kennedy Mweene 85 (pen) Zambia: 16-Kennedy Mweene; 6-Davies Nkausu, 18-Emmanuel Mbola, 13-Stopilla Sunzu, 4-Joseph Musonda; 3-Chisamba Lungu, 8-Isaac Chansa, 19-Nathan ... Full story

Zambia v Nigeria: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations – live!

4.44pm GMT 87 min: Uche replaces Musa. Updatedat 4.45pm GMT 4.43pm GMT GOAL!!! Zambia 1-1 Nigeria (Mweene 85) A terrible decision to award the spot kick, but never mind that. ... Full story

Blues star Eden Hazard ejected from game for kicking a BALLBOY in the ribs

The Blues star's side were heading out of the Capital One Cup, losing 2-0 on aggregate to Swansea City in the semi-finalChelsea star Eden Hazard ... Full story

Opening Ceremony Of AFCON 2013

Just in case you missed the opening ceremony of the 2013 African Cup of Nations holding in South Africa, you have the chance to relive ... Full story

John Mikel Obi Racially Abused On Twitter

Chelsea have condemned alleged racist abuse received by John Mikel Obi on Twitter after their 2-2 draw against Juventus in the Champions League. He took to ... Full story

2012 London Olympics: No gold, no silver, no bronze, N2.3 bn down the drain

The story of Nigeria at the 2012 London Olympics is “No gold, no silver, no bronze, N2.3 billion down the drain.” And now a top Nigerian ... Full story

Nigeria awarded 4x400M relay Gold Medal after US disqualified

Nigeria may have fumbled in the London 2012 Olympics, making it one of the worst in recent years, but the nation have a new reason ... Full story

Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, Minister of Sports Gives An Emotional On Why Team Nigeria Failed

Full Text of a Speech by the Honourable Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi on Thursday August 9, 2012 at ... Full story

Hannatu Musawa: Going For Gold

London has welcomed athletes from all over the world into its beautiful city. Between the 27th of July and 12th August, the eyes of the ... Full story

Fed Cup: Prime beat Enyimba, into semifinals

  The fairy run of success continued for Prime FC in the ongoing Federation Cup as the team defeated Enyimba 2-0 to book a place in ... Full story

Nigerian athletes denied visa by Spain

Nigeria may not participate in the IAAF World Junior Championships as the Spanish Embassy in Lagos denied her athletes visas yesterday. Tempers rose as the athletes ... Full story

Sam Ojebode, Ace Nigerian footballer is dead

One of Nigeria’s finest footballers in the 70s and 80s, Sam Ojebode, has died in Ibadan, Oyo State of cancer of the lungs. Ojebode died on ... Full story

Track Runner Breaks Both Legs During 100m Sprint - Video

Georgi Kirilov Georgiev, bulgarian sprinter, who broke his leg and almost knee in Helsinki in 100m. European Athletics Championships of Helsinki  ... Full story

Super Eagles of Nigeria move up in FIFA rankings

Nigeria, propelled in part by Sunday's win over Namibia, moved up three places in the latest Fifa Rankings to 60th place in the world, and ... Full story

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