AT the end of the third leg of the AFN Golden League at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) Sports Complex last weekend, female sprinter, Peace Ukoh, celebrated as if she had won an Olympic gold medal.

Ukoh ran a fantastic race by returning...

AHMED Musa has said he hopes CSKA Moscow beat Samuel Eto’o’s Anzhi to the Russia Cup today and complete a league and cup double.

Nigeria international Musa, who is CSKA leading scorer with 14 goals, 11 in the league and three goals in the...

NIGERIAN winger, Sone Aluko, said he is confident he and Hull City could be the English Premier League shock troopers next season.

Aluko was an attacking revelation as ‘The Tigers’ clinched automatic promotion, scoring eight goals in 22...

IT was a night never to forget. On the night of May 25, 2013, they deserved their victory.

At the end of a grueling football match that provided the best advertisement for German football, Bayern Munich FC became the toast of football followers...

TWO future stars, Aiyeboh Kingsley and Rakiya Momoh emerged champions in the junior boys and girls categories in the kayak event to mark Nigeria’s democracy day celebrations courtesy of two prominent members of the club whose birthdays fall on...

THE International Baseball Federation (IBAF) has drawn Nigeria in Group B of the forthcoming second 12U Baseball World Cup in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei from July 18 to 28, 2013.

Nigeria was drawn alongside U.S.A., Venezuela, Brazil, Korea...

• Channels Kid Cup champions to tour Europe

EX-INTERNATIONAL, Davidson Owumi has described the recently concluded Delta Governor’s Cup football competition as ‘a step to greatness.’

Comprehensive Secondary School, Ogwashi Uku defeated...

• Methodist Girls tackle Ansar-ud-Deen

STILL nursing the wound of losing last year’s final, players and officials of King’s College, believe it is time for revenge when the team clash against Anwar-ul-Islam Model College in today’s final...

SPORTS Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi has assured Nigerians and sports lovers in the United Kingdom that the Federal Government is committed to the development of sports and as part of initiatives to make this a reality, laws to that effect would soon...

ALL roads will lead to Ilorin Township Stadium Saturday, as athletes from various parts of the federation converge for the fourth leg of the 2013 Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN)/Solid Works Limited Golden League. Over 400 athletes are...

IT was pomp and pageantry Thursday as Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola unveiled 57 athletes who have been adopted by sponsors in the Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme

The unveiling ceremony, which was held at the auditorium of the...

RIVERS State teams to the 2013 NFF Federation Cup, Sharks and Dolphins, have been readmitted into the 2013 edition of the competition by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) following the replay of the state FA Cup from the semi-final stage as...

RIVERS State teams to the 2013 NFF Federation Cup, Sharks and Dolphins, have been readmitted into the 2013 edition of the competition by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) following the replay of the state FA Cup from the semi-final stage as...

UKRAINE-BASED Brown Ideye and his Germany-based counterpart, Joseph Akpala have been chosen the lead Nigeria’s attack against Mexico when both teams meet in an international friendly match this night.

Akpala, who scored Nigeria’s winning goal...

AFRICAN champions, Super Eagles say they are ready to test their might against North and Central American champions, Mexico, in an international friendly aimed at preparing both teams for their different Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifiers in...

• NFF recalls Eagles backroom staff

AS the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) continues to prop up the senior national team, the Super Eagles, for the busy month of June, NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, has declared that he has a new pact...

NIGERIA finally lost the opportunity of picking the ticket the Pepsi ICC U-19 World Cup when it lost to Kenya in one of the matches of the on-going qualifying series Wednesday in Uganda.

In the game, which the Nigerians showed that they can also...

CITY of David (COD) United Manager, Austin Eguavoen has expressed shock and disappointment at the abysmal level of officiating in the Nigerian National League (NNL), warning that this could drive away genuine sponsors of football from the...

CONTRACTORS handling the new secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have assured that it would deliver the two-storey edifice to the National Sports Commission (NSC) in June for onward handing over to the NFF, who are expected to...

FORMER Chairman of Gombe State Football Association, Shuaib Gara Gombe has accused the Federal Government of encouraging corruption among sports administrators through their deliberate delay in releasing funds to the sports sector.

Gombe, who...