SUPER Eagles defender, Godfrey Oboabona, says it would be catastrophic for the players if Nigeria failed to qualify for the Brazil 2014 World Cup.

Nigeria lead their qualifying group for Brazil 2014, but they are hard pressed by second-placed...

THE new Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Gbenga Elegbeleye, will succeed in the task of transforming Nigerian sports if he made adequate use of his knowledge of grassroots sports, says Olympics silver medalist, Mary...

THE last leg of the ‘Road to the Final’ looms large for five inventive Nigerian fans, who will get the once in a life time opportunity to watch the final match of the UEFA Champions League live at Wembley stadium.

The denouement...

FAR from the concerns expressed by many after the duo of Victor Moses and Kalu Uche elected to opt out of the Super Eagles friendly game against Mexico on May 31 in Houston, United States, as well as, crucial World Cup qualifiers and the...

THE German Embassy Tuesday finally granted entry visas to the Nigerian taekwondo, which is scheduled to begin a training tour of Europe.

The eight-man team is made up of Segun Olushola (-68kg male), Sunday Onofe (-80kg male), Uche Chukwumerije...

SPORTS medicine practitioners have recommended that every state sports council be persuaded, encouraged and supported to establish sports medicine clinics.

In a communiqué issued after the first course organised in Abuja by the National Sports...

THE prestigious MTN/Abuja Unity Polo tournament took to a blistering start on Monday with matches for three cups setting the stage for another exciting MTN Unity Polo fiesta in the Federal Capital Territory.

Three games were decided before a...

TOURNAMENT'S leading scorer at the on-going Ogun State Principals’ Cup, Adedeji Ojo of Remo Divisional High School, Sagamu, is already looking forward to his team lifting the coveted trophy this afternoon when they battle Alamuwa Grammar School...

THE national Under-19 team Tuesday departed for Kampala, Uganda, en route Nairobi hopeful of picking the ticket to play in the ICC World Cup.

The 16-man contingent departed from Lagos aboard a Kenyan Airline flight, which would stop over in...

NEWLY appointed Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Shaibu Amodu says the FIFA Confederations Cup should not be used as a yardstick to rate or determine the standard of the Super Eagles.

The NFF technical director, who...

NIGERIA’S Super Eagles will host the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire between July 6 and 7 in the first of a two-leg qualifying fixture for next year’s African Nations Championship, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided.

In a...

KANO Pillars Basketball Club, Markmentors and Plateau Peaks won their two games this weekend at the Savannah Conference of the DSTV Basketball League, While Bauchi Nets and Nigeria Immigration shared the spoils.

Playing in front of home fans...

 

BRITISH media report that Everton wants to lure Super Eagles’ midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi, to the English Premiership as they rebuild their team following the departure of Manager, David Moyes to Manchester United.

Moyes is expected top take...

AMADOU Gallo Fall is the vice president of the NBA with the responsibility of overseeing the development of basketball in Africa. With his office in South Africa, Fall traverses the length and breadth of the continent in search of ways to grow the...

IN its five seasons, the yearly under-13 football tournament is taking a large outlook with 12 states across the country joining the host– Lagos for the 2013 Channels National Kids’ Cup tournament.

States like Delta, Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun...

AS part of its continued support of the Cashless Nigeria initiative, MasterCard, one of the official sponsors of the UEFA Champions League, is running a spectacular consumer promotion that will bring all the action and excitement of the UEFA...

PZ Cussons made up in Table Tennis what their football team found tasking to achieve as the Hot Robb chaps grabbed two gold medals in the single and double categories of the ping pong event of the FMCG Games, which entered Match Day 2 last...

• Heartland on top of NPFL table

Enugu Rangers could only muster a 1-0 victory over Tunisia’s CS Sfaxien in the first leg of their Confederation Cup tie Sunday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium.

The ‘Flying Antelopes,’ who were eliminated...

THE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says it is not bordered by Kenya’s threat to deal with Nigerians when the Super Eagles arrive in Nairobi for the second leg of their 2014 World Cup qualifier.

The Harambee Stars accused the NFF of...

NIGERIA Football Federation President, Aminu Maigari and former Chairman of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL), Oyuiki Obaseki, has thrown their weight behind the newly appointed Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Gbenga...