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20 Aug 2023
Consumer engagement and Sports Marketing agency, Dekaizen and Nigeria’s leading Startup & Innovation Ecosystem development and advocacy organization, #StartupSouth, has announced a collaboration to jointly develop the SportsTech Innovation Ecosystem in Africa, starting from Nigeria.
19 Aug 2023
Life is, generally, not easy for most Nigerians now. It has not been for several years. It is worse if you are a retired athlete. To be an ageing retired athlete is the worst condition imaginable in Nigeria. The country is littered with our pathetic stories of a generally excruciatingly painful, difficult and frustrating life.…
19 Aug 2023
Nigeria's girls U-18 handball team, was crowned champion of the IHF Women's Trophy Africa Continental Phase after defeating Guinea in the final of the competition in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The coach Shittu Adewunmi Agboola's tutored girls stood tall by recording a comfortably 33-18 victory over Guinea to win the Continental Phase of the 2023 IHF…
19 Aug 2023
The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup trophy will arrive in Nigeria on August 29 on a two-day tour of the country, the Nigerian Cricket Federation (NCF) has said. Nigeria is one of three African countries listed by the world body to receive cricket’s most prized silverware ahead of this year’s championship. According…
18 Aug 2023
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, named Senator John Owan-Enoh as the country’s new Sports Minister.
18 Aug 2023
One of the biggest sporting events to hold in Sagamu in recent time will begin tomorrow at the Elephant Cement Golf Club, where some of the country’s biggest golf stars will gather to test their skills.
18 Aug 2023
Cyril Umebiye has won the South-west Closed Scrabble Championship held in Abeokuta. 
17 Aug 2023
D’Tigers’ Head Coach, Ogoh Odaudu, has accepted the blame for Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the semifinals of the ongoing FIBA Africa Pre-Olympics qualifiers holding in Lagos. Nigeria lost the two games of the competition to Senegal and Mali, and failed to qualify for the final of the competition, which offers the winner Africa’s last…
17 Aug 2023
Beyond the competitive atmosphere, it was a moment to relax and enjoy a unique ambience at the just-concluded Sixth Taekwondo Invitational Tournament staged by Chika Chukwumerije Sports Foundation (CCSF)
17 Aug 2023
Nigerian-born New Zealand-based UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, has vowed to destroy his opponent, Sean Strickland’s jaw at UFC 293 in Sydney, Australia, on September 9. The 34-year-old Adesanya won the middleweight title back from Alex Pereira, who defeated him via a fifth-round TKO last November. Adesanya got his revenge in April with a second-round…
15 Aug 2023
Nigeria and Senegal, yesterday, showed why they are favourites to qualify for the semifinals of the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games’ qualifiers from Group A with a thrilling show of attacking basketball. Senegal came into the competition holding at the Eko Hotels Convention Centre, Lagos, as the better-rated side and they did not waste time…
14 Aug 2023
The D’Tigers are upbeat about their chances of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which pre-tournament championship begins at the Convention Centre of Eko Hotels, Lagos, today.

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Defender Kenneth Omeruo has assured that the Super Eagles’ players are determined to give their all for maximum points when the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers resume in June.
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Despite Super Eagles’ 0-2 loss to the Eagles of Mali on Tuesday night, Coach Finidi George said that the Nigerians were the better team.
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The Vice President, Visa West Africa, Andrew Uaboi, has explained why his firm chose Nigerian track and field athletes, Tobi Amusan and Goodness Nwachukwu, as part of its diverse roster of Team Visa athletes ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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After a thrilling 3-3 draw with Algeria in Algiers on Tuesday night, South Africa’s Coach, Hugo Broos, thumbed his chest and said the Bafana Bafana are ready for any team in Africa, including Nigeria, whom they meet in a crucial World Cup qualifier in June, reports iol.co.za.
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Record-seeking Rivers United of Port Harcourt will move to Uyo today to begin the final preparations for their CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinal clash against champions, USM Alger of Algeria, on Sunday.
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South Africa’s coach, Desiree Ellis, has likened their 2024 Olympics qualifier against Nigeria to the final round in a boxing match where a boxer has to deliver a knockout to win, reports timeslive.co.za.
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Some of West Arica’s biggest stars have started arriving for the second Custodian Classic, which tees off at the Lakowe Lakes Golf Club, Lagos today and ends on Friday.
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British-Nigerian fighter, Lawrence Okolie, who recently announced a move up in weights, has disclosed linking up with a new trainer that nobody would have predicted, reports boxing-social.com.
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Former Sports Minister, Jim Nwobodo, will deliver the keynote address when ex-national team skipper,‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu, commemorates his 50th anniversary as Rangers International Football Club player..
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Former Leicester City defender, Grant Brown, Australia-born Liam Merrick and Ipswich Town’s Ashley Foulger are the three top coaches expected at second FCV Gladiator Camp, which holds at Grange School Lagos from April 1 to 5.