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8 Aug 2023
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Monday, hosted the D'Tigress of Nigeria to a reception at the State House, Abuja.
7 Aug 2023
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the weekend led a grateful nation in showering encomium on Africa’s best women basketball team, D’Tigress, who on Saturday defeated Senegal to retain the FIBA Afrobasket Championship in Kigali, Rwanda.
6 Aug 2023
A group of protestors forced the men's cycling world championships road race in Scotland to be suspended for nearly an hour on Sunday after blocking a country road between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
5 Aug 2023
History was made today as Nigeria’s D’Tigress emerged victorious 83-74 in a thrilling showdown against Senegal in the 2023 FIBA Women's AfroBasket Final. The highly anticipated clash, held at the BK Arena, in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, lived up to its billing as one of the most evenly-matched Finals in the tournament's history with Nigeria…
5 Aug 2023
It is the morning of July 29, 2023. I am at the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Lagos, Nigeria.
5 Aug 2023
Nigeria’s U-18 girls’ handball team are currently in training camp at Rowe Park, Yaba, Lagos preparing for  the International Handball Federation (IHF) Trophy Africa Continental Phase Championship...
5 Aug 2023
The Nigeria Mixed Martial Arts Federation (NMMAF) has urged coaches, fighters and all the practitioners of the sport to embrace all training programmes organised by the federation as a strategy for grassroots development of the event.
5 Aug 2023
Organisers of the yearly Awa Ibraheem Junior Golf Championship have announced that the 10th edition of the event will hold from October 19 to 22, 2023 at the prestigious Ikeja Golf Club, Lagos State.
5 Aug 2023
Greek/Nigerian basketball star, Thanasis Antetokounpo, has told budding players that they have to be dedicated, disciplined and hard working if they desired to reach the top.
5 Aug 2023
Scrabble has been confirmed by the Local Organising  Committee (LOC) of the 2024 African Games as one of the demonstration sports at the Games slated to hold in Legon, Ghana, from March 8 to 23 next year.
4 Aug 2023
Defending champions, D’Tigress of Nigeria yesterday defeated hosts, Rwanda, to qualify for the final of the ongoing FIBA Afrobasket Championship holding in Kigali.
4 Aug 2023
Officials of the country’s contingent to the seventh Commonwealth Youth Games, which begin today in Trinidad and Tobago, have assured that Nigeria is ready to win medals at the event that ends on August 11.  

Sport

7 hours ago
Nigeria’s sole surviving club in CAF’s inter-club competitions, Rivers United, are billed to host the first leg of the Confederation Cup final if they qualify for the title game.
7 hours ago
The Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) has shifted week 28 matches billed for this weekend to Wednesday.
7 hours ago
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alex Krassyuk, is still not convinced that the Ukrainian’s highly anticipated fight with Tyson Fury will hold on May 18, reports dazn.com.
8 hours ago
Starfield College’s Principal, Sarah Oyinloye, has urged school proprietors to use sports to elevate teamworkand also build their students’ character and strength. 
8 hours ago
Technical director of the Nigeria Mixed Martial Arts Federation (NMMAF), Shihan Victor Akhimien, is thrilled by the strides the country’s fighters recorded at the just-concluded African Games in Ghana, saying it has shown that the sport is developing in the right direction.
1 day ago
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.
1 day ago
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.
1 day ago
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.
1 day ago
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.
1 day ago
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.