The Super Falconets of Nigeria sealed their place in the final of African Games 2023 with a commanding 2-0 victory over Uganda in Cape Coast, Ghana. The Ugandans put up a resolute performance in the match, keeping the Falconets at bay until they conceded two goals in the last 16 minutes of the encounter. Okah…
Falilat Ogunkoya, Nigerian former track and field athlete who holds the distinction of becoming the first Nigerian to win an individual track and field medal at the Olympic games, has been included in a 16-man Local Organizing Committee ahead of the 2024 National Sports Festival (NSF) to be held in Ogun State, by the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun….
The 1980 Africa Cup of Nations winner, Segun Odegbami has charged the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to prioritise appointing a Nigerian head coach for the Super Eagles. Since Nigeria won her first AFCON trophy in 1980, ten foreign coaches have handled the men’s national team. Only Dutch tactician Clemens Westerhof repeated the feat, guiding the…
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua returned to training on Monday after brutally knocking out Francis Ngannou in the main event of their ‘Knockout Chaos’ clash on Friday, March 8. Joshua dropped the former UFC heavyweight champion three times in two rounds with the final right hand closing the show in dramatic fashion with Ngannou…
Francis Ngannou has vowed to continue boxing after his devastating knock out defeat to Anthony Joshua and admits he was surprised by his opponent’s ‘timing’ during their fight. Joshua delivered a brilliant performance in Saudi Arabia on Friday evening as he needed just two rounds to beat Ngannou. The two-time heavyweight champion floored Ngannou three times during the fight and the…
There is every indication that fans are happy with Anthony Joshua’s show of class after his victory against Francis Ngannou on Friday. Joshua went over to the Cameroonian after the match and advised him, after embracing him. Ngannou had never been floored in his career, but that quickly changed in the first round, and he…
Francis Ngannou can’t say for certain if Anthony Joshua hit him harder than anyone else in his career – he honestly doesn’t remember it. The former UFC heavyweight champion addressed his stunning knockout loss to Joshua on Friday. He was dropped to the canvas three times inside two rounds, with the last shot putting him…
Former Super Eagles midfielder, Sylvanus Okpala, has declared his interest and availability to lead the Super Eagles of Nigeria, noting that he is best positioned to lead the team. Okpala, who won the AFCON title in 1980 as a player and as an assistant coach in 2013, said this in a recent interview. Last Friday,…
Vincent Enyeama, a former goalkeeper for Nigeria, has acknowledged that, given the opportunity, he would want to rejoin the national squad. Most people agree that Enyeama is among the best goalkeepers to have ever played for the nation. Before his contentious resignation from the Super Eagles in 2015 following a disagreement with former head coach…
The news of Jose Paseiro’s exit as coach of the national team of Nigeria comes in a potpourri of little criticism, plenty of relief and appreciation, and huge new expectations. The Portuguese Coach must be the luckiest gaffer in the world. The confetti of gifts showered on him for coming second in the AFCON 2023…
