Kelechi Iheanacho scored a superb hat-trick as Leicester City crushed bottom side Sheffield United 5-0 on Sunday to move second in the Premier League table. Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder left the club late on Saturday and coach Paul Heckingbottom,…
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has congratulated NFF president, Amaju Pinnick on his election into the FIFA council. Dare said this in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), John Joshua-Akanji on Friday in Abuja. Pinnick was…
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has sacked the vice chairman of Lobi stars Football Club of Makurdi Mike Idoko, In a Three Paragraph statement signed by the Secretary of the State Government ( SSG) Professor Tony…
A cross-section of sports lovers on Thursday commended the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan on their dominant performance against Osun United Football Club of Osogbo. Reports state that 3SC beat Osun United 3-0 in a week 5 match…
Mari Osaka, the elder sister of four-time major-winner Naomi Osaka, has retired from tennis at the age of 24, explaining “it was a journey which I didn’t enjoy”. The elder Osaka was ranked 340th in the world, having reached a…
Former Enyimba International FC of Aba midfielder, Mouritala Ogunbiyi, says players no longer have respect for the game of football; hence the reason Nigerian club sides are not doing well on the continent. The 38-year-old professional football player disclosed this…
Retired sports journalist Hammed Adio is one of those expected to deliver papers at a seminar being organised by the Kwara Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN). Olayinka Owolewa, the Secretary of Kwara SWAN, who disclosed this…
Cameroon’s under-18 girls on Monday defeated their Nigerian counterparts 3-0 for the third time in four days at the African Nations Volleyball Championship in Abuja. Reports said that, in the match played at the indoor sports hall of the Moshood…
Otasolo International Football Club began their campaign in the 2020/2021 Nationwide League One (NLO) Division One on Monday in Ilorin by beating Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) FC of Zaria 4-2. Samuel Ogunjimi put Otasolo in the lead as early as…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola has approved the renovation of Oja Tuntun in Ile Ife that was recently engulfed by fire, reconstruction of about 2.4km Iloro – Aganun – Division C Police HQ Ile Ife and…
