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No fewer than 128 players are set to slug it out for honours in the BSL Abuja Squash competition scheduled for Nov. 27 to Dec. 2. Boye Oyerinde, President, Nigeria Squash Federation (NSF) told newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the week-long competition would see a pool of 64 players in both the ...
Argentina World Cup winning coach, Lionel Scaloni has surprisingly put into question, his future at the national team. “I have to think a lot about what I’m going to do because the bar is very high and it’s hard to keep going,” Scaloni said after Argentina defeated Brazil 1-0 on Tuesday in the South American ...
Enyimba midfielder, Akanni Elijah has encouraged his teammates to go all out for victory against Bendel Insurance. The People’s Elephant will host the Benin Arsenals in a rescheduled matchday nine fixture at the Enyimba Stadium on Wednesday (today). Enyimba have had a slow start to their Nigeria Premier Football League season with three wins in ...
Nigeria Premier Football League club, Heartland have announced the appointment of Kennedy Boboye as their new head coach. Boboye takes charge from Christian Obi, who was sacked following the Naze Millionaire’s poor start to the season. The Owerri club is yet to record a win in the NPFL this season after nine outings. Heartland occupies ...
Nathan Tella can’t hide his excitement after making his debut for the Super Eagles. The Bayer Leverkusen winger was handed his maiden invitation for Nigeria’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe. The 24-year-old was benched in the game against the Likuena of Lesotho. The former Arsenal star however started the game against ...
Argentina defeated Brazil 1-0 on Tuesday in an ill-tempered 2026 World Cup qualifying clash marred by pre-match crowd trouble that forced kick-off to be delayed. A 63rd-minute header from veteran defender Nicolas Otamendi secured victory for Argentina as the world champions bounced back from last week’s defeat to Uruguay to beat their bitter South American ...
Inter Miami says it has not agreed to compete in Saudi Arabia next February, refuting the claims by a promoter announced earlier Tuesday that the MLS team would face two Saudi clubs. Hours after the touting of a match between Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr plus another with Al-Hilal next February ...
The Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) CMD’s Annual Staff Tournament (JUCAST), will unify and build cordiality amongst the hospital’s members of staff, the CMD, Dr Pokop Bupwatda, says. Bupwatda had declared the maiden edition of the two-weeks tournament opened, on Tuesday in Jos. He said the games were aimed at breaking the walls of hostility ...
Shakhtar Donetsk assistant manager, Carlo Nicolini has hit out at Chelsea, saying it is the wrong environment for winger Mykhaylo Mudryk to thrive. According to Nicolini, Chelsea is not a team because individual players struggled at Mauricio Pochettino’s side. “Chelsea is not a team, individual players struggle there,” Nicolini told TV Play. “In the national ...
Legendary Arsenal goalkeeper, David Seaman has said manager, Mikel Arteta will be forced into a change between the sticks when they travel to Brentford this weekend. According to Seaman, Aaron Ramsdale will start in goal for the Gunners ahead of David Raya. Ramsdale has lost his spot since Raya arrived at the Emirates on loan ...
Enyimba assistant coach, Olanrewaju Yemi has said his team was made to work hard for the victory against Lobi Stars. The People’s Elephant defeated the Pride of Benue 1-0 at the Enyimba Stadium, Aba on Sunday Yemi pointed out that the team’s intense preparations paid dividends with the result. “We already prepared for the game ...
Reality TV star and singer, Hazel Oyeze Onou popularly known as Whitemoney, has said his latest song, ‘Oyoyo’ deserves a Grammy. According to the BBNaija Season 6 winner, ‘Oyoyo’ is currently the “biggest song” in Eastern Nigeria. Speaking in a recent interview, Whitemoney said, “My latest single, Oyoyo, is at the moment the biggest song ...
Football stakeholders in Enugu has expressed dissatisfaction over the Super Eagles 1-1 draw against Zimbabwe in the 2026 World Cup qualifying played on Sunday. Some football stakeholders, who spoke to the Newsmen, said that the Eagles and the coaches have lost focus and taking football lovers in Nigeria for granted. Anistar Izuikem, Star Plus FC ...
Football Stakeholders have called for the immediate sack of Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro following the team’s second consecutive draw in the FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifier. Newsmen reports that the Super Eagles on Sunday, recorded a second consecutive draw after struggling to hold the Warriors of Zimbabwe to a 1-1 draw in Rwanda. The ...
A cross-section of sportsmen, enthusiasts and administrators, have urged governments at all levels to resuscitate grassroots sports across the country. The respondents, who spoke in separate interviews with the NEWSMEN, urged the government to revive schools sports at the grassroots for the discovery of talents. The Acting Director, Abia Sports Council, Obioma George, attributed the ...
