SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS COMMEND NCC'S EXEMPLARY TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Nigerian Communications Commission's (NCC's) support for sports development in the country, with particular reference to the popular NCC-sponsored tennis championship for youth, dominated discussions at the launch of a book on sports in Nigeria in Lagos.

2022/2023 Football League: NIGER STATE GOVT UNVEILS NEW TEAM, 3 FOREIGNERS, 10 OTHERS

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

As countdown to the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League begins, the Niger State Government, the owners and financier of Tornadoes Football Club of Minna, has mandated the team to grab a continental ticket at the end of forth coming season.

NIGER, KATSINA STATES TO REPRESENT NIGERIA IN 5-NATION AFRICAN U-17 BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP IN CAMEROON

• * Ex-Coach Laments Squatting At TRADOC Squash Court By State Players

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

Four players from Niger and Kastina States flew Nigeria's flag at the 5-Nation African Under-17 Badminton Championship on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, in Yaoundé, the Cameroonian capital.

PLAY MAROC AND DIE !

By Emeka Obasi

Moroccans are unstoppable in African football. RS Berkane are Super Cup holders as well as Confederation Cup champions. The CAF Champions League trophy is domiciled in Casablanca with Wydad Athletic.

Sadiq Abdullahi: LESSONS FROM QATAR

By Emeka Obasi

Life after tennis remains sports for Sadiq Abdullahi, the King of Nigerian courts between 1985 and 1988. With eyes on the Qatar 2022 World Cup, he feels sad that while other nations are moving up, his country continues to miss in action.

Support For Heroes Of Nigeria's National Football Team: REVISITING SAMSON SIASIA VS FIFA. Support For Heroes Of Nigeria's National Football Team: REVISITING SAMSON SIASIA VS FIFA.

By Ezeh Jude. O

"Sports do not build character; they reveal it." - Heywood Broun.

The 1993/94 squad of the Super Eagles of Nigeria remains the most famous and illustrious in the anals of our national sports history. No set has surpassed their heroism so far. Not even the then golden boys of 1993 under-17 world cup, and the dream team that won gold at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta Georgia could compare with them.

11 Days To AFCON 2022: SUPER EAGLES GETS PORTUGUESE JOSE PESEIRO AS NEW HEAD COACH

• * Eguavon To Take Charge Of National Team, As Peseiro Serves As Observer, Says NFF

The Nigeria Football Federation has endorsed a proposal by its Technical and Development sub-committee for the appointment of Portuguese manager Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles.

12-12-12 MEANS EXTRA TIME

By Emeka Obasi 

We are in a for more time following the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as President-elect by Mahmood Yakubu's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It is quite an interesting result which I believe will help the democratic process.

2024 Olympics: NIGERIA'S SPORTS AS CIRCUMSTANTIAL CEREMONIES

By Ikeddy Isiguzo

Moses Ugbisien, winner of a 4x400m bronze medal in athletics, 40 years ago at the Los Angeles Olympics, called thrice recently. Two of the calls were in the course of the Olympic Games in Paris. Expectedly they were about Nigeria participating in the Olympic Games as circumstantial ceremonies. Complaints are legion. Comments have been driven by what we know about the medalless contingent. In most cases, our premises are cast on assumptions, wrong assumptions.

24 Hours After Adamu Soye's Resignation: GOV INUWA APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN FOR GOMBE STATE SPORTS COMMISSION

By Danjuma Williams (Gombe State Correspondent)

Barely 24 hours after Malam Hamza Adamu Soye's resignation as Chairman, Gombe State Sports Commission, Governor Muhammad Imuwa Yahaya, has approved the appointment of Mr. Olanre Daniel as the new chairman of the commission with immediate effect.

8TH EMENITE/ENUGU LADIES GOLF OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP ENDS TODAY

By Valentine Nnamani (Bureau Chief, South-East, in Enugu)

The 8th Emenite/Enugu Ladies Golf Open Championship which kicked off in Enugu on Thursday has successfully ended today, Sunday, August 29, 2021.

A Defeat Foretold ?

Loving Nigeria’s national soccer team, the Super Eagles, is like being in a bad marriage. Your heart is broken many times, yet it’s hard to walk away. There’s a lingering, almost redemptive feeling that just one more try, and it’s going to be alright. But it never is - or has not been for nearly a decade.

ABDULLAHI'S RETURN TO BASKETBALL

By Emeka Obasi

History, they say never alters much in its texture. This is playing out in the home of Nigerian tennis veteran, Sadiq Abdullahi as his sons chose basketball ahead of dad's area of recognition.

Abysmal Performance: CRISIS ROCKS NASARAWA UNITED FC, CHAIRMAN, OTHERS FACE SACK

• * As State Sports Ministry Scout For Replacement

By David Okpashi (Nasarawa State Correspondent, in Lafia)

Leadership Crisis brew in Nasarawa State Sports Ministry following perceived abysmal performance of the Nasarawa United Football Club in the on-going Nigeria Premier Football League 2022/2023 season.

ADIELE, THE FRANCOPHONE EAGLE

By Emeka Obasi

David Adiele won the African Nations Cup in 1980 playing for Nigeria. Ivorian Elephants made things difficult for the Eagles in their group game, earning a barren draw.

AFCON '94: JUJU RUINED YEKINI

By Emeka Obasi

Alain Gouamene visited Rashidi Yekini after the Super Eagles defeated Elephants of Cote d'Ivoire in the semi finals of the Tunisia 1994 African Nations Cup with a clear message : " Please, go cleanse yourself from what we did to you."

AFCON 2021: ANYIM CHEERS SUPER EAGLES, URGES THEM TO WIN NATION'S CUP TROPHY

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

As the 33rd Edition of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament finally begins in Cameroon on Sunday, January 9, 2022, the Nigerian National Team, the Super Eagles, have been urged to showcase their soccer prowess to the world, once again, and win the Nation's Cup trophy for Nigeria.

AFCON 2021: Augustine Eguavoen Drops Two Players Against Guinea-Bissau

Augustine Eguavoen, Nigeria's interim coach, is expected to omit Joe Aribo and Ola Aina from the squad that faces Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday.

AFCON 2021: THE TOTTEM IN BUHARI'S PHONE CALL AND CHEAP EXCUSES FOR THE EAGLES

By Jude Eze Ogechi

Ordinarily, this shouldn't form a topic in formal conversations like this, but since social media have found a way of launching its plebeian feet into the traditional media parlance; it would amount to dereliction not to appraise some of its controversial headlines to correct erroneous impressions.

AFCON : EAGLES 'LL WIN BRONZE

By Emeka Obasi

Anytime Nigeria confronted West African hosts in the group stage of the African Nations Cup, the Eagles ended up as third best. It began in 1978, happened again in 1992 and continued in 2002.