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2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Bronze-medallists, Rivers Hoopers, will face Tunisia’s US Monastir in their first game of the Basketball Africa League Playoffs on Saturday, June 7, 2025, in Pretoria South Africa. The clash, which serves as a determiner for the playoff bracket match-ups and seeding for the single-elimination playoffs, would be the fifth meeting […]

Victor Boniface has deleted a post on social media that suggested he might retire from the Nigerian national team. The 24-year-old Super Eagles forward, who has earned 13 caps without scoring for his country, made the announcement following Nigeria’s 1-1 draw against Russia in Moscow, where he again failed to find the net. In his […]

Nigerian-American professional basketball player, Kiki Iriafen, is making waves in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA.) The forward, who was selected fourth overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2025 WNBA draft, became the youngest Mystics player in over a decade to record a 20-point game, in the Washington Mystics’ 85-76 loss to Indiana Fever […]

After a lengthy 185-day wait without any football action, which saw two international breaks missed and a double-header against Cameroon reduced to a single match due to delays by the visitors, followed by a change of dates, the Super Falcons of Nigeria took to the pitch and got a commanding – morale boosting 2-0 victory […]

The Administrator of Bonny Local Government Area, Kingsley Banigo on Saturday, May 31, 2025 kicked off a novelty football match in commemoration of the diamond jubilee birthday anniversary of the Amanyanabo and Natural Ruler of Bonny Kingdom, His Majesty, King Edward Asmini William Dappa Pepple III, CON, DSSRS, JP, Edward I, Perekule XI. The soccer […]

Bayelsa Queens have emerged champions of the 2025 Nigerian Women’s Football League for the sixth time in their history, having previously won it in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2018, and 2021–22. The Yenagoa-based side thumped Naija Ratels in the final Matchday of the Super Six, winning 4-1, courtesy of a Hat-trick from Vera Micheal and a […]

The 2025 Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Premiership Super Six will close its curtains in the most dramatic and historic way possible, as four teams have a good chance of winning the league. All three games will be played simultaneously at 3:00 pm on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, […]

Taiwo Awoniyi, Nigeria and Nottingham Forest forward, is reportedly in an induced coma after undergoing urgent surgery for a serious abdominal injury sustained during a Premier League match against Leicester City on May 11, 2025. The injury occurred in the 88th minute of the match, which ended in a 2-2 draw at the City Ground. […]

Seven-time champions Rivers Angels have had a rather rough start to their 2025 Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Super Six campaign and their chances of getting an eighth title look grim. Rivers Angels – like all teams – has played three games so far in the championship but they have failed to win any; losing […]

After days of uncertainty, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has announced its withdrawal from the World Athletics Relays, scheduled for May 10–11, 2025, in Guangzhou, China, citing unacceptable visa delays by Chinese authorities as the primary reason. In a statement on its official social media platforms, the AFN revealed that it began processing documentation […]

Amidst the visa issues of 7 US-based Nigerian athletes, which led to talks of withdrawal from the World Athletics Relays entirely, the official World Athletics website, suggests that Nigeria will participate in two events at the World Relays in Guangzhou: the Mixed 4x100m and Mixed 4x400m. Team Nigeria finally secured visas for the 2025 World […]

Team Nigeria’s participation in the 2025 World Athletics Relays seems to have received a green light, as several reports hold that the Chinese embassy approved visas for athletes and officials. With their passports now reportedly in the possession of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), urgent travel arrangements are being made to ensure the team […]

In a devastating turn of events, the Director General of the Nigeria Sports Commission (NSC), Bukola Olopade, has announced that Team Nigeria will not participate in the World Relays in Guangzhou, China, scheduled to take place from May 10 to 11, 2025. According to Olopade, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) had fulfilled all requirements […]

Nigeria will take part in the 7th edition of the World Athletics Relays which will be held at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium in Guangzhou, China from May 10 to 11, 2025. The event which will be done in China for the first time and also feature a mixed 4 × 100 meters relay for the […]