Nigerian heavyweight Efe Ajagba will headline Zuffa Boxing’s third Paramount+ card on February 14, facing former IBF champion Charles Martin on Valentine’s Day at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The bout, first reported by…

Nigeria’s Falconets will host Senegal in a 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying tie in Ibadan, DAILY POST. The encounter at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasinga, Ibadan is slated for  Saturday, 7 February. The players and their officials are expected…

Sunderland and Nottingham Forest are monitoring Lazio midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru after Turkish Super Lig side Trabzonspor opened exploratory discussions with the Serie A club over a potential move for the Nigeria international, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. According to UK publication,…

Czech First Division club FC Viktoria Plzen have announced the signing of Nigerian striker Salim Fago Lawal, DAILY POST reports. Lawal linked up with the West Bohemian club from Croatian outfit NK Istra. The Nigeria international penned a three-and-a-half-year contract…

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick has insisted that players who want to represent the club must do so with complete commitment and passion. According to BBC Sport on Tuesday, Flick made the comments while addressing the issue of young players leaving…

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has waded back into global football’s biggest political fault line, openly backing calls for fans to boycott World Cup matches in the United States over growing security and civil rights concerns. Mr Blatter’s comments, made…

Former Super Eagles star, Sunday Oliseh, has talked about the difficulties he faced while serving as the national team coach. He said that not having simple training tools made his job much harder. The former Juventus player became the coach…

Head Coach of Nigeria’s Under-20 women’s team, the Falconets, Moses Aduku, has expressed satisfaction with the team’s preparations ahead of their third-round FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture against Senegal. Aduku told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday…

Nigeria’s Super Falcons will take part in the WAFU B Four-Nation tournament as part of their preparations for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, DAILY POST reports. Cote d’Ivoire will host the competition from from Friday, 27 February to…

Taiwo Awoniyi has endured a difficult year with a goal drought of 348 days, but the Nigerian striker says he never lost belief that he could still compete at Premier League level. Coming off the bench at the Gtech Community…

Victor Boniface’s season has been halted, but not his ambition. The Super Eagles striker has returned to Bayer Leverkusen to begin a carefully managed rehabilitation programme following successful knee surgery, a process expected to keep him sidelined for the remainder…

Former Arsenal player, Bacary Sagna is confident Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe will win the Ballon d’Or this year. Sagna hailed the individual performance of his countryman, saying that the only thing that could prevent him from doing well is a…

Bayern Munich are in talks with Harry Kane over a potential contract extension, the club’s sporting director Max Eberl has confirmed. The England captain joined the German champions from Tottenham Hotspur in August 2023 on a four-year deal worth an…

Ola Aina’s long road back from injury has reached a defining milestone, with the Nottingham Forest defender named in Troy Deeney’s Premier League Team of the Week following the conclusion of Matchday 23 fixtures on Monday night. The BBC football…

France legend, Frank Leboeuf has said that Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland may not win the Ballon d’Or this year because the award is not given to the best player. The former Chelsea star thinks Mbappe is right in the…