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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), through its Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) programme, and TopTier Sports Management have announced plans for a landmark Legends Football Match to celebrate Nigeria’s celebrated mid-1990s football generation. The match, scheduled…
Wolverhampton Wanderers have established contacts with FC Basel for winger Philip Otele, DAILY POST reports. Otele is said to be keen on a move to the Premier League. Basel are demanding £7m to sell the Nigerian, according to the BBC.…
Super Falcons striker Uchenna Kanu has said she was disappointed to have been left out of the Nigerian squad to the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, which took place in Morocco earlier this year, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Led…
Super Eagles striker, Akor Adams superb strike against the Desert Foxes of Algeria has been named among the the top five goals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Akor scored Nigeria’s second goal in the thrilling 2-0 quarter-final victory…
Real Madrid stayed top of football’s rich list as Liverpool outstripped their English rivals for the first time, according to Deloitte’s Money League study on Thursday. Spanish giants Madrid generated nearly 1.2 billion euros ($1.4 billion) in revenue in the…
At least four clubs have been mathematically eliminated from the Champions League. This follows the completion of Match Day 7 fixtures on Wednesday. They are: Kairat Almaty, Eintracht Frankfurt, Villarreal and Slavia Prague. Kairat Almaty, who are making their debut…
Eight stadiums across Australia were on Thursday locked in as host venues for the 2027 Rugby World Cup, with all matches in Melbourne to be played under a closed roof. Sydney Olympic Stadium, an 80,000-seat venue purpose-built for the 2000…
Nigeria’s Senior Men’s Handball Team, the Golden Arrows, continued the nation’s impressive start to the 2026 sporting calendar with a hard-fought 25–23 victory over Algeria at the 27th Africa Men’s Handball Nations Cup in Kigali, Rwanda. The Group A opener,…
Beninoise club, USCN Cavaliers have sacked their Nigerian coach, Usman Abdallah, DAILY POST reports. Abdallah spent only six months with Cavaliers before his departure from the club. He was appointed head coach of the modest side in August 2025. Cavaliers…
Super Eagles striker, Akor Adams, has earned continental recognition as his goal against Algeria during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations has been listed among CAF’s top five goals of the tournament. Compiled on the TotalEnergies AFCON 2025 X handle…
Fresh from continental duty and still carrying the physical and emotional weight of the Africa Cup of Nations 2025, Victor Osimhen has wasted no time refocusing his ambition. The Super Eagles and Galatasaray striker has made it clear that the…
Former Arsenal and Manchester United stars, Theo Walcott and Wayne Rooney, have said that Leandro Trossard has proven them wrong this season. Trossard put in a great performance again, helping Arsenal beat Inter 3-1 in the Champions League. A goal…
The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will long be remembered for the manner in which it ended. Chaotic scenes unfolded at the end of regulation time in the final when the award of a penalty to Morocco sparked a…
Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen has said that their upcoming Champions League game with Manchester City will be a difficult one. Osimhen and Erling Haaland, two of the best strikers in the world at the moment, will battle it out as…
The uncle of British-Nigerian boxer Anthony Joshua has said his nephew would not want the driver involved in the fatal accident that killed two of his friends to be jailed, The PUNCH reports. Adeniyi Kayode, 46, appeared before a magistrate’s…
Maryam Usman has become the first Nigerian athlete confirmed to compete at the inaugural Enhanced Games, the controversial multi-sport event that permits the use of performance-enhancing substances, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The competition, founded by Australian businessman Aron D’Souza, is…
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