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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…
Two judokas from Akwa Ibom State have qualified for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after excelling at the Commonwealth Trials organised by the Nigeria Judo Federation in Abuja. Enku Ekuta and Immaculata Ufot earned their spots for the Games…
Femi Azeez will take the place of Samuel Chukwueze in Nigeria’s squad for the international friendlies against Poland, and Portugal, DAILY POST reports. Chukwueze has been excused from both matches due to personal reasons. The 27-year-old laid his late mother…
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, the women’s 100m hurdles world record holder, has slipped to third place in the latest global athletics rankings despite improving her points tally with strong performances at two Diamond League meetings in China, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.…
Nigeria has launched its campaign at the 2026 African Taekwondo Championships in Bamako, Mali, with a groundbreaking 13-member squad that includes Para Taekwondo athletes and Poomsae competitors for the first time in the country’s history. The competition officially gets underway…
Formula 1 legend, Lewis Hamilton, is backing Arsenal to beat Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League final on Saturday. Hamilton, who supports the Gunners, also praised Mikel Arteta’s men for already winning the Premier League title. He encouraged them…
Heavyweight veteran Dave Allen, who was stopped in three rounds by Filip Hrgovic earlier this month, believes the Croatian will find Moses Itauma too quick to handle when the pair meet in what is being targeted as an August 8…
Newly crowned Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, champions, Rangers will hold a trophy next week Tuesday, DAILY POST reports. Rangers won the NPFL title for the ninth time following a 2-1 victory over Ikorodu City at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan,…
Formula 1 legend Lewis Hamilton has sent a personal video message of support to Arsenal ahead of their 2026 UEFA Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain, expressing long-standing emotional ties to the club and urging the squad to “keep pushing”…
World football governing body, FIFA, has reaffirmed that Nigerian football icon, Jay-Jay Okocha still holds the record for the most successful dribbles in a single FIFA World Cup match. According to FIFA, Okocha completed 15 successful dribbles during Nigeria’s Round…
A 13-member Team Nigeria squad, which includes Para athletes and Poomsae competitors for the first time, has begun its quest at the 2026 African Taekwondo Championships in Bamako, Mali, with the competition proper getting underway on Saturday (today) following Friday’s…
Nigeria has a new fastest man after Kanyinsola Ajayi clocked a stunning 9.84 seconds in the men’s 100m at the NCAA East Regionals on Friday, breaking the national record and setting a new benchmark in Nigerian sprinting. The 21-year-old Auburn…
Paris Saint-Germain forward, Ousmane Dembele, has named Arsenal as the team that deserved to be in the Champions League final. Speaking to the media at his pre-match press conference ahead of PSG’s Champions League final with the Gunners on Saturday, Dembele…
Nigeria’s U-17 girls side, the Flamingos, head into Sunday’s second leg of their FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Guinea at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne-Remo holding a commanding 5-0 advantage from the first leg played in Abidjan,…
Paris Saint-Germain manager, Luis Enrique, believes his team is ahead of Arsenal in motivation to win the UEFA Champions League because they are hungry to defend their title. Enrique’s side would become just the second club to successfully retain the…
Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain face Arsenal in Saturday’s final in Budapest, aiming to defend their crown. The Gunners have never won the trophy, but after clinching the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years, Mikel Arteta’s…
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