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Nigeria’s U17 women’s team, the Flamingos, put up a commanding first-leg performance as they defeated Guinea 5-0 in the first leg of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2026 qualifiers. It was a dominant display from the Flamingos as they secured a massive away victory at the Félix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, Abidjan. Flamingos captain Harmony Chidi…
Super Eagles defender, Semi Ajayi has been promoted to the Premier League with Hull City after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Middlesbrough in the Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium. It is his second promotion to the Premier League after attaining promotion in 2020 with West Brom. Oli McBurnie’s stoppage-time winner handed Hull City a…
Fernandes becomes the seventh Manchester United player to win the award
Meet Super Eagles’ new player, Owen Damilola Oseni, who snubbed Ivory Coast to play for Nigeria instead.
Fouzi Lekjaa speaks about CAF awarding the AFCON 2025 victory on administrative grounds against Senegal
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced her plan for extensive train-the-trainers programmes as all arrangements have been concluded for a CAF B-License refresher course set to take place 20th – 24th June, 2026, and a six-module CAF A-License course that will span seven months, between 2nd August, 2026 to 7th February, 2027. “This is part…
…the tournament now officially contributes to the FIFA Men’s World Rankings.
…takes up new role as Club’s Global Ambassador
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has officially inaugurated the board of the Nigeria Netball Federation (NNF), finally providing the sport with its long-overdue structural foundation and legitimacy in Nigeria. Inaugurating the board on Tuesday in Abuja, the Chairman of the NSC, Mallam Shehu Dikko, stated that netball has the potential to offer Nigerian children a…
Nigeria concluded its campaign at the 2026 African Senior Weightlifting Championships in Egypt with an impressive haul of 29 medals, reinforcing the country’s status as one of the continent’s leading forces in the sport. The Nigerian contingent, made up of 10 athletes and three officials, secured 14 gold, 13 silver and two bronze medals…
