NFF appoints Labbadia as new Super Eagles coach
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed German coach Bruno Labbadia as the new head coach of the Super Eagles, the country’s senior men’s national football team. The announcement was made early Tuesday morning through an official tweet on the NFF’s X (formerly Twitter) handle. The NFF’s statement read, “The Nigeria Football Federation has announced […]
Ex-Super Eagles keeper, Christian Obi dies in auto crash
Tragedy struct at Heartland Football Club of Owerri , Imo state on Friday as the club’s coach and former Super Eagles safe hand, Christian Obi was reported dead, following a fatal accident involving the clubs coaster bus along Owerri Okigwe road The Nigeria National League (NNL) side confirmed that head coach Christian Obi has died […]
Paris Olympics: D’Tigress’ Wakama wins Best Coach award
D’Tigress head coach Rena Wakama has been named the best coach in the women’s basketball event at the 2024 Olympic Games. 32-year-old Wakama led D’Tigress to the quarterfinals in the women’s basketball event. With just weeks of preparation, the African champions recorded important victories against World Number 3 Australia and World No. 5 Canada in […]
Team Nigeria ends Paris Olympics 2024 outing with no medal
Team Nigeria wrapped up its journey at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday without securing any medals, despite participating in multiple events across various sports. The Nigerian athletes took part in 12 different sports, including athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, football, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, weightlifting, and wrestling. The campaign started in Bordeaux a […]
England names Carsley as interim head coach
The English Football Association (FA) has announced that Lee Carsley, the current manager of England’s under-21 team, will temporarily lead the senior national team, the Three Lions. Carsley is set to manage the upcoming Nations League matches against the Republic of Ireland and Finland in September. His tenure could be extended, depending on how swiftly […]
Former CAF president, Issa Hayatou, dies at 78
The African football community is in mourning following the passing of former Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Issa Hayatou, who died on Thursday, just one day shy of his 78th birthday. Hayatou, a Cameroonian sports administrator, led CAF for 29 years, from 1988 to 2017, and also served as acting FIFA President from 2015 […]
Amuneke named new Heartland manager
Amid unconfirmed report of its purchase of the slot of lagos based Beyond Limit FC to stage a return to the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Heartland FC of Owerri has appointed former Nigeria U17 and U20 team coach, Emmanuerl Amuneke as its new manager Heartland which failed to retain its position at the just […]
Paris Olympics Women Basketball Knockouts: D’Tigress, reigning champions USA clash on Wednesday
Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, will on Wednesday, August 7 clash with the seven times back to back champions, USA in the quarter-finals of the Paris Olympics women’s basketball competition. Following the draw on Sunday by the Olympic committee, Nigeria, the first African nation ever to reach the last eight of an Olympic basketball […]
Paris 2024 Olympics: Concerns as COVID – 19 hits games
Several athletes are said to have withdrawn from event at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics Games in France, following the confirmed outbreak of the dreaded COVID – 19 pandemic in the game’s villages This is coming barely three years after the Tokyo Olympics were held amid strict precautions and without fans because of the global […]
Paris 2024: Super Falcons lose to world champions Spain
Nigeria’s Super Falcons will continue the search for their first points of the 2024 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament against Japan on Wednesday, but the nine-time African champions deserve credit for holding out for 85 minutes against world champions Spain before conceding a lone goal that handed the Europeans all the three points in Nantes on […]
