Team Nigeria, comprising Bomo Kigigha, Suleiman Azumi, Enomah Emmanuella, and Deborah Quickpen, departed the country on Saturday for the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024, taking place in Budapest, Hungary. …
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Rugby WCQ: Nigeria gear up for Kenya clash
Nigeria’s Black Stallions are gearing up preparation for their Women’s Rugby League World Cup qualifying two-legged fixture against Kenya in Nairobi later this month, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Twenty-two invited …
Read More »Ejuke, Iheanacho secure first victory with Sevilla
Nigerian internationals Chidera Ejuke and Kelechi Iheanacho played their part as Sevilla clinched their first win of the La Liga season, a hard-fought 1-0 home defeat of Getafe on Saturday. …
Read More »NBA Africa, AFD train youths on basketball experience
The National Basketball Association of Africa and Agence Française de Développement, France’s public development institution, have held a two-day symposium on basketball experience for youths in Lagos. The programme took …
Read More »Nkuku nets late winner as Chelsea beat Bournemouth
Christopher Nkunku netted a late goal to help Chelsea snatch a 1-0 away victory over Bournemouth in a Premier League clash on Saturday. The Blues picked up the win despite …
Read More »EPL: Liverpool in shock defeat to Forest as Man Utd, Man City win
Liverpool’s perfect start to the season ends as they fell to a 1-0 shock defeat to Nottingham Forest in a Premier League game at Anfield on Saturday. Callum Hudson-Odoi and …
Read More »EStars, Ecobank partner to transform Esports education
EStars, a trailblazer in the esports sector, has joined forces with Ecobank Nigeria, a subsidiary of the Ecobank Group, to advance Esports education and equip students across Nigeria with vital …
Read More »CAF: Rangers get slim win; Enyimba hold Filante
Kazeem Ogunleye’s late second-half goal saved Rangers’ blushes as the Nigerian champions recorded a slim 1-0 win over Angola’s Sagrada Esperanca in their CAF Champions League second preliminary round first …
Read More »NFF in search of new Falcons coach after Waldrum’s resignation
Less than two weeks since the botched appointment of Bruno Labbadia as the head coach of the Super Eagles, the Nigeria Football Federation faces the onerous task of finding another …
Read More »NPFL: Finidi, Amuneke face off as Rivers host Heartland
Few months after jostling for the job of the Super Eagles coach, ex-internationals Finidi George and Emmanuel Amuneke will be at the opposite end in the dugout when Rivers United …
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