Tobi Amusan begins 2024 with a record-breaking bang

NewsNigeriaSportsTobi Amusan begins 2024 with a record-breaking bang

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 28, 2024

Oluwatobilola ‘Tobi’ Amusan has bounced back from last year’s heartbreak at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary where she finished sixth to win the African women’s indoor 60-meter hurdles. But Amusan did not only win, she also set a novel record of 7.77s, what Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development John Enoh called an “amazing accomplishment.” At the Qazaqstan Athletics Sports Complex in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Saturday, 27 January, Amusan breezed past American Nia Ali...

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Nigeria breezes into AFCON quarterfinals with 2-0 Cameroon win

NewsNigeriaSoccerSportsNigeria breezes into AFCON quarterfinals with 2-0 Cameroon win

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 28, 2024

The Super Eagles have scaled to the quarterfinals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, tournament. This followed Nigeria’s victory over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on Saturday night. The score line was 2-0 in favour of the Nigerian team. Ademola Lookman netted the first goal in the 36th minute and doubled it seconds before the referee blew the final whistle in the 90th minute. The Super Eagles’ next game will be with the...

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Nigeria qualifies for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

NewsNigeriaSoccerNigeria qualifies for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 22, 2024

Nigeria has become the first African country to book a ticket to the upcoming 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup competition after a 1-0 win against Burundi on Saturday. The 1-0 win in the final leg tie of the qualifying round secured a 2-0 aggregate victory for Nigeria Women’s U-20 national team, the Falconets, following their earlier 1-0 triumph in the first leg in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, a week ago. During Saturday’s game, Burundi...

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AFCON 2023: Super Eagles shock Cote d’Ivoire with 1-0 win

NewsNigeriaSoccerSportsAFCON 2023: Super Eagles shock Cote d’Ivoire with 1-0 win

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 18, 2024

Nigeria on Thursday stood tall in the face of intense Ivorian pressure to beat the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire 1-0 at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Abidjan. William Troost-Ekong secured the win for the Super Eagles midway through the second half, in the 55th minute with a penalty kick. The game was Nigeria’s first win at the AFCON tournament. The Super Eagles entered the game under immense pressure following their 1-1...

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Phenomenal beating: Portable lands heavy punches on Charles Okocha to win boxing match

NewsNigeriaSportsPhenomenal beating: Portable lands heavy punches on Charles Okocha to win boxing match

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 27, 2023

…Okocha cries foul, seeks rematch Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, who goes by the stage name Portable, is the winner of a boxing match staged between him and Nollywood actor Charles Okocha. Videos of the ring fight that has gone viral on social media showed Portable, in blue, pouncing on Okocha, in red, who tried to block the heavy punches but with little apparent success. Portable wins Charles Okocha in celebrity boxing match pic.twitter.com/S566S0KsJf — Pastor...

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Nigeria sweeps 2023 CAF Awards as Osimhen, Oshoala emerge African best footballers

NewsNigeriaSoccerSportsNigeria sweeps 2023 CAF Awards as Osimhen, Oshoala emerge African best footballers

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 12, 2023

…Sports Minister, President Tinubu hails award winners. Monday night was Nigeria’s night of glory as the country’s football stars Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala were crowned the 2023 African Players of the Year in the male and female categories respectively. Osimhen was selected as Africa’s best player ahead of Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah and Morocco’s right-back Achraf Hakimi, ending Nigeria’s 24-year-old wait for Africa’s top individual football prize. Oshoala added another feather to her cap,...

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Sports Legend Describes Sporting Talents In Nigeria As Amazing

NewsNigeriaSportsSports Legend Describes Sporting Talents In Nigeria As Amazing

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 23, 2023

John Fashanu, Nigerian lineage and England international has described Nigeria’s sportsmen and women as the most talented in Africa. Fashanu scored 134 league goals in a career spanning 17 years in England and retired at the end of the 1994–95 seasons. Fashanu who represented England twice at the senior level, was speaking at a grassroots Football and Basketball Super Cup organized to mark the 20th Anniversary of African International College (AIC) and Africa Community School...

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Tobi Amusan wins third Diamond League title

NewsSportsTobi Amusan wins third Diamond League title

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 18, 2023

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, on Sunday, bounced back from last month’s World Athletics Championships heartbreak in Budapest to win the 2023 Diamond League 100m hurdles final in Eugene, Oregon, US. In a race where the top six athletes all ran under 12.5s, Amusan clocked a season’s best 12.33s to hold off a fast-finishing Jasmine Camacho Quinn of Puerto Rico and former American world record holder Kendra Harrison, who clocked 12.38s and 12.44s, for second and third,...

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Super Eagles striker Osimhen nominated for FIFA Best Player Award

NewsSoccerSportsSuper Eagles striker Osimhen nominated for FIFA Best Player Award

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 15, 2023

The stocks of Super Eagles, Nigeria’s senior national men’s team, and Napoli frontman, Victor Osimhen, have continued to rise having earned a nomination for the latest edition of FIFA ‘The Best Men’s Player of the Year’ award. 🏆 The Best FIFA Women's Player🏆 The Best FIFA Men's Player🏆 The Best FIFA Women's Coach🏆 The Best FIFA Men's Coach🏆 The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper🏆 The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper🏆 The FIFA Fan Award Voting is now...

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Israel Adesanya loses UFC Middleweight belt to Sean Strickland

NewsNigeriaSportsIsrael Adesanya loses UFC Middleweight belt to Sean Strickland

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 11, 2023

American Sean Strickland took over as the new middleweight world champion on Sunday after defeating Nigerian-born New Zealander Israel Adesanya in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC, 293. Expectations were high for Adesanya. He enjoyed all the cheers from the crowd at Qudos Bank Arena in Australia, who thought the 32-year-old Strickland was no match for him. But the Nigerian disappointed his fans. Strickland gave him no chance to unleash the dynamic striking he is known...

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