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Ahmed Musa The Nigeria Football Federation has admitted error in its earlier counting of Super Eagles’ captain Ahmed Musa’s record. The Federation said FIFA was right in its counting, in a statement titled, ‘NFF defers to FIFA on Ahmed Musa’s record’. While NFF earlier said Musa had made 100 appearances …

•Udezue (left) presenting an award to a player at the CBL Retired Nigerian basketball player Ugo Udeze has backed D’Tigers and D’Tigress to win medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, saying anything short “will be a surprise.” Udezue left his lucrative job as an NBA agent to found AFA …

D’Tigers and D’Tigress/NBBF Nigerian Basketball Teams, D’Tigers and D’Tigress have asked the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development to pay their share of the $100,000 donated by three Deposit Money Banks into their respective official accounts. On Wednesday, Zenith Bank, Access Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank contributed $200,000 to adopt …

Even before facing Nigeria at the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket Championship in Rwanda, Cote d’Ivoire’s Souleyman Diabate has admitted that the quality of Nigeria’s D’Tigers stands them out among others in Africa. 33-year-old Ivorian point guard took Kigali by a storm helping Egypt giants Zamalek beat Tunisian champions US Monastir to …

FILE: Ndidi and Iheanacho As Chelsea slug it out with Leicester City in the FA Cup final on Saturday, Thomas Tuchel’s side will be hoping to pass the first test in their domestic-European club pursuit this season, with their Champions League final against Manchester City to follow. Nigerian Wilfred Ndidi …

  Some football fans in Nigeria have criticised Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, for what they termed the poor treatment of former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo. The 31-year-old striker took a pay cut in January to join United on loan from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua. But despite his …

Sunday Dare Sunday Dare, minister of youth and sports, says the ministry never requested for the sum of N81 million to cut grass at the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. The minister was reacting to a story making the round that the ministry is planning to spend the said amount on …

Newly acquired midfielder John Obi Mikel says his goal with Stoke City is to return the championship side to the English Premier League (EPL). The 33-year-old became the Club’s fourth signing of the summer and Mikel is hoping to lift the fortune of the team. A serial trophy winner during …

World heavyweight unified boxing champion Anthony Joshua recently visited Nigeria and made notable stops in a strong media blitz, he also took time to talk about his decision to return to base, the loss to Ruiz, his reconnection to Nigeria, and plans for the future amongst others. Taiwo Alimi captures the moments.  …

Manchester City midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne, has said they will be regarded as failures if they don’t win the Champions League. City won every trophy in England last season, clinching the last two Premier League titles in the process. However, Pep Guardiola has found it hard to conquer Europe again …