WAFCON: ‘We failed to qualify because of poor preparation’ — Ordega
Former Super Falcons forward Francisca Ordega has attributed Nigeria’s failure to secure automatic qualification for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup to inadequate preparation for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.
Senate President condemns Nigeria’s woeful outing in Berlin
Senate President, David Mark, was an angry man over the weekend following the dismal performance of the country’s contingent to the recently concluded IAAF World Championship in Berlin, Germany.
Nigeria leaves Berlin without medal
The 12th World Athletics Championships ended here in Berlin yesterday with Nigeria not being able to change their story since 1999 when they last won medals in the greatest athletics championships.
AFN probes dope failures
The board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria has appointed an eight_man investigation panel to unravel the immediate and remote causes of the recent dope failures by Nigerian athletes.
NFF dangles $10,000 bonus to beat Tunisia
ABUJA – Players of the Super Eagles are looking up to pocketing $10,000 each as new match bonus against Tunisia in the September 6 World Cup qualifier at the Abuja National Stadium.
Ekeji wants stiffer sanctions for ’em
The Director General of the National Sports Commission, (NSC), Dr. Patrick Ekeji has called for stiffer sanctions for athletes found to have used performance enhancing substances to boost their careers.
AC wants investigation over U-17 age bouhaha
The Action Congress (AC) has called for an urgent
investigation into the report that almost all members of the Nigerian Under_17 team preparing for the forthcoming Under_17 World Cup are over aged.
Gambian U-17 win Pepsi Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup bound Gambian national team has served notice of its preparedness for the tournament by winning the Pepsi U-17 International Tournament at the weekend in Abeokuta. The Gambians who are the current African champions defeated the highly rated Liberty Professionals Academy of Ghana by 1-0 in an explosive final inside the Abeokuta Grammar School Sports complex.
NFF board meets over Eaglets age scandal
Members of the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation are running from pillar to post following the result of the Magnetic Resounding Imaging (MRI) scan carried out on the players of the Golden Eaglets.
Onyali-Omagbemi blames Carl Lewis for decline of Nigeria’s athletics
From the obscure Ojo zone in Lagos state, she grewup to become a phenomenon in athletics, both in Nigeria and Africa, dominating the scene for a very long time.
Abesan Cup: 32 teams go to war, eye star prize
As the 10th Edition of the 2009 Abesan Unity Cup kicksoff on Monday, August 24th 2009, Philanthropist, Bayo Olugbemi has urged the technical crew of the U-17 national team to visit the venues of the competition in order to fish out talents, as Nigeria prepares to host the world come October .
