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What looked like a match made from heaven between Nigerian striker Victor Osimhenand Italian giants Napoli is fast degenerating into an eye sour with a pending legal suit already being muted. Osimhen’s meteoric rise had been synonymous with Napoli’s resurgence, culminating in the end of a 30-year Serie A title drought last season. The 24-year-old … [Read more…]

  Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé lead the 12-player shortlist for FIFA’s The Best Men’s Player nominees, with England midfielder Declan Rice also nominated after captaining former club West Ham United to Europa Conference League success. Argentina captain Messi, now playing for MLS side Inter Miami, is aiming to win the award for a record third time having been given the honour in 2019 and 2022. But … [Read more…]

Victor Osimhen scored thrice as the Super Eagles dispatched Sao Tome and Principe 6-0 in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier on Sunday! The strikes took the Napoli hitman’s tally to 10 in the qualification series as the rampant Super Eagles soared over a helpless foe at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, … [Read more…]

Former World 100m hurdles champion, Tobi Amusan, and 400m hurdler, Ezekiel Nathaniel, have secured their spots at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, France. Last December, World Athletics had revealed the pathway to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024, including the entry standards athletes will need to achieve Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to … [Read more…]

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan says she will be back “stronger” next year after she lost her world women’s 100m hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in Budapest. In an interview with journalists after the game, Amusan said it was quite “a journey getting into the final” despite all she had gone through in the … [Read more…]

World Athletics has cleared sprinter, Tobi Amusan to participate in the world championship in Budapest, Hungary after she was found not guilty of doping. In a message posted on X (formerly Twitter), the Athletics Integrity Unit, AIU said Amusan did not commit an anti-doping rule violation. Amusan successfully secured the upturning of the provisional ban … [Read more…]

Nigeria have bowed out of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup after losing 4-2 to England on penalties. The round of 16 game ended goalless in normal and extra-time at the Brisbane Stadium in Australia. But Chloe Kelly scored the winning kick in the shoot-out to take European champions England, who had Lauren James sent … [Read more…]

President Bola Tinubu has extended best wishes to the Super Falcons of Nigeria as they prepare to face Australia in their second group match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023. The President, according to a release issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Mr … [Read more…]

Tobi Amusan, the women’s hurdles world record holder, revealed in the early hours of Wednesday that she had been charged with an alleged rule violation for missing three drug tests in the span of 12 months. Amusan also vowed to resolve the charges against her before this year’s competition, which will be place in Budapest … [Read more…]

Nigerian world record holder Tobi Amusan overcame a slow start to claim victory in the 100m hurdles event at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland, sprinting to a season’s best of 12.34s that equalled the meeting record in Chorzow, Poland. Amusan edged USA’s Kendra Harrison, who finished second in a time of 12.35s, while 2019 … [Read more…]