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U-23 team tell him to stay away from them Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has sent Stanley Dimgba , Yusuf Mohammed and the team’s media officer, Timi Ebikagboro, curator and the team coordinator, packing from the Rio Olympics, just as ...

World’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, has become the very first sprinter ever to claim three 100m Olympic titles. Bolt, the existing world record holder with 9.58 seconds, comfortably crossed the line in 9.81, the slowest time out of any one ...

Earlier today a report was published written from an interview Samson Siasia granted Brila FM where he revealed he had been owed five months salary and he was ready to guide the players if they boycotted the Rio Olympic quarterfinal match against ...

Serena Williams has crashed out in the next round of the women’s singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The tennis champion appeared to truly have a shoulder problem and was near to tears as she lost 6-4, 6-3 to Ukraine’s ...

Nigeria beat Sweden 1-0, qualify for Quarter-Finals. Goal scored by Sadiq Umar

The Nigeria Football Federation has selected a German, Gernot Rohr to manage the Super Eagles. The NFF President Amaju Pinnick confirmed the development to The PUNCH. The NFF boss confirmed that the German is currently working on development programmes for ...

After traveling the day of the game to Manaus, Brazil due to flight delay, Nigeria’s U23 team beat Japan 5-4 on Thursday night in a crazy Group B showdown. CD Feirense star Oghenekaro Etebo stole the show as the Dream ...

The Chelsea stalwart and Super Eagles captain was born John Michael Nchekwube Obinna, but during the registration process for the 2003 Under-17 World Championships, Nigerian officials mistakenly submitted his name as “Mikel” rather than “Michael.” He kept the name “Mikel” ...

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have thrown Nigeria’s 4x400m women’s relay team out of next month’s Olympic Games in Brazil, Complete Sports reports. The disqualification followed Tosin Adeloye’s positive drugs test at the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) ...

Chelsea midfielder, Mikel Obi and captain of the 85-man Nigeria Olympic team to 2016 Rio Olympics, has donated $30,000 to the team in Atlanta, AfricanFootball, reports. An excited player of the Olympic team was quoted as saying: “Mikel has donated ...