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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 ...

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development says it did not direct foreign based athletes going to the Olympic Games in Rio to buy their own air tickets. The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung said this in ...

 **and current world record holder Reaction of Elena Isinbaeva, two-time Olympic gold medalist (2004 and 2008), a three-time World Champion (2005, 2007 and 2013), the current world record holder.  She has never been implicated in any doping scandal. Translation: All ...

Newly announced Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Paul Le Guen, rejects the job due to unmet requirements.

Portugal wins Euro 2016 cup, the country’s first time of winning the trophy

Serena Williams crowns superb day by teaming up with sister, Venus to win their 6th Wimbledon doubles title and 14th Grand Slam doubles. See more pics after the page break.

Leicester City signs 23-year-old Nigeria international, Ahmed Musa, on a 4-year deal for a club-record fee of around £16m

Ex-Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, tells the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to pay him and his assistant the amount they owe them in a new post on twitter. See what he wrote bellow.