Eight basketball players born by Nigerian parents have been drafted into various clubs competing in the US National Basketball Association, NBA. They include PRECIOUS ACHIUWA who joined Miami Heat; UDOKA AZUBUIKE is with Utah Jazz; ISAAC OKORO was drafted by Cleveland Cavaliers; while ONYEKA OKONGWU is to play for Atlanta Hawks. Others are DANIEL OTURU for Minnesota…
In another development; PEP GUARDIOLA has renewed his contract with Manchester City, thereby confirming his future at the club for the next two years. In a statement on the club website, Manchester City said they were pleased to announce a new deal with PEP GUARDIOLA. GUARDIOLA would have been out of contract at the end of this…
In sports; the entire Super Eagles squad is to under a review following the poor performance in the Africa Cup of National qualifier against Sierra Leone. This was made known by the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, SUNDAY DARE, during a meeting in Minna, Niger State. The meeting in Minna was meant to prepare the ground…
The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, SUNDAY DARE, has criticized the performance of the Super Eagles in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone. SUNDAY DARE blamed the Technical Adviser of the national football team, GERNOT ROHR, for the poor outing of the Super Eagles. DARE said the Super Eagles’ draws in the two…
Some foreign based players of the Super Eagles of Nigeria have returned home for the first-leg of the African Cup of Nations qualifier against the national football team of Sierra Leone on Friday. Those who have reported at the Super Eagles camp in Benin City, Edo State, include AHMED MUSA, KELECHI IHEANACHO, OKOYE MADUKA, OGHENEKARO ETEBO, and…
The Nigeria Football Federation has received the sum of one million US dollars as Covid-19 palliative from the world football governing body, FIFA. NFF President, AMAJU PINNICK, confirmed receiving the money in a series of messages on Twitter. PINNICK said FIFA equally sent six hundred thousand dollars for the FIFA Forward projects in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, and…