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The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) board will be under pressure to meet the deadline set by Africa’s football governing body, the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) for the submission of the clubs that have qualified for the 2024-2025 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. According to the deadline, it is expected that all […]

Enyimba have announced Yemi Olanrewaju will replace Finidi George as their head coach for the remainder of the season. Olanrewaju was previously an assistant to Finidi. Finidi left his position at the club last month following his appointment as head coach of Nigeria’s senior side, Super Eagles. Enyimba have announced Yemi Olanrewaju will replace Finidi […]

Imo Grasshoppers Handball club new found resurgence have continued to wane by day as they are beginning to lose steam in the ongoing Ardoval Handball Premier League in Benin, Edo State. Female Defending Champions, Safety Babes Handball Club compounded their woe yesterday by beating Imo Grasshoppers 32-25 to maintained their unbeaten runs. The Grasshoppers were […]

Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving combined for 63 points as the Dallas Mavericks won game one of the Western Conference finals with a 108-105 victory at the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. Doncic delivered his best when it mattered in the fourth quarter where he made 15 of his 33 points while Irving had set the […]

World football governing body, FIFA, has made changes to the officiating team of the 2026 World Cup qualifying match between Benin Republic and Nigeria which is scheduled for the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny in Ivory Coast on Monday, June 10. The changes have sent packing Ethiopian official Bamlak Tessema Weyesa, who was originally designated as referee for […]

Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman became the first player to score a hat-trick in a UEFA Europa League final as Atalanta stunned Bayer Leverkusen 3-0, dramatically halting the Bundesliga champions’ 51-match unbeaten run in all competitions. It’s Atalanta’s first-ever UEFA Europa League title — their first major title win since 1963 – thus inflicting a first […]

The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) organizers have revealed the dates for the remaining games of the season, which is scheduled to conclude on June 23 with Matchday 38 fixtures. It will be recalled the current season commenced on 30 September 30, 2023 after initial delays. This season saw the league body entering into a […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves knocked defending NBA champions, the Denver Nuggets out of the playoffs by beating them 98-90 in the deciding game of their Western Conference semi-final series. he Timberwolves were trailing by 20 points at one stage in the third quarter but staged a comeback to win game seven and take the series 4-3. […]

Liverpool have appointed Feyenoord’s Arne Slot as manager to replace departing coach Juergen Klopp next season, the Premier League club said Monday. Slot has been in charge of the Dutch club since 2021, and won the Eredivisie league title in 2022-23 along with the KNVB Cup this season, while Feyenoord also reached the Europa Conference […]

Oleksandr Usyk’s immediate rematch with Tyson Fury, could mean the IBF belt is stripped away from the undisputed champion. The Ukrainian boxer beat Fury last Saturday, to unify the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles. However, he will only reign supreme for a short spell, because one of boxing’s governing bodies is likely to […]