Category: Sports
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SUPER EAGLES FANS ROAR: WIN 2025 AFCON OR BUST
Aba football diehards lit up Friday, begging Nigeria’s Super Eagles to treat the 2025 AFCON like life-or-death after Tuesday’s 1-2 friendly flop to Egypt demanding killer finishes, iron defense, best-XI stars vs Tanzania on Dec 23 and no Osimhen obsession to snag the trophy and heal World Cup qualification wounds. Uchenna Adindu praised Egypt grit…
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SUPER EAGLES BUZZ WITH OSIMHEN’S LATE-NIGHT CAMP ARRIVAL
Victor Osimhen’s 9:45pm touchdown Wednesday turned Cairo’s Super Eagles camp into a full house of all 28 invitees, igniting sky-high spirits as Nigeria ramps up for the 35th AFCON in Morocco from Dec 21 to Jan 18—fresh off a 2-1 friendly loss to Egypt that coaches used for tactical tweaks, not tears. Media officer Promise…
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AMOKACHI SLAMS SHODDY PITCHES, URGES NIGERIA LEAGUE INFRA BOOST
Ex-Super Eagles star Daniel Amokachi fired shots at Nigerian football bosses Tuesday in Abuja, demanding urgent pitch upgrades and infra overhauls across leagues—slamming subpar fields rubber-stamped for NNL games that hobble young talent just because better options don’t exist. Post the NNL/Prostar/Sportslight Hub November Awards celebrating top players and coaches, Amokachi hailed progress like more…
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DEMBELE & BONMATI CROWNED FIFA’S BEST IN DOHA GLAMOUR NIGHT
The world’s football elite lit up Doha Tuesday as FIFA’s 2025 Best Awards handed top gongs to PSG’s Ousmane Dembele as Men’s Player supreme and Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati nabbing her third straight Women’s Player crown—while England’s Lionesses swept coach Sarina Wiegman and keeper Hannah Hampton, and PSG boss Luis Enrique grabbed Men’s Coach honors. Argentina’s…
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OSIMHEN, LOOKMAN, BASSEY BATTLE FOR KING OF THE PITCH IN NIGERIA AWARDS
Victor Osimhen leads the charge with triple nods including King of the Pitch, Rashidi Yekini Striker prize (vs Ademola Lookman and Anas Yusuf) and Sam Okwaraji award at the 12th Nigeria Pitch Awards—his seventh King nom after three straight wins—while Calvin Bassey duels Benjamin Frederick and Ola Aina for Defender glory, unveiled at Tuesday’s Abuja…
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EGYPT’S PHARAOHS PIP NIGERIA’S SUPER EAGLES 2-1 IN AFCON WARM-UP
Nigeria’s Super Eagles fell 2-1 to Egypt’s Pharaohs in a tense Cairo Stadium friendly Tuesday—their last test before the 35th AFCON kicks off Sunday in Morocco—debuting coach Eric Chelle’s 3-5-2 that owned early ball but leaked a slick counter goal midway first half. Eagles fought back compactly, nabbing a stoppage-time equalizer via Zaidu Sanusi’s pinpoint…
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KWARA KIDDIES LEAGUE STARS SET TO STORM SUPER EAGLES SOON
Coach Paul Odeh, tech whiz of Kwara Kiddies League (KKL), dropped a bombshell at Sunday’s Ilorin grand finale: the grassroots phenoms dazzling here will flood Nigeria’s national teams in five years flat, with talent so sharp one’s already Chelsea-bound—putting Kwara on the global soccer radar. Taiwo Awoniyi’s foundation-backed league, a Kwara U-12 powerhouse now boasting…
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NIGERIA’S YELLOW GREENS RETAIN WEST AFRICA CRICKET TROPHY WITH 40-RUN THRASHING OF RWANDA
Nigeria’s senior men’s cricket team, the Yellow Greens, defended their crown in style at Abuja’s Moshood Abiola Stadium, smashing 157/5 before bundling Rwanda out for 117/9 to clinch the 2025 West Africa Trophy by 40 runs—perfect revenge after Rwanda’s earlier league upset. Captain Sulaimon Runsewe set the tone with a powerplay blitz alongside Rahmon Ali,…
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SUPER EAGLES GEAR UP FOR AFCON 2025 WITH SLOW CAMP START IN CAIRO
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have kicked off their 2025 AFCON preparations at Renaissance Hotels in Cairo, but only 10 players have checked in so far—coaches and staff are ready, yet the full squad is still filtering in ahead of the Morocco showdown. Francis Uzoho arrived first past 2 a.m. local time, marking his national team comeback,…
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NAF ROCKETS WOMEN CRUSH WIKKI SPIKERS 3-0 IN VOLLEYBALL PREMIER LEAGUE OPENER
NAF Rockets women’s volleyball team kicked off the final phase of the 2025 Comptroller General of Customs Premier League with a dominant straight-sets thrashing of Wikki Spikers Queens (25-11, 25-16, 25-11) at Abuja’s Moshood Abiola National Stadium. From the first serve, the Rockets owned the court, surging ahead in every set with relentless pressure—Dorcas Isaac…
