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ABS FC Unveil New Technical Crew, As Club Take 30 Young Players On European Tour
Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Football Club of Ilorin has unveiled a new Technical Crew, led by former Warri Wolves gaffer, Sani Ahmed Sarduna, ...
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German, Bruno Labbadia becomes 37th Head Coach of the Super Eagles
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of ...
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Kwara United Unveil Players For New NPFL Season, Eye Continental Ticket
Kwara United FC of Ilorin on Thursday unveiled 17 new players for the 2024/2025 Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) season. The unveiling ceremony ...
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Maresca Adamant Chelsea Squad ‘Not A Mess’ After More Transfer Activity
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca insisted Wednesday he was not presiding over a “mess” of a squad after the London club were involved in ...
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We Need More Platforms For Yoruba Sports Reporting To Uncover Hidden Talents – Ace Broadcaster DanKazeem
Abdulfatai Dankazeem, a leading figure in Yoruba radio broadcasting, has called for increased sports journalism in local languages, emphasizing that broadcasting in mother ...
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Olympics: President Tinubu Celebrates Rena Wakama For Winning Best Coach Prize
President Bola Tinubu has celebrated Rena Wakama for her exploits at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Wakama, who is the D’Tigress coach, led the ...
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Antony opens up on ‘very difficult time’ promise to justify £85m price tag – reveals why he is ‘really grateful to favela’
The lounge of a five-star Beverly Hills hotel is an incongruous setting for Antony to be discussing life in the Sao Paulo favela of ...
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Argentina Beat Colombia To Win Record 16th Copa America
Lautaro Martinez scored an extra-time winner as Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 to win a record 16th Copa America title at Hard Rock Stadium ...
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Kwara United GM Badawiy Confirms Release of 22 Players, Discloses New Recruits Ahead of Next Season
The General Manager of Kwara United Football Club, Bashir Badawiy has confirmed the release of at least 22 players from the team ahead ...
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Spain Beat England To Win Euro 2024 Final
Substitute Mikel Oyarzabal scored a dramatic late winner as Spain triumphed in Sunday’s Euro 2024 final, beating England 2-1 to confirm their re-emergence ...
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Kwara United FC Appoints SWAN Chairman Ayodeji As Media Officer
The Chairman of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kwara State Chapter, Mallam Ayodeji Ismail has been appointed as media officer of Kwara ...
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Kwara FA Announces New Guidelines For Clubs, Coaches To Organise, Participate In Football Competitions
Kwara State Football Association, KWSFA, on Thursday, reiterated its stand against unsanctioned competitions and incidents of ‘street football’ happening in the state, warning ...
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Rangers Crowned 2023/24 NPFL Champions
Rangers International Football Club of Enugu, the flying antelopes have been crowned champions of the Nigerian Premier Football League 2023/2024 season. The flying ...
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Super Eagle Striker Awoniyi Partners Kwara Kiddies YEG League, Unicorns FC To Uplift Grassroots Football
In what could be described as a new dawn for grassroot football development in Nigeria, the Kwara Kiddies YEG league has signed a ...
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Stadium Facilities Managed Professionally, Coach Mogaji of Kwara State Sports Commission Counters Critics
Coach Bola Mogaji, Executive Chairman of the Kwara State Sports Commission (KSC), has responded to recent critics accusing him of various wrongdoings, urging ...
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WCQ: Benin Republic Clip Super Eagles’ Wings, Defeat Nigeria For First Time
Benin Republic beat the Super Eagles for the first time on Monday, defeating them 2-1. That scoreline leaves Nigeria’s World Cup qualification on ...
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Awoniyi Makes Move To Uplift Young Footballers, Meets French Ambassador
Super Eagles and Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi, paid a courtesy visit to the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jean Francois Hasperue, on Monday. ...
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Real Madrid Punish Wasteful Dortmund To Claim 15th Champions League Crown
Real Madrid withstood a Borussia Dortmund barrage to win the Champions League for the 15th time as Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior struck ...
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Edo Queens Win Nigeria Women’s League Title For First Time
Edo Queens have been crowned champions of the Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL), the first time the club has achieved the feat. The ...
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Pochettino Leaves Chelsea After Just One Season In Charge
Mauricio Pochettino has left Chelsea after just one season in charge by mutual consent, the English club announced on Tuesday. The Blues finished ...
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Man City Win Historic Fourth Straight Premier League Title
Manchester City on Sunday made English Premier League history by becoming the first side to clinch four consecutive titles after beating West Ham ...
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Usyk Beats Fury To Become Undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury by split decision to win the world’s first undisputed heavyweight championship in 25 years on Sunday, an unprecedented ...
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Tobi Amusan Sets World-Leading 100m Hurdles Record
The world record-holder in the women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, was the fastest over the barriers, setting a world-leading time of 12.40 (0.9m/s). ...
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Resilient Arsenal Scrape Through Man United To Regain Premier League Lead
Arsenal kept their Premier League title dreams alive by ending an Old Trafford hoodoo to grind out a 1-0 win at Manchester United ...
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PSV Eindhoven Crowned Dutch Champions For Record 25th Time
PSV Eindhoven were crowned Dutch champions for the 25th time on Sunday, the club’s first title since 2018, in a season also notable ...
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NFF Appoints Finidi George As Head Coach Of Super Eagles
The Board of Nigeria Football Federation on Monday approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Committee to appoint former ace winger Finidi ...
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Kwara Gov Congratulates Para-Badminton Star Bolaji On Historic Wins
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Kwara-born Nigeria’s star Mariam Bolaji on her gold medal win at the Spanish Para Badminton International 2024 in ...
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Young Nigerian Lady Makes Para Badminton History in Spain
Mariam Bolaji, young para badminton protege has put Kwara, her state and Nigeria on world map as far as the game after winning ...
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Gov. Dapo Abiodun Appoints Chess Master Tunde Onakoya Sports Ambassador
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has appointed National Chess Master, Tunde Onakoya, the Sports Ambassador of the State following his world ...
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Kwara Govt To Uplift Sporting Facility With N2.06bn
Kwara state government is set to renovate the indoor sports hall of the state stadium at the cost of N2.06 billion to make ...
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Leverkusen Win First Bundesliga Title, Breaking Bayern’s 11-Year Run
Bayer Leverkusen lifted the Bundesliga title for the first time in their 120-year history on Sunday, a 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen breaking ...
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NPFL: Stakeholders Holds Emergency Meeting To Save Kwara United Against Relegation
Stakeholders of relegation threatened Kwara United rose from an emergency meeting on Monday, totally committed to keeping the club in the Nigerian Premier ...
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SWAN Commends Gov. AbdulRazaq For Sports Development In Kwara
Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Kwara State has commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for firmly driving sports development and business in the state. ...
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NPFL: Kwara Utd Beat Enyimba By 2-1, As Ogbole Wins MVP Award
Kwara United Football Club on Sunday defeated the visiting Enyimba International Football Club of Aba at the ongoing Matchday 27 of the 2023-2024 ...
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Better Welfare, Job Opportunity Top Demands As Kwara Para-Athletes Protests
Members of the Kwara state Special Sports Athletes, otherwise called para-athletes, have appealed to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to provide them with employment opportunities ...
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SWAN Engages KWASSIP On Ways To Reduce Poverty Through Sports
The Executive of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, Kwara State Chapter on Monday paid a courtesy visit to the management of ...
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Benin Hosts Veteran Tennis Tournament For South South
Elo Jackson International says it has entered into a collaboration with the Edo Tennis Association to organise a tournament for veteran tennis players ...
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Jose Peseiro Quits As Super Eagles Coach After 22 Months
Jose Peseiro has left his role as the coach of the Super Eagles after taking the team to the final of the 2023 ...
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AFCON 2023: Tinubu Confers National Honours On Super Eagles
President Bola Tinubu has awarded the Super Eagles team the Member of the Order of the Niger(MON) national honour for their impressive
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AFCON: ‘Let This Passing Event Not Dispirit Us,’ President Tinubu Hails Super Eagles
President Bola Tinubu has hailed the Super Eagles of Nigeria for their tenacious performance in the final of the 2024 Africa Cup of ...
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Ivory Coast Crowned 2024 AFCON Champion Beat Nigeria
From two defeats in the group stage, a manager departure and a campaign in chaos, the Elephants of Ivory Coast rose from the ...
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AFCON: I Only Want To Make Nigerians Happy – Nwabali
Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali wants to do more for Nigerians after his heroics in the penalty shootout win over South Africa. The ...
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Nigeria Vice President Shettima Celebrates With Super Eagles After AFCON Semi-Final Victory
Nigeria Vice President Kashim Shettima has celebrated with the Super Eagles after victory over South Africa’s Bafana Bafana at the Africa Cup of ...
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles Soar Past South Africa Into AFCON Final
Substitute Kelechi Iheanacho scored to give Nigeria a 4-2 penalty shootout victory over South Africa on Wednesday after an Africa Cup of Nations ...
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Dazzling Super Eagles Beat Angola To Reach AFCON Semi-Final
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have defeated Angola to become the first team to book a place in the semi-final of the ongoing ...
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FULL FIXTURES: Nigeria Battle Angola, Other AFCON Quarter-Final Clashes
After a week of thrill and drama that saw hosts, Cote d’Ivoire stage one of the biggest comebacks in the competition, the stage ...
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AFCON 2023: ‘You Are Corrupt,’ Senegal’s Diatta Blasts CAF After Exit
Senegal winger Krepin Diatta may face disciplinary action after accusing the Confederation of African Football (CAF) of being “corrupt” following the reigning champions’ ...
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AFCON 2023: Five Takeaways From The Group Stage
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is holding in Cote d’Ivoire for the first time in about four decades. It began barely ...
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AFCON: Super Eagles Beat Guinea-Bissau, Qualify For Round Of 16
Super Eagles beat Guinea-Bissau 1-0 in the last match of a Group A tie in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to qualify ...
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Super Eagles Beat Host Ivory Coast To Boost AFCON Credibility
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have boosted its credibility as one of the favourites to lift this year’s African Cup of Nations following ...
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Messi Wins FIFA Men’s Player Of The Year Award
Lionel Messi won FIFA’s “The Best” award for the third time on Monday as the Argentine pipped Manchester City’s Erling Haaland to the ...
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Real Madrid Thrash Rivals Barcelona To Win Spanish Super Cup
Vinicius Junior struck a first-half hat-trick to fire Real Madrid to Spanish Super Cup glory in a thumping 4-1 win over rivals Barcelona ...
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Africa Cup Of Nations: Things To Know Before.……..
Things to know about the Africa Cup of Nations before the 2024 tournament kicks off on Saturday with a Group A clash between ...
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Peseiro Insists Super Eagles Team Is Balanced Ahead Of AFCON
Nigeria coach Jose Peseiro on Saturday batted away concerns the Super Eagles’ attacking prowess is not matched in other areas of their team ...
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Ghana Striker Andre Ayew Eyes AFCON Scoring Record
Veteran Ghana forward Andre Ayew is hoping to create one record and equal another during the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations in the ...
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Hiring Peseiro One Of Nigerian Football’s Greatest Mistakes, Says Gara-Gombe
A former Chairman of the Gombe Football Association Ahmed Gara-Gombe does not believe in the capabilities of Super Eagles Head Coach Jose Peseiro, ...
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AFCON Winners To Receive Record $7 Million Prize
The winners of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations will receive a record seven million dollars (6.4 mn euros), a Confederation of African ...
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Rubiales: World Cup Kiss Not Consensual, Hermoso Tells Court
Spanish World Cup-winning star Jenni Hermoso told a judge on Tuesday that the kiss forced on her by disgraced former Spanish football chief ...
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Peseiro Names Musa, One Home-Based Star In Nigeria’s 25-Man AFCON Squad
Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro has released his 25-man list for the delayed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with captain Ahmed Musa ...
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AFCON: CAF Releases Eagles’ 41-Man Provisional List
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has release the provisional lists of teams participating at the African Cup of Nations coming up in ...