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The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) is still pushing for Chelsea defender Tosin Adarabioyo to play for the Super Eagles instead of the Three Lions of England at the international level. UK-based news media, LondonWorld reports that the NFF is still keen to have Adarabioyo switch allegiance to Nigeria despite featuring frequently at youth level for…
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Nigeria’s D’Tigress pulled off a shocking 75-62 win against world number three, Australia, in Group B of the Paris 2024 Olympics in Lille, France, on Monday. The last time D’Tigress won a game at the Olympics was at the Athens 2004 games which came in the classifications. Ezinne Kalu, with 19 points and five rebounds,…
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Fatimo Bello has been eliminated after losing in straight sets to Jia Nan Yuan of France in round 64 in the women’s singles table tennis event at the Paris Olympics. Bello’s ouster ended Nigeria’s hopes of winning medals in Table Tennis at the Paris Olympic Games. In Monday’s women’s singles tie Bello lost 4-0 (1-11,…
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Nigeria’s hopes of making any lasting impression at the women’s football event of the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games got another dent, yesterday, when the Super Falcons lost to world champions, Spain, in their second game of the competition. Nigeria went into the competition as Africa’s biggest hope of a medal in women’s football…
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Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Gbenga Elegbeleye, has expressed grief over the demise of two former frontline investors in club ownership in the country. Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah rank amongst private investors in the NPFL, through club ownership at different dispensations in league football in the country.…
