By Dianabasi Effiong Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Eric Chelle, has selected team Captain, William Ekong, first-choice goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, defenders Olaoluwa Aina and Calvin Bassey, midfielders Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi, and forwards Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, and Simon Moses in a provisional list of 31 for next month’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches…
By Dianabasi Effiong In a show of solidarity and affirmation of continuity, the Board of the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) on Saturday in Abuja returned Dr Ibrahim Abdul as its President for a second term of four years. Abdul’s re-election took place at the NWF 2025 Elective Congress held at the Gymnasium Hall, Package B…
President Bola Tinubu . Following back to back reward for the Nigeria’s national women’s football team, Super Falcons and women’s Basketball team, D’Tigress on their triumphs at the African stage by President Bola Tinubu, an Olympic gold medalist, Daniel Igali has called on the country’s president to extend such gestures to other sportsmen and women…
By Dianabasi Effiong The World Athletics Council (WAC) says it approved new eligibility conditions for athletes in the female category for world ranking competitions. The athletics sports world’s governing body made this known on its website. According to it, the new regulations will come into effect on Sept. 1 and will be applied to the…
Miracle Usani (right), celebrating with her team mate after the historic triumph. By Anietie Akpan Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has heaped praises on Miracle Usani, the rising football sensation who helped the Super Falcons of Nigeria to victory at the just-concluded Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). A native of Biko Biko,…
President Tinubu (GCFR) receiving the WAFCON trophy from Nigeria’s Captain Rasheedat Ajibade at the Villa on Monday, while the First Lady, (1st right), Senator Oluremi Tinubu (CON), Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Chairman, Governors’ Forum 1st left) and others watch. By Dianabasi Effiong The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau has described the…