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The 2019 Nigeria Taekwondo International Open Championship kicked off amidst delays and technical hitches at the velodrome of the Abuja National Stadium on Friday. The tournament started on a forgettable note, as organisational delays…

Nigeria’s Rachael Danjuma, compatriot Amina Wilfred and Eva Mangala of Uganda were the best three players at the end of Day One of the 21st IBB Ladies Golf Championship in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 2017 IBB…

Nigeria National Under 20 team, the Flying Eagles on Friday pipped tournament hosts Niger Republic 1-0 in their last Group A match at the ongoing 2019 Under 20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Niamey. The result meant the Flying Eagles…

By George Aluo The Flying Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland after securing a 1-0 victory over Niger Republic in the CAF U -20 Nations Cup.

Nigeria’s ex-international, Edema Fuludu, has commended Gernot Rohr’s decision to monitor home-based players and include those found worthy in the Super Eagles, saying it would give the players a morale lift and a sense of belonging. The…

National coach for distance races in Nigeria, Stephen Nuhu said, on Friday, that the country’s distance runners were improving and worthy of representing the nation at continental and international competitions. Nuhu told the News Agency…

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Friday it would lift the ban on Russia’s Paralympic Committee by March 15, under certain conditions. Russia has been barred from international Paralympic competitions since August 2016…

William Barr, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the new attorney-general, was approved on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee and his confirmation process now moves to the full Senate. Barr is virtually assured of…

A body retrieved from the wreckage of a crashed plane in the English Channel has been formally identified as Cardiff City’s Argentina-born football player Emiliano Sala, British police said on Thursday. Sala, 28, had been flying from his…

By George Aluo Campos Square in Lagos would tomorrow (Friday) come alive with a soccer clinic being put together by the nation's ex-internationals in honor of Lagos state governor, Akinwumi Ambode.