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Some of the best table tennis players from across the world have arrived in Lagos for the sixth Valuejet Para Table Tennis Open, which serves off at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, today.
ISTANBUL :Tottenham Hotspur's perfect Europa League start ended when they lost 3-2 at Galatasaray on Thursday as Victor Osimhen scored twice for the hosts and Will Lankshear grabbed his first goal for Spurs before being sent off.
The Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Samuel Onikeku, has faulted the recommendations of the probe panel set up by former Sports Minister, John Owan Enoh, to investigate Team Nigeria’s negative exposures at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Nigeria’s deep-rooted love for football is renowned worldwide. With an estimated 80 million football fans across Africa, it’s no surprise that fantasy sports platforms like Sleeper have captured the hearts of Nigerian enthusiasts. Since its 2016 launch, Sleeper has amassed over 6 million users globally. Now, in 2024, the platform is officially expanding into Africa, with Nigeria as its first market, and has announced the arrival of Sleeper Naija through a new Twitter account.
History beckons on NIgeria at the 2024 World Sambo Championships, where the country will become the first African nation to present a blind athlete at the event scheduled for Astana, Kazakhstan, from November 8 to 10, at the Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov Martial Arts Palace.
Princewill Biweribo Tarabina, a promising young defender for Bayelsa United, has become a rising star in the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) this season, gaining recognition for his steady defensive displays. At just 21, Tarabina has made nine appearances out of Bayelsa United’s 10 matches, establishing himself as a dependable presence in the backline.
The Edo Queens delegation to the 2024 Confederation of AFrican Football (CAF) Women’s Champions League will depart Nigeria for Morocco today aboard an Air Maroc flight. The team, led by the Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission, Yusuf Alli, will arrive in Lagos this morning from where they will embark on the six-hour journey to Morocco. Speaking with The Guardian yesterday, Alli said that the team is fired up for success, adding that everything needed for a successful campaign have been provided for the girls.
Fresh from a two-match friendly duel with the Green Ladies of Algeria in Nigeria, nine-time African champions, Super Falcons, are billed to play the France’s senior women’s team, Les Bleues, in a high-profile friendly in France, on November 30, 2024, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said. The Super Falcons lashed the Green Ladies 2-0 and 4-1 in games played in Ikenne-Remo and Lagos respectively, with a good number of home-based professionals showing great promise in the squad coached by Justine Madugu. This month’s encounter with the Les Bleues will hold at the Stade Raymond Kopa in the city of Angers, with kick-off set for 9.30 p.m. France time. While the Bleues are happy to take the game as part of their preparations for the League of Nations in the spring and the 2025 UEFA Euro Women Championship in Switzerland, in the summer, the Falcons will welcome the encounter as part of the process for blooding a new squad, as well as, another test ahead of the 2025 Women Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco next summer. It is only the seventh time in their history that the Les Bleues will play in the city of Angers.