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Nigeria Sport News
FG mourns death of Nigerian footballer in Uganda
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed deep sorrow on Tuesday over the tragic death of Abubakar Lawal, a Nigerian professional footballer in Uganda.
Sports Africa summit charts path for accelerated sector devt
The inaugural Sports Africa Investment Summit, which held in Lagos has set a roadmap for accelerated growth of the continent’s sports sector.
Arsenal, Liverpool contact Atalanta over summer move for Lookman
Arsenal and Liverpool have been in contact over a possible summer move to sign 27-year-old Nigerian international, Ademola Lookman from Serie A club Atalanta, reports thehardtackle.com.
NiDCOM, Musa demand probe of footballer’s death in Uganda
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) and Super Eagles star, Ahmed Musa, have called for an investigation into death of footballer, Abubakar Lawal who allegedly fell to death in Uganda.
Nigeria’s 4x400m men’s relay team set for action
CGF, NOC hold drug-abuse seminar for schools The 20th World Athletics Indoor Championships holding in Nanjing, China, may present Nigeria’s 4x400m men’s relay team an opportunity to redeem its image following the disappointment at the Paris 2024 Olympics where the team was disqualified after running a Season’s Best time of two minutes 59.81 seconds in the heat.
Lagos, Abuja, teams dominate grand finale of GTCO/NPA polo tourney
The GTCO/NPA Lagos International Polo Tournament came to a thrilling end at the weekend with Lagos, Abuja, and Kaduna teams stealing the show.
Okumagba emerges interim chairman as NSC, NFF end supporters clubs’ feud
The leadership of the National Sports Commission (NSC) and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have scored a major point in the build-up to Super Eagles’ trip to Rwanda for the 2026 World Cup campaign by ending the “long feud” among supporters and clubs’ members. Since the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup, the Supporters Club have not known peace. What started as a minnow disagreement among the members soon became a major issue, leading to the emergence of six different groups. While Vincent Okumagba presided over the Super Eagles Supporters Club, Rev. Sam Ikpea was chairman of Nigeria Football Supporters Club. The Football Fan Club of Nigeria was led by Kemi Popoola, just as Abayomi Ogunjimi was the leader of Authentic Nigeria Football and Allied Sports Supporters Club.