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The Super Eagles of Nigeria survived the Teranga Lions of Senegal scare in Thursday international friendly played in London. The match ended 1-1. Senegal’s playmaker Moussa Sow had put his team in front in the 54th minute of the game before a hard fighting Kelechi Iheanacho stole the show for…

Football star, Bruno Ferdinandes de Souza, has returned to the round leather game after serving 7-year jail term for killing his ex-girlfriend and feeding her body to dogs. Bruno who was once tipped to play for Brazil was released last month on a technicality with his lawyers preparing for an…

Rangers International Football Club has joined their Nigerian counterpart, Rivers United to exit the Caf Champions League. Though they beat Zamalek FC of Egypt 2-1 on Sunday, but failed to achieve the target of advancing to the group stage of the 2017 CAF Champions League. In the return leg clash…

Rivers United crashed out of the CAF Champions League, after failing to uphold their three goal advantage. The Nigerian side squandered a three-goal advantage in the first leg to go down 0-4 to El-Merreikh of Sudan, who won 4-3. United will now compete for the Confederation Cup. The Nigerian team…

Madagascar Football Association Chief, Ahmed Ahmad has defeated Issa Hayatou, in Thursday’s Confederation of African Football election. The defeat ends Hayatou’s 29-year reign as CAF boss. He will also lose his position as the vice president of world football governing body, FIFA. The result means a change in leadership for…

Hosts Junior Chipolopolo of Zambia have emerged champions of the 2017 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations after they defeated Senegal 2-0 in the final on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that first half goals from Patson Daka and Edward Chilufya secured Zambia their first ever U-20 AFCON…

Lagos state is set to host one of the biggest cycling competitions in Africa, Lagos Corporate Cycling (LCC) 2017. The event which is expected to further promote cycling as a major sporting activity in the country is designed to champion healthy competition among corporate organisation and encourage healthy lifestyle among…

Hundreds of athletes from 27 countries including Nigeria will set Lagos on fire today in the second edition of Access Bank sponsored Lagos Marathon billed to hold from 7:30 to 2pm. Also, 64 elite athletes from 26 countries and 102 from Nigeria, as well as 30 special athletes will also…