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Sunday, 02 October 2022 06:30

129 dead in Indonesia soccer match riot

Panic at an Indonesian soccer match after police fired tear gas to stop brawls left 129 dead, mostly trampled to death, police said Sunday. Several fights between supporters of the two rival soccer teams were reported inside the Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java province’s Malang city after the Indonesian Premier League game ended with Persebaya Surabaya beating Arema Malang 3-2. The brawls that broke out just after the game ended late night Saturday prompted riot police to fire tear gas, which caused panic among supporters, said East Java Police Chief Nico Afinta. Hundreds of people ran to an exit gate…

Saturday, 01 October 2022 07:02

Nigeria Football Federation gets new president, Board

Ibrahim Musa Gusau has been elected as the new president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Gusau was voted into the position at the federation’s committee election held in Benin on Friday. The Zamfara-born football administrator defeated nine other contestants to emerge as the successor of Amaju Pinnick. He gathered 39 out of 40 votes in the re-run election after all the candidates had initially failed to meet the 22 votes requirements. Gusau had earlier managed 21 votes followed by Seyi Akinwunmi who got 12 and Shehu Dikko with 6 and a lone vote for Peterside Idah. Akinwunmi and Dikko,…

Friday, 16 September 2022 06:51

Buhari confers national honours on, shares N200m to Amusan, Brume, others who excelled in international sports

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja approved National Honours and cash awards of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics championships. Speaking at a presidential reception in honour of the athletes, the President said his Government is committed to rewarding excellence, no less for members of Team Nigeria who ignited the spirit of victory in the nation through stellar performances at international competitions. Congratulating all the awardees and recipients, he expressed confidence that this will spur them to greater heights. The President who described the athletes as champions, worthy ambassadors,…

Sunday, 21 August 2022 06:29

Anthony Joshua flies into a rage as he suffers second defeat from Usyk

Oleksandr Usyk has once again defeated Anthony Joshua by a split decision to retain his heavyweight titles. The Ukrainian boxer won the bout after two of the three judges scored him higher — 115-113 and 116-112 — than Joshua. The Nigerian-born British boxer was bested by Usyk in front of thousands of fans at King Abdullah Sports City Arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday night. Joshua entered the fight hoping to reclaim the WBA, IBF, and WBO titles which he lost to the Ukrainian in September 2021. Both boxers began the bout with renewed vigour. The pair also delivered…

Sunday, 07 August 2022 11:03

Tobi Amusan breaks Commonwealth Games record to win gold for Nigeria

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has successfully defended her Commonwealth Games 100m hurdles title after breezing to the first position on Sunday at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Amusan set a new Games Record of 12.30s to set a new Games Record and also secure Nigeria’s 10th gold medal in what has been an amazing year. A 2.4 m/s tailwind denied Amusan the chance of breaking the Games Record in the semi-final. However, there was no stopping the World Record holder as she breezed to a time of 12.30s to eclipse the 16-year-old 12.65 seconds Games record set by Jamaica’s Brigitte Foster-Hylton…

Tuesday, 26 July 2022 06:47

Nigerians on Twitter react to Tobi Amusan’s 100m hurdles world record

Nigerian fans have accused track legend Michael Johnson of racism and hatred for questioning Tobi Amusan’s world record time in the 100m hurdles final at the just-concluded World Athletics Championships in Oregon, The PUNCH reports. Amusan raced to victory in the 100m hurdles final, finishing with a time of 12.12secs, shattering Kendra Harrison’s 2016 world record by 0.08secs at the event. The 25-year-old’s feat was one of a succession of athletes to smash world records or their own personal best times at the event. In the women’s 100m hurdles alone, 12 of the 24 semi-finalists recorded their best times ever…

Monday, 16 May 2022 05:54

NFF appoints new Technical Adviser, assistants

After much dilly-dallying, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday announced the appointment of José Santos Peseiro as the new technical adviser of the senior Men national team, the Super Eagles. The football federation also said the appointment is with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms between the NFF and Peseiro. It will be recalled that the Portuguese was first announced as Super Eagles technical adviser on the eve of the kick off of the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon but due to inexplicable reasons, his contract with the NFF fell through. José Vitor dos Santos Peseiro, 62 last…

Wednesday, 30 March 2022 06:10

Angry fans vandalise newly renovated stadium as Super Eagles fail to qualify for World Cup

Some angry fans of the Super Eagles of Nigeria invaded the newly refurbished Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja and vandalised facilities in protest of the team’s failure to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Black Stars of Ghana ended Nigeria’s dream of becoming the first African country to qualify for four consecutive World Cups. The Ghanaians secured a 1-1 draw in Abuja on Tuesday to progress to the World Cup based on the away goals rule — after holding Nigeria to a goalless draw in Kumasi last Friday. Thomas Partey’s opener in the 11th minute proved costly for…

Tuesday, 29 March 2022 06:08

Nigeria vs Ghana: FG orders civil servants to close by 1pm today

Federal government has directed all ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to close by 1pm on Tuesday (today) ahead of the second-leg clash between the Super Eagles and Black Stars of Ghana. In a circular on Monday, Ngozi Onwudiwe, the service welfare officer, also called for the mobilisation of support for the Nigerian senior national team. Onwudiwe added that all permanent secretaries should ensure the content of the circular is achieved as desired. “As you are aware, the Super Eagles of Nigeria will be meeting the Black Stars of Ghana in continuation of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier playoff (return…

Monday, 07 March 2022 06:09

Ace broadcaster Fabio Lanipekun is dead

Four days after his 80th birthday was celebrated, Fabio Lanipekun, a sports journalist, has died, reports sportsvillagesquare.com. A Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) official close to the family confirmed the passing on of the highly-respected journalist. His death is coming just a week after another iconic sports journalist, Sunny Emmanuel Ojagbaese, died in the United States (U.S.). The Guardian

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Tuesday, 01 March 2022 06:10

Sunny Ojeagbase, founder of Complete Sports, is dead

Emmanuel Sunny Ojeagbase, founder and executive chairman of Complete Communications Limited, publisher of Complete Sports and Success Digest, is dead. News of the demise of the veteran was announced in a statement by Julius Ojeagbase, one of his children, on Monday evening. Julius said his father died in Atlanta, USA, on Saturday after a brief illness. Ojeagbase was aged 71 at the time of his death. The late media entrepreneur, an indigene of Edo state, started out as the pioneer publisher of Sports Souvenir, a weekly newspaper, in 1984. “Before then, he was a retired soldier of the Nigerian Army…

Tuesday, 08 February 2022 05:48

NFF has constituted an all-Nigerian coaching crew for Super Eagles. This is the lineup

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the retention of Austin Eguavoen as interim head coach of the Super Eagles. The federation said it won’t move forward with the agreement with Jose Peseiro who was expected to take charge of the team after the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). NFF made the announcement in a statement issued on Monday. In December 2021, Peseiro was appointed as the permanent replacement for Gernot Rohr who was sacked just a few weeks before AFCON. However, Mohammed Sanusi, NFF general secretary, said the services of the Portuguese will no longer be needed following a “recommendation”…

Monday, 07 February 2022 05:55

AFCON 2021: Senegal overcome Egypt to emerge African champions

Senegal Sunday night emerged African champions by defeating Egypt in the African Cup of Nations final in Cameroon. Sadio Mane scored the decisive penalty kick to secure a 4-2 victory for Senegal after the match ended 0-0 after about two hours of football. The victory ensures Senegal become African champions for the first time ever Having made it all the way to the last AFCON final in 2019, losing to another Northern African opposition in Algeria, the Teranga Lions were desperate not to allow lighting to strike the second time. Seeing Mane and his teammates starting on the front foot…

Monday, 24 January 2022 06:09

Super Eagles knocked out of Nations Cup after Tunisia defeat

A long-range shot at the beginning of the second half and a red card to Alex Iwobi was all that was needed by Tunisia to knock Super Eagles of Nigeria out of the 2021 Nations Cup. The group performances did not matter on Sunday. While Nigeria topped Group D with nine points in the first round, Tunisia qualified for the second round as one of four best third-place finishers, from Group E. Coach Augustine Eguavoen named his preferred starting 11 against Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles and the Super Eagles started on the front foot. Moses Simon won Nigeria’s first corner kick…

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