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Week 28 of the Nigerian Professional has ended with most matches ending in home wins. The match between ABS and Sunshine Stars produced the highest number of goals and the only away win with the visitors running away with four goals of the total six. Rangers were forced to a one all draw by their visiting 3SC. The encounter between …

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Odion Ighalo netted his fourth league goal of the season which was enough to hand Changchun Yatai a 4-2 victory over Shanghai SIPG at the Development Area Stadium. The former Watford goal poacher found the back of the net in the 58th minute as a Szabolcs Huszti long pass was dummied by the defenders, providing space for Ighalo who fired …

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Manchester City and Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho is close to making move worth £25 million (about N1.25 billion) to former English Premier League champions Leicester City. According to media reports on Thursday, the 20-year-old is in advanced talks with the Foxes and is thought to be well interested in making the switch. Iheanacho, who has been very impressive for …

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Super Eagles goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme is to undergo a course of chemotherapy, his club, Wolves of England has announced. Ikeme was diagnosed with acute leukaemia and the news is a blow to the Super Eagles currently in a qualifying race for the 2019 African Cup of Nations. Ikeme has made over 200 appearances for the Championship club since breaking through …

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Former Super Eagle striker, Emmanuel Emenike, has become the sixth Nigerian player to star for Olympiakos of Greece, after sealing a €2m move to the Greek giants from Fenerbahçe of Turkey. Emenike, 30, follows in the footsteps of Rashidi Yekini, James Obiorah, Haruna Babangida, Michael Olaitan and Brown Aide Ideye as the latest Nigerian to line out for the side, …

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Nigeria dropped a spot to 39th in FIFA’s latest World Ranking released on Thursday. The drop comes on the heels of a 2-0 defeat to South Africa in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. On the continent, however, the Super Eagles remain the sixth best country behind Egypt, Senegal, Congo DR, Tunisia and Cameroon. Germany reclaimed the top on the …

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Re-run elections into four pending National Sports Federations’ boards holds July 12, sports authority has confirmed. The Federations are Athletics, Gymnastics, Wrestling and Taekwondo. The Chairman of the National Sports Federations Electoral Appeals Committee, Alhaji Abdulrazak Salau said in a statement, that the influx of petitions which followed the June 13, 2017 elections at the Abuja National Stadium were overwhelming …

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The Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) on Tuesday in Abuja said players from 11 countries would participate in the 2017 Lagos International Challenge. Patience Okon, Secretary-General of the federation, disclosed that the competition would hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium from July 26 to July 29. Okon listed the countries as Sri Lanka, Portugal, Egypt, Israel, Republic of Benin, Italy, …

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Former goalkeeper of Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles, Vincent Enyeama is among 11 players whose services are no longer required by the French side, Lille Football Club. New coach, Marcelo Biesla told the players they are no longer needed. The French club’s new Argentine boss has also sent messages to Zambia’s Stoppila Sunzu, Tunisia’s Naim Sliti and Ivory …

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  For the first time in recent history, Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri surmounted his continental rival – Egypt’s Omar Assar in the final of the 2017 ITTF Africa Cup to qualify for the ITTF World Cup in France. Having conquered Egypt’s Mohamed El-Beiali 4-0 in the semifinal, Aruna Quadri showed his class to beat Omar Assar 4-3 in the men’s singles …

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