Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung has charged athletes participating at the maiden edition of the Governor Wike National Wrestling Championships to set their sight on dominating the 2018 African Championships to be staged in Port Harcourt early...

Congolese side TP Mazembe have retained the CAF Confederation Cup title after they held off Super Sport United of South Africa in front of their home fans to win the final tie 2-1 on aggregate. Leading 2-1 from their home...

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has had his jail term for killing his girlfriend, Ms Steenkamp, increased to 13 years and five months. Pistorius was initially handed a five-year prison sentence for manslaughter in 2014 before he was found guilty...

Germany's World Cup winning coach Joachim Low has identified Morocco as Africa's biggest threat at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia ahead of more experienced sides like Nigeria, Tunisia etc. Low, who is the incumbent World Cup winning coach,...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped nine places in the latest FIFA ranking released earlier on Thursday. In the ranking for the month of November, Nigeria drop down from 41st to 50th position with 671 points thereby moving three...

2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Matchday 2 qualifiers have been given a new schedule. According to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Matchday 2 qualifying fixtures will now take place from September 3-11, 2018. https://twitter.com/CAF_Online/status/933330618351435777 The aforementioned fixtures were initially slated...

Former Super Eagles striker Yakubu 'The Yak' Aiyegbeni has retired from football at the age of 35. Yakubu, who is the second highest African goalscorer in the Premier League with 96 goals, played for many clubs during his impressive career. https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/933282889407574016 He...

Controversial Togolese striker Emmanuel Seyi Adebayor has taunted his former Arsenal teammate Tomas Rosicky over his injury woes during their time together in North London. Adebayor made this known in an interview with French publication So Foot. He said: "I...

TP Mazembe have taken a slender lead in their CAF Confederation Cup clash with South African side Super Sport United after the first leg took place at the Stade TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi on Sunday. Adama Traore and Ghanaian midfielder...

The national U20 female team, Falconets, will face South Africa in the final qualifiers for the World Cup after they taught Morocco some footballing lessons with a 5-1 thrashing in their 2nd leg clash at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium...