D’Tigress Officially Grab Ticket to FIBA World Cup in Sydney
Nigeria’s D’Tigress sealed a place at the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup with another victory against Mali yesterday. The game which lived up to its...
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UFC 271: NiDCOM hails Adesanya for retaining middleweight belt
Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has hailed Israel Adesanya for retaining the Unified Fighting Championship middleweight category in a three sets...
NBA, Hennessy launch first floating basketball court in Africa
LAGOS – NBA Africa and Hennessy celebrated their partnership over the weekend with the launch of the first basketball floating court on the continent when NBA...
ITTF rankings: Aruna Quadri delighted to become world number 11
African star boy Aruna Quadri has moved five places in the latest ITTF rankings. Aruna Quadri who had an excellent 2021 breaking records and winning titles, deservedly...
Beach Volleyball: Nigeria teams win gold at Zone 3 U21 Championship (PICTURES).
Nigeria have emerged champions of the just concluded Zone 3 U21 Beach Volleyball Championship in the Boys’ and Girls’ categories on Sunday. Nigeria defeated host,...
Nigeria complete clean sweep of Group D as Egypt beat Sudan to take second place.
Nigeria and Egypt claimed the last-16 places from Group D on Wednesday night with wins over Guinea Bissau and Sudan respectively. The two powerhouses were always expected...
Meet Simidele Adeagbo the First Nigerian & African Athlete to Take Home Gold in an International Bobsleigh or Skeleton Race.
The Nigerian-Canadian trailblazing Olympian won the Europe Cup mono bob race at the 2021–22 Bobsled World Cup, which began on November 20, 2021, in Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, and...
Kamaru Usman brings MMA to Lagos, ‘Face-off Fight Night’ holds tomorrow.
The maiden Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tagged: “Face-off Fight Night” will debut at the Grand Africa Ballroom, Lagos Continental Hotel, on Friday. The inaugural edition,...
NFF Appoints Super Eagles Head Coach, Jose Peseiro.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the appointment of Portuguese tactician Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles. The NFF...
Super Falcons’ goalie’s rating as world’s seventh best thrills Izilien.
Former Coach of Super Falcons, Godwin Izilien, has described Chiamaka Nnadozie’s ranking as the world’s seventh best woman goalkeeper as a clear indication that Nigeria...
Oshoala Voted 3rd Best Women’s Footballer, Lionel Messi Best Men’s Footballer.
GOAL50 2021: Messi and Putellas crowned winners after historic fan vote The PSG forward edged rival Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the men’s prize, while the...
Ighalo Wins West Asia Player Of The Month Award.
Ighalo Grabs West Asia Player Of The Month Award Super Eagles returnee Odion Ighalo has won the West Asia player of the month of October...
Kamaru Usman Beats Colby Covington To Retain UFC Title.
Kamaru Usman retained his welterweight championship with a hard-earned win over Colby Covington in the main event of UFC 268 at Madison Square Garden in...
Oshoala scores a brace & provides an assist as Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 8-1
Asisat Oshoala scored a brace and provided an assist as league leaders Barcelona Femeni beat second placed Real Sociedad 8-1 at the Estadi Johan Cruyff...
BOS Youth Cup Unveiled By Sanwo-Olu’s Aides & Joesph Dosu.
As part of efforts by the Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration to promote sports and youth development in Lagos State, the Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) to...
Osimhen’s Late Goal Against Torino Secures Napoli’s Eight Straight Serie A Win.
A late Victor Osimhen’s towering header sealed a hardfought 1-0 for Napoli which saw them record their eight consecutive win in the Serie A this...
Ejuke Wins CSKA Moscow Player Of The Month Award.
Nigeria winger Chidera Ejuke has been voted CSKA Moscow’s Player of the Month for the second straight time, reports Completesports.com. Ejuke , who also scooped...
Musa Wins 100th Nigeria Cap In Central African Republic World Cup Qualifier.
The 28-year-old forward, who formed part of his country’s Afcon 2013-winning team, has now become an international centurion Ahmed Musa has won his milestone 100th...
Victor Osimhen Voted Serie A September Player Of The Month.
Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen has been voted the Italian Serie A’s Player of the Month for September. Osimhen came back from a disappointing start to the...
Nigeria WNBA Michaela Onyenwere Named 2021 KIA WNBA Rookie of the Year.
New York Liberty forward Michaela Onyenwere has been named the 2021 Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year, the WNBA announced. She becomes the first player...
Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat Mali to win AfroBasket for third consecutive time
Nigeria’s senior national women basketball team, D’Tigress, on Sunday emerged champions of the 2021 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship by defeating Mali 70-59 in Yaounde. D’Tigress’s...
History as Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan wins Diamond League 100m hurdles.
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has won the 100m women’s hurdles at the ongoing Women Diamond League in Zurich. She is the first Nigerian to win a...
Fourteen young Nigerian basketballers get N123 million U.S. scholarships.
ACTDF has awarded scholarships worth $300,000 (about N123.5 million) each to 14 youngsters who excelled at a recent basketball tournament in Kano. he African Children...
Tokyo Olympics: Blessing Oborududu Wins Silver In Wrestling.
NIGERIAN wrestler Blessing Oborududu has won the first silver medal for Nigeria in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Earlier, long jumper Ese Brume won the...
Uche Eke becomes first gymnast to compete for Nigeria at the Olympics.
“The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” isn’t what you would call a gymnastics movie, but for Nigerian American gymnast Uche Eke, it inspired his...
Olympics: Dream Team Atlanta ’96 Listed Among Most Memorable Football Moments.
Dream Team Atlanta 1996 Feat Listed Among Most Memorable Football Moments At The Olympics Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles popularly known as the Dream Team’s gold medal...
Funke Oshonaike Officially Inducted Into Olympics Table Tennis Club 7.
Nigerian and African table tennis legend Olufunke Oshonaike has officially been recognised as a member of the exclusive club of ping pong players to have...
Seven WAFU (B) countries and CAF commit to African youth with Pan-African Schools Football Championship
To help foster a new generation of African youth, The Confederation of African Football (CAF) (www.CAFonline.com) is developing a football competition to be introduced into...
Tokyo 2020: Nigeria Referee Officiate, As Women Football Events Kicks Off.
After a long delay, Tokyo 2020 Olympic games finally take off in the early hours of Wednesday with Women Football events, BSNSports.com.ng can reports. The...
From poverty to champion: Giannis completes NBA dream journey.
As the last seconds ticked away before Milwaukee won the NBA Finals, Giannis Antetokounmpo thought not about his amazing performance but instead pondered his incredible...