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Kano Pillars emerge champions of Presidential Pre-season Cup
Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) giants, Kano Pillars, on Sunday emerged champions of the maiden Presidential Pre-season Cup in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament, which held at the renovated…
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NFF sacks Rohr, appoints interim Super Eagles boss
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Augustine Eguavoen, currently its Technical Director, as the Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles on an interim basis.
A statement by Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications…
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Messi wins record seventh Ballon d’Or
Argentina’s Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world for a record-stretching seventh time on Monday, beating Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to lift soccer’s most prestigious trophy.
The forward added to…
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JUST IN: Man Utd sack manager, Solskjaer
Manchester United have sacked manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Watford.
The club have won just one of their past seven Premier League matches and are seventh in the table, 12 points behind leaders Chelsea.…
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UGS Consultant , Ibrahim Galadima table-tennis tournament gets date
The third edition of UGS Consultant and Ibrahim Galadima table-tennis championship has been slated to commence on Wednesday 3rd and Friday 5th, November, 2021 in Kano.
A statement signed by Coach Salaudeen Mushafi'u on Thursday said that…
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Three years after bribery scandal, NFF reinstates Salisu Yusuf as Eagles assistant coach
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reinstated Salisu Yusuf as the assistant coach of the Super Eagles.
NFF announced the development in a statement shared issued on Thursday.
According to the statement, Yusuf has also been…
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JUST IN: Newcastle sack head coach, Steve Bruce
The new owners of Newcastle United have sacked manager, Steve Bruce after their 3-2 loss to Tottenham on Sunday.
Bruce’s departure from the club was expected after the Saudi Arabian-backed consortium, led by the Public Investment Fund,…
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Kwara to host next state sports festival in 2022
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara on Tuesday in Ilorin said the next State Sports Festival would hold in 2022 barring any hitches to all necessary preparations for it.
AbdulRazaq gave the assurance on the sidelines of the closing…
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JUST IN: Fury knocks out Wilder to retain WBC crown
Tyson Fury retained his WBC heavyweight crown on Saturday with a spectacular 11th-round knockout of Deontay Wilder as their trilogy fight delivered a boxing classic.
In an epic battle in front of 15,820 fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las…
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FIFA names Kebbi beach soccer player among top100 global best –official
Emeke Hego-Ogbonna, a beach soccer player with the Kebbi state Beach Soccer Club, has been named amongst the top 100 top players in the world by FIFA, the world football governing body, an official has disclosed.
Alhaji Mahmud-Hadejia,…
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