Lionel Messi Wins #UEFA Best Player

Lionel Messi was Thursday voted UEFA‘s best player in Europe for 2014-2015 ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez.

Super Falcons Thrash Katsina Queens 7-0

The Super Falcons on Thursday in Abuja thrashed Katsina Spotlight Queens 7-0 in a friendly match to prepare for the 11th All-Africa Games (AAG) holding in Brazzaville, Congo.

Battle of Dar es Salaam: Eagles Get Early Kick Off Time

Early battle! That is what the Super Eagles will be doing with the Taifa Stars of Tanzania in the city of Dar es Salaam on September 5 in the all-important AFCON 2017 qualifier.

Tunisia 2015: Nigeria Beat Mozambique 83-47

Nigeria men’s basketball team D’Tigers defeated Mozambique 83-47 to pick a spot in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Africa Nations Championship holding in Tunisia.

Okagbare Chickens Out of 200m

Athletics Federation of Nigeria officials are reeling with shock, following Blessing Okagbare’s decision not to start the women 200m at the IAAF World Championships on-going in Beijing, China. This is against the background of her poor showing in the women 100m where she placed last. Before that race on Monday, Okagbare, had shown signs of distress.

Okagbare Flops as Fraser-Pryce Claims 100m ‘hat-trick’

Blessing Okagbare-Ighotegunor’s quest to land her first World Championships gold in the women 100m, ended on a heap of regrets yesterday at the Beijing National Stadium. She placed last in the final won by Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (read more after the cut).

West Ham Bid for Moses

West Ham United have reportedly made a £6m transfer bid for Chelsea winger Victor Moses.

The Hammers are keen to bring the 24-year-old to Upton Park as he has struggled to break into the first team at Stamford Bridge.

The wide-man is well down Jose Mourinho’s pecking order and the recent arrival of Pedro from Barcelona will further restrict his involvement in first-team matters but Chelsea are holding out for £10m, according to the Mirror.

Nigeria to Host Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has decided to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between current African champions Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone in Nigeria due to the deadly Ebola virus.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has ordered nations affected by the Ebola scourge, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, to use alternative venues for their home matches.

The Group 1 matches, according to the NFF, would be played at either Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, or the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, on September 6.

Manchester City Wallops Chelsea 3-0

The English Premier League defending champions, Chelsea, will not forget Sunday, August 16, 2015, in a hurry. Maybe they should mark the date in their calendar as Black Sunday: The day the suffered a scandalous defeat in the hands of their last season’s runners up, Manchester City.