Fidelity Bank Plc has emerged best in the overall medal tables of the 2019 Nigeria Bankers Games (NBG) after beating UBA at the football competition held in Lagos on Sunday, December 1, 2019. The match, however, lived up to its billing as it had everybody sitting on the edge of their seats. According to a release e-signed by Ejike Ndiulo, Head, Corporate Read more
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up by four spots in the November ranking to place 31st on the ranking table. In the ranking table on the website of the world football governing body, FIFA, Nigeria garnered 1493 points as against 1481 points gotten in October. The movement still helped the Super Eagles retain the third Read more
Real Madrid qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League before taking to the field on Tuesday after Group A rivals Club Brugge drew 1-1 with Galatasaray in Istanbul. The Belgian side needed to win in their early kick-off in Turkey to maintain any chance of qualifying ahead of Madrid, but they were on Read more
Tokyo 2020 organisers on Thursday unveiled the $523 million venue for swimming, diving and artistic swimming that will seat 15,000 fans for the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year. Construction is 90 percent complete at the four-storey Aquatics Centre and is due to be finished on schedule by the end of February, officials said. “We Read more
Zappa Mixed Secondary School, Asaba and College of Commerce, Warri yesterday emerged as the two finalists for the 2019 Zenith Bank/Delta Principals’ Cup football competition. In one of the semifinals matches decided at the Kwale centre, it was a crunch encounter, which saw Zappa Mixed Secondary School Asaba pip Destiny International School, Ughelli, 1-0. The Read more
Former African champions, Enyimba of Aba, on Sunday defeated TS Galaxy of South Africa to qualify for the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup. The two time CAF Champions league winner trounced its South African counterparts 2-1 on Sunday at the Mbombela Stadium. Enyimba had won the first leg of the play-off in Aba Read more
Lewis Hamilton sealed his sixth world drivers’ title with second place in the United States Grand Prix. The result means Hamilton becomes the second most successful F1 driver of all time – moving him to within one championship of all-time record-holder Michael Schumacher, whose tally of seven is now within his reach. Hamilton failed in Read more
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria has secured an early qualification into the Round of 16 at the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil after a dramatic 3-2 win over Ecuador on Tuesday night. Coach Manu Garba’s boys who came from behind to beat Hungary in their opening game of the tournament at the weekend Read more
Almost all the impact players for the Golden Eaglets in Saturday night’s 4-2 defeat of Hungary in the opening match of the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup tournament in Brazil are products of the annual Zenith Bank/NFF Future Eagles Championships, including the goal scorers. The competition, sponsored by NFF’s partner, Zenith Bank Plc, was launched Read more
Nigeria notched a 4-2 comeback win over Hungary Saturday night at Goiania’s Estadio Olimpico in the Group B opener of the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2019™. A trio of Golden Eaglet goals in the 79th, 81st and 85th minutes were decisive for the five-time U-17 world champions. Coach Manu Garba’s boys showed doggedness as they Read more
