Former Nigeria international goalkeeper, Peter Fregene, has passed away at the age of 77 after a long battle with illness, Afrosport reports. The former Green Eagles shot-stopper, nicknamed the "Flying Cat", was reported to have been on life support in the past few days. Fregene's passing was confirmed by his former teammates and ex-Nigeria international, Segun Odegbami, via a post on social media. Odegbami wrote on...
Nigeria's men’s 4x400m relay team will no longer compete in the final of the event following a ruling from the organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The quartet of Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli, Ezekiel Nathaniel, Dubem Amene, and Chidi Okezie have been disqualified from the final for a lane violation after stepping on the line in their semifinal on Friday. Breaking news!! The Nigerian men's 4x400m team...
Nigeria’s biggest hope of a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Tobi Amusan, failed to make the final of the women’s 100m hurdles final after finishing third in Heat 1 of the semifinals earlier today. The 27-year-old world record holder, who didn’t enjoy the best of starts, ran a time of 12.55s to finish behind American Grace Stark (12.39s) and Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas, who...
All eyes will be on the French capital of Paris on July 26 for the opening ceremony of the 2024 summer Olympic Games. Over 10,000 athletes from 206 countries will converge in the European city and Nigeria will have 90 athletes on parade in 12 sports discipline. Nigeria have appeared in 16 Olympics since their debut appearance in 1952 and they have a total of 27...
Paris Saint-Germain Ladies have announced the signing of Super Falcons midfielder, Jennifer Echegini from Italian side, Juventus Ladies. The 23-year-old has signed a four-year-deal that will keep at the club until at least 2027. "Paris Saint-Germain is delighted to announce the arrival of Joe Echegini to its women's team. The Nigerian International striker has signed with the Parisan club until June 2027", read a statement on...
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