Author: Abdulgafar Oladimeji

Abdulgafar Oladimeji is a sports writer with over two decades experience in the industry. As a reporter , he has worked with top major Nigerian newspapers, freelancer with newspaper and broadcast media organizations in Africa, Europe and America. He is a well travelled sports journalists reporting major sports events across the globe.

FIFA 2026 World Cup Will be great- Donald Trump By Abdulgafar Oladimeji The president of the United States, Donald Trump has expressed the confidence that the forth coming 2026 FIFA World cup that would be hosted by the US and co hosts Mexico and Canada would be an a great event. Trump on Tuesday speaking at the Saudi -US Investment forum 2025 held in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia reassured that the 2026 world cup would live up to its billings. It would be recalled that the United States successfully led what was tagged the United 2026, also referred to as…

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Afcon U20, Egypt 2025: Nigeria sings victory song against South Africa Aliyu Zubairu has assured that the Nigeria U20 squad will be even better when they take on South Africa’s Amajita in the first semi-final of the ongoing CAF U20 Cup of Nations in the city of Ismailia on Thursday evening. Pundits have praised the seven-time champions for dominating the tough quarter-final encounter against Senegal at the same venue on Monday, before sending the Cup holders out of the tournament after a 3-1 penalty shootout win. “I believe we are going to have a great semi-final against the South Africans.…

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CAF U-20 Afcon: Nigeria, South Africa , Egypt, Morocco set up semi final clash Four continental heavyweights—Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco, and South Africa—have advanced to the semi-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2025, setting up a blockbuster conclusion to a tournament already rich in drama and emotion. With qualification to the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 secured by reaching the last four following Monday’s matches, the race now shifts towards continental glory, bragging rights, and the coveted African crown. Egypt overcome Ghana in penalty thriller Tournament hosts Egypt kept their title ambitions alive in dramatic…

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Brazil announces Carlo Ancelotti  as the  new  national football coach Real Madrid Carlo Ancelotti has been announced as the new head coach of the Brazilian national team. Ancelotti would replace Dorival Júnior. Junior was shown the exit , after 14 months in charge , he was sacked in March after he led Brazil to 4-1 defeat against Argentina. Ancelotti would leave Real Madrdi at the end of May. 2025 The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF)in a post said “The greatest national team in the history of football will now be led by the most successful coach in the world. Carlo…

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Egypt 2025: Nigeria picks 2025 FIFA U20 World Cup ticket Two-time runners-up Nigeria have again booked their ticket to the FIFA U20 World Cup finals after edging out Cup holders Senegal from the CAF U20 Cup of Nations in Egypt on Monday. In the event, the Flying Eagles hearkened to the charge by NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi on Saturday, for the team to play with a different spirit and character. A battling encounter at the Suez Canal Authority Stadium in Ismailia finished scoreless even after extra time, and the encounter had to be settled after penalty shootout in…

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Basketball: Nigeria risks sanctions. As FIBA warns against third term     If the conduct of elections into the Nigeria Basketball Federation NBBF fails to comply with its regulations , Nigeria risk been sanctioned by the Federation of International Basketball (FIBA) boss warns. The likely sanctions may culminate into Nigeria been barred from participating all major basketball tournaments . The President , African Zone 3 Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA), Samuel Amedu , who dropped the caution said “Let me tell you that in the constitution or statues of the basketball federation, anybody who served two time as the…

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SWAN, RSDF signs MoU to promote excellence in Nigerian women football league In a landmark move to promote excellence in women’s football, the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and the Ratels Sports Development Foundation (RSDF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to sponsor and present the Player of the Match awards during the 2025 Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Premiership Super Six. The MoU, signed in Abuja, establishes a framework for strategic collaboration between the two organisations to recognise and reward outstanding individual performances throughout the highly anticipated tournament, taking take place in Ikenne, Ogun State. “Under the…

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Egypt 2025 U-20 Afcon: Flying Eagles goes to war against regional rivals, cub Lions of Senegal It is a date with another set of Lion Cubs on Monday afternoon and Head Coach Aliyu Zubairu has assured that Nigeria’s U20 boys are focused and determined to achieve a win that will guarantee them a place at this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals. Unbeaten in their group B campaign, the Flying Eagles however finished second behind another set of Lion Cubs from Morocco, and had to proceed to Ismailia for their game against title-holders Senegal. Senegal also finished second in their…

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Nigeria and China disagree over Nigeria’s withdrawal from athletics world relay 2025 . As world body denies wrong doing By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN and Chinese authorities are engaged in war of word over the withdrawal of Nigerian athletics from taking part in the 2025 Athletics World Relay event hosted in China. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN in a statement issued last Friday AFN had alleged that the actions by the Chinese embassy in Nigeria was responsible for its decision to withdraw the country for taking part in the global event. The federation announced that…

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Methodisting” Methodist High School , Owo after a successful 60th anniversary! – Kdo A lost culture is a lost nation , no place like father’s land . This is MHSO for me , don’t know about you. The nation here is MHSO . The father’s land is MHSO. No more, no less. To all alunmi, we must not lose our Methodist culture for us not to lose our nation . We must all evolve new methods sharper than all that was deployed during this the 60th anniversary to keep methodisting our MHSO. Let us all take a look at some…

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