Sensational sprinter, Favour Ofili dumps Nigeria for Turkey Nigeria’s star sprinter Favour Ofili, has commenced moves to switch her nationality from Nigerian to Turkish. The 22-year-old athlete in reaching the decision to dump Nigeria cited her controversial omission from the 100m event at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The disappointed athlete said Nigerian sports officials had also cost her the chance to represent the country at Tokyo 2020 Olympics, even when she had fulfilled all required criteria to represent the country. It is alleged that the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN and Nigeria Olympic Committee , NOC made her…
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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.
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Mission X: Super Falcons go up against Portugal in friendly Nigeria’s Super Falcons, aiming for a 10th continental gong at the 13th Women Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Morocco next month, will take on the senior women national team of Portugal in a friendly match in Lisbon on Monday. The Falcons’ contingent flew out of the Federal Capital, Abuja to Casablanca on Sunday morning aboard a Royal Air Maroc flight, and then travelled to Lisbon. After appearing at the Portuguese and Moroccan embassies during the week as part of the procedure for visa processing, the nine-time African champions trained at…
NLO chief, Shola Ogunnowo bags African Football Manager of the Year award Olushola Ogunnowo, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Africa’s largest grassroots domestic league, Nationwide League One (NLO), has been awarded the title of African Football Manager of the Year by Burkina Faso-based African Performance Leadership Award (APLA 2025). Ogunnowo received his award on Friday, June 20, 2025, at the Airport Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos. He earned the prestigious recognition due to his pragmatic and exceptional administrative skills, strong work ethic, and transformative policies that have established grassroots football in Nigeria as a viable business brand, according to the…
8th African Nations Championship: Nigeria, Senegal to lock horns in the battle of Zanzibar 2018 silver-medallists Nigeria will play their group B matches of the 8th African Nations Championship in Zanzibar – a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is an island of less than two million people. Nigeria is in group B with Cup holders Senegal, Congo and Sudan. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, the three East African nations that have been jointly awarded the hosting right for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations finals, have been mandated to host this year’s African Nations Championship as proper dress rehearsal.…
Mission X: Nigeria’s Super Falcons hunts for 10th title . As Madugu invites Ajibade, Nnadozie, Ordega, Oshoala, 20 others for Morocco 2024 Head Coach Justine Madugu has selected captain Rasheedat Ajibade, goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and forwards Francisca Ordega and Asisat Oshoala among a list of 24 players for the Super Falcons’ quest for a 10th continental title at the 13th Women Africa Cup of Nations finals to be staged 5th – 26th July in Morocco. A healthy percentage of the squad started training sessions in the Federal Capital, Abuja on Thursday, and will also train on Friday and Saturday, before their departure to the…
MHSO Queens Storm Final of Olowo’s Cup with Slim Victory Over New Church Grammar The female football team of Methodist High School, Owo — popularly known as the MHSO Queens — has booked a place in the finals of the maiden edition of the Female Olowo’s Football Cup after edging out their counterparts from New Church Grammar School, Owo, with a narrow 1–0 victory. The tightly contested semi-final match, which kicked off at 3:16 p.m., remained goalless in the first half despite spirited efforts from both teams. The New Church Grammar School girls, in particular, gave a solid performance, effectively…
Athlete denied use of stadium for training over refusal to represent Kwara at NSF Gateway games cries out One Ruqqayah Kemi Mustapha has alleged that sports authorities in Kwara state north central Nigeria have restricted her from the use of the state owned sports facilities for her training programmes. According to her, she has been denied access to the Kwara State Stadium for her Training by the Sports Commission Chaired by one mallam Bola Magaji. She alleged that the restriction where based on the claims that she had failed to pay some fixed training dues to the authorities and her…
FIFA club World Cup kicks off today. Football festival where stars fight defensive mastery, wildness against power, efficiency vs fire…. See more World class football clubs from six continental confederations will trade tackles in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025. On parade at the football festival in the USA would be the biggest names, the most thrilling contrasts, and the soccer journeys with the most emotional stories . The epic moments matches would includes: ⚽ Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) vs. Atlético de Madrid (ESP) – Star-studded squad vs. defensive mastery ⚽ FC Bayern München (GER) vs. CA Boca Juniors (ARG) –…
Nigeria premier football league 2024/2025 just ended season records 1, 380 yellow cards , 56 red cards, 13 own goals, … see more Abdulgafar Oladimeji with agency reports The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) last Friday announced that its forth coming 2025/26 season will kick off on August 22, 2025 to end May 22, 2026. Remo Stars on MD 35 were crowned NPFL champions with three matches left to end the season. The total of 380 NPFL matches were played recording 286 wins, 94 draws, 784 goals were scored. Also recorded were 244 home wins, 42 away wins , 552…
FIFA club world cup kicks off tomorrow June 15 in US The most prestigious club football fiesta will kick off on Sunday in the United States . US. The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will be played in 12 stadiums in 11 American cities. The tournament will culminate with what promises to be a spectacular final at MetLife Stadium New York New Jersey, on Sunday, 13 July where Robbie Williams and Laura Pausini will perform the track live. All 63 matches in the FIFA Club World Cup will be live-streamed for free on DAZN.com, bringing the excitement of the first…
