Nigeria Head Coach José Santos Peseiro Portuguese manager, Jose Peseiro, has confirmed his exit as manager of the Super Eagles after his contract officially expired on Thursday. Peseiro who led the Eagles to a second-place finish at the 2023 African Cup of Nations, on Friday, said he was fulfilled coaching the West African nation. “Yesterday,…
Liverpool’s German manager Jurgen Klopp. Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP Jurgen Klopp has explained why he’s leaving Liverpool FC after nine years of collecting trophies for the club. He shocked the football world today, Friday, by announcing he will leave the club at the end of the season because he is “running out of energy”….
All is set for the 120th edition of the NPA Lagos International Polo Tournament sponsored by Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO). The expanded four-week long polo series will be held at the prestigious Lagos Polo Club, Ikoyi, from January 23rd to February 18th, 2024. The Lagos Polo Club has consistently played host to some…
Musa Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, delivered a speech in Lagos on Friday during a ceremony to unveil the team’s ‘Let’s Do It Again’ mantra in their bid to win a fourth AFCON title at next year’s edition in Ivory Coast. ‘TANA AIYEJINA brings you excerpts from the speech In the beginning It was a…
Oluwatobiloba Amusan The World Athletics has denied the reports that Tobi Amusan has been cleared of doping and was now enabled to defend her title in the forthcoming World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Tobi whose name was formerly excluded by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria from participating in the upcoming competition billed to hold…
Society Elite Oludare Lawanson son of the late Chief Olu Lawanson continues to evolve on his humanitarian movement in honor of his beloved Father. In a recent statement, he said he started feeding people of Agboyi-Ketu every 10th-11th of December to mark as a remembrance of his father Chief Olu Lawanson,he said he chose 10th-11th…
The Blues have had an indifferent start to the league season, losing two of their opening six Premier League fixtures. Chelsea FC head coach Thomas Tuchel has been sacked. It comes less than a day after the Blues lost 1-0 to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League group stage. They have had an indifferent start…
The Squash Section, Lagos Country Club, recently, held its Annual Squash Ladder Challenge, sponsored by Swifta Systems & Services limited. The tournament which started on Tuesday 21st June and ended on Friday 1st July had in record over 500 matches played amongst 47 participants. The intensive game saw Dr. Olubunmi Apata on top of the…
FirstBank Female Basketball team has retained the just-concluded Dr. D K Olukoya Women Basketball Championship by defeating MFM Queens 54-37. The weeklong competition which rounded off at the Indoor Sports Hall of National Stadium in Surulere on Friday also saw Elephant Girls’ Marjanatu Musa emerging as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the championships, Best…
After admitting to defrauding the Public Treasury of 3,872,621 euros between 2006 and 2009, former FC Barcelona footballer Samuel Eto’o Fils and his former representative José Mara Mesalles accepted terms of 22 months and one year in prison, respectively, on Monday. In his statement to the Criminal Court number 11 in Barcelona, Eto’o agreed to…
