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Nigerian heavyweight boxer Efe Ajagba avenged his split-decision defeat to Joe Goodall at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland by knocking out the Australian boxer in the fourth round of their 10-round fight at the Tahoe Blue Event Center in Stateline, Nevada, USA, on Sunday morning (Nigerian time). Ajagba, who was ushered into the arena…
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One of the biggest gains of the just-concluded Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament (BOWFT) was the demonstration of unity by the wives of the country’s states governors’ wives to the battle against gender-based violence. Although the players, their officials and football fans were unanimous in their verdict that the competition won by Edo Queens Football…
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Nigeria’s latest football club, 1472 FC, is coming to revolutionise the country’s club football ecosystem, chief operating officer of the club, Dr. Segun Sanni, has said. 1472 FC was officially unveiled to the public in Lagos yesterday with the owners promising to use it as a platform to further engage youths in football and entertainment.…
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Captain of Abeokuta Golf Club, Ladi Adegbite, has commended oil and gas outfit, Oando, for its role in ensuring the success of the 10th Alake Golf Tournament held at the Abeokuta Golf Club last weekend. The event, also christened Alake @80 Golf Tournament, drew participants from across the country to celebrate the septuagenarian monarch. Speaking on the…
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Contrary to fears in the Super Eagles’ camp that the trio of Victor Osimhen, Taiwo Awoniyi and Samuel Chukwueze would not be ready for Nigeria’s 2026 FIFA Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe, reports in the players’ different clubs indicate that the forwards have returned earlier than expected. Osimhen, who plays for Italy’s Napoli,…
