nigeria sports news 031018

After making history as the first African team to win a game at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, D’Tigress of Nigeria crowned their achievements by reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament. Although they were stopped by reigning world champions, United States, they ended their run in...

Cable dish Battle between Senegal teammates, Kalidou Koulibaly and Sadio Mane will headline the second Matchday of the UEFA Champions League’s group stage. Napoli will play host to Liverpool in a Group C clash at Stadio San Paolo today, with the … read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

Barcelona’s Spanish defender Jordi Alba (L) and Barcelona’s Argentine forward Lionel Messi (C) attends a team training session at Wembley Stadium in north London on October 2, 2018, ahead of their Champions League group B football match against Tottenham Hotspur on … read more via The Guardian...

Tottenham Hotspur will be without five key players for at least two weeks due to injury, but manager Mauricio Pochettino was in upbeat mood ahead of the Champions League clash with Barcelona on Wednesday. Dele Alli (hamstring), Serge Aurier (thigh), Mousa Dembele (thigh), Christian Eriksen...

Real Madrid were defeated 1-0 by CSKA Moscow in a Champions League Group G fixture on Tuesday night. The hosts grabbed the winner as early as the second minute, after Toni Kroos gave the ball away. Nikola Vlasic raced through and calmly finished past Keylor Navas. Manchester … read more via...

Minister of Youth and Sports Development , Solomon Dalung The 17 athletes chosen to represent Team Nigeria in seven sports at the forthcoming Youth Olympic Games in Argentina departed for Buenos Aires yesterday hopeful of winning medals to enhance … read more via The Guardian Nigeria...