Super Eagles defender and captain of FK Haugesund William Troost Ekong, has signed a new contract with KAA Gent of Belgium. And he will return to the Belgian giants later in the year, when he completes his season long loan spell in Norway. The Nigerian international who has been named captain of the Norwegian side…
Month: June 2016
OSN Brings All The Live Action Of The Hero Caribbean Premier League From June 29
OSN, the leading pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, will bring all the action from the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to its subscribers this summer, further underlining it as the ultimate destination for cricket. OSN subscribers can watch every match live on OSN Sports Cricket HD, starting on June 29 through…
WPWL 2016: SERBIA CONFIRMS SUPERIORITY AT WATER POLO SUPER FINAL
Defending champions Serbia enjoyed a comfortable victory 10-6 (2-0, 3-1, 3-0, 2-5) over the U.S. to retain the champion’s trophy at the FINA Men’s Water Polo World League Super Final which concluded in Huizhou, China, on Sunday. Tony Azevedo of the United States was named the Best Scorer of the tournament, Greece’s Konstantinos Flegkas received…
Kalu Named NWPL FutbolGalore.Com June Player Of The Month
There has been plenty of intriguing moments in the Nigeria Women Premier League this June and plenty of individual brilliance on which to shine a light. Seven players’ stars shone brighter than most, but our team of experts have chosen Bayelsa Queens’ Patience Kalu as the standout player of the month. The winger, who scored…
El Shemerly To Coach Egypt’s Volleyball Team At The Olympics #RoadToRio
Sherif El Shemerly returned as head coach of Egypt Men’s Volleyball National team this week ahead of the World League third weekend, after his first spell as a National team head coach from 2011-2012. He replaced Nehad Shehata who took over the responsibility in the first and second World League weekends following the expulsion of…
Ovoke apologizes to Eguma, teammates
Rivers United winger, Bernard Ovoke has apologized to coaches and players of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) club for the actions which earned him an indefinite suspension earlier this week. Ovoke was indefinitely suspended for ‘his actions that border on anti-club activities and gross indiscipline’ on Monday, June 27. The winger has now taken…
AGOGU: 3SC WON’T BE RELEGATED By Akeem Busari
The resurgence of 3SC in the battle against relegation has been attributed to the fatherly roles and motivation of the players by returnee coach, Gbenga Ogunbote. This remark was made in a chat by 3SC new star on the horizon, Ebitimi Agogu. The stocky attacker stated that the team’s new found form is down to…
Federation Cup: Rivers United To Battle 3SC in Kaduna
NPFL sides Rivers United and Shooting Stars of Ibadan headline the Round of 16 fixtures in the men’s version of this year’s Federation Cup competition, scheduled for next week. Both teams will do battle at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Wednesday, 6th July, just as Wikki Tourists of Bauchi confront Plateau United in Akure…
Champions League: Enyimba Gun For Three Points In Pretoria
Nigeria champions, Enyimba FC will go all out for their first points of the group stage of this year’s CAF Champions League when they confront Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa in Pretoria on Wednesday. A lone goal defeat to Zamalek of Egypt on a soggy pitch in Port Harcourt ruined the People’s Elephants’ opener to…
22 Players Storms Black Stallions Worl Cup Qualifiers Camp
The players invited by the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation for a 2 week intensive camping exercise ahead of the pre-qualifiers for the 2019 Rugby World cup on Monday reported to camp under the supervision of South African born coach, Fabian Juries. Apart from the 2 foreign based duo of Christian Ogar and Okafor ThankGod, the…
SWAN Cup 2016 Will Be Bigger and Better – Debo Oshundun
…As Forms For Competition Goes On sale The Lagos State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has announced the 22nd of July, 2016 as kick off date of its annual SWAN Week. The committee headed by Debo Oshundun after arising from an extensive briefing of the general congress of the association revealed…
NFF, FRSC Discuss Areas Of Mutual Collaboration
The Nigeria Football Federation and the Federal Road Safety Commission on Monday discussed areas of mutual collaboration in Abuja. During a visit to the FRSC Sector Commander in Abuja, Mr. Sunday Oghenekaro, the NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, commended the efforts of the commission in maintaining sanity on Nigerian roads and also noted the…
