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The president of Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Honourable Daniel Igali is picking positives from the country’s outing at the recent World Senior Wrestling Championship in Kazakhstan, as he says it gave a sign of good things to come at next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Although none of Nigeria’s …

Female youth national team, Falconets’ coach, Christopher Danjuma has declared that players in the senior squad, Super Falcons know what it means to play at the Olympic Games, hence his view that they will play with everything they have and eventually pick a ticket for Tokyo 2020. Speaking ahead of …

Beach soccer national team, Super Sand Eagles’ coach, Audu Adamu (aka Ejo) has issued a very solemn appeal to Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to set plans in motion for preparations of his squad towards this year’s Beach Football World Cup. Speaking of his plans for the competition, which will hold …

Nigeria’s cadet national team, Golden Eaglets’ coach, Manu Garba has admitted he was happy to see his side emerge victorious in their first two matches at this year’s UEFA/CAF U17 Assist Invitational Tournament in Turkey, and assured that they will continue to get better with each passing match of the …

Hearts of Scotland striker, Uche Ikpeazu is at the centre of another storm over racism, as he came under verbal abuse from opposing fans during the Edinburgh derby against Hibernian last weekend in the Scottish Premiership, after which the attack continued on social media video. Hibernian confirmed that they are …

New arrival at KV Westerlo of Belgium, Emmanuel Emenike (aka The Spartan) has set in motion what he calls ‘project promotion’ with the lower division outfit, as he aims to help them get back into the top-flight league at the end of this season. Emenike is thinking big already and …

Sports minister, Sunday Akinlabi Dare has disclosed that his decision to wade into the escalating controversy surrounding the future of Swedish tactician, Thomas Dennerby as coach of Nigeria’s female national team, is because he wants the issue to be resolved very quickly. Amidst reports that Dennerby has quit his job …

Leicester City midfielder, Wilfred Onyinyen Ndidi has parried any thought about disloyalty on his part towards the Super Eagles, as he says he had to opt out of last week’s international friendly against Ukraine on account of his ongoing recovery from some fitness issues. Although many Nigerians are wont to …

Everton of England midfielder, Alex Iwobi has declared that he is already feeling at home with the team he joined this summer, but admits he felt a little uneasy when it dawned on him that he would be leaving Arsenal. After getting to feature for 90 minutes in Sunday’s 3-1 …

SportsDay newspaper editor, Mr. Sam O’Femi Olusetire will this Friday join his siblings and other members of the family for the burial of their late mother, Mrs. Victoria Olawunmi (V.O.) Fasetire, who passed on to the great beyond last Wednesday, at the advanced age of 87. The late Mrs. Fasetire, …