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African football has experienced significant growth in the past decade, and Nigerian football has led that development on several grounds....

The stadium pulsated with expectation. August heat pressed down on every corner of the National Stadium, Surulere. Samuel Okwaraji sprinted...

The highway was deceptively calm that August afternoon, the late sun slanting over the jagged ridges of Imo State like...

There are stories in sport that linger not because they happened, but because they could have. They linger in the...

Before the roar of stadiums and the glare of global attention, the Super Eagles’ 1996 journey began in the labyrinthine...

A fighter is measured in punches, but a champion is weighed in silence. Bashiru Lawrence Ali, Nigeria’s first cruiserweight world...

After what appeared to be a nearly impossible task, an unrealistic endeavour, a tall order and a lost cause with...

It was August 16, 2009, in Berlin. The floodlights glared, the track gleamed like liquid graphite, and the hum of...

The streets of Nigeria hum with a collective heartbeat as October 14 draws near. Fans draped in green and white...

The night air is thick inside a packed arena. Lights cut through the darkness like spears of fire. Anthony Joshua...