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Nigeria International William Troost-Ekong has completed his move to championship side Watford football club in England. He signed a five-year contract and will wear squad number five. Ekong who joined Serie A side, Udinese few years back and developed to become an integral player for the club and country. The Nigerian international started his career with Tottenham Hotspur youth setup before moving to Netherlands to continue with his football development and later represented the Netherlands at U20 level before switiching his allegiance to Nigeria. The move seems quite easy because both clubs (Udinese and Watford) are owned by same owner, the Pozzo family who also doubled as owner of Spanish La Liga Santander outfit, Granada. Meanwhile Williams Troost-Ekong has expressed delight after completing a five-year contract with the former Odion Ighalo’s club. He went on Twitter to express his joy saying “New chapter @WatfordFC! Happy to be here and ready to get started!” Ekong...

Nigeria Women Football League Premiership side, DreamStar FC Ladies of Lagos has signed a three year partnership deal with Data Foundation. The partnership, first of its kind aims at gearing 'the pride of Lagos' towards a successful year, as they prepare for a straight and long NWFL Premiership season . The chairman of the club, Mr Abolore AbdulRahmon in his reactions, appreciated Data Foundation management for agreeing to go into partnership with them and was optimistic that the agreement will yield alot of positives. He continued by saying the Data Foundation management deal is one of many agreements that would follow as the club looks on to engage more private partnership that will bring about development to the club. "They accepted us as the official football club of Data Foundation, this means alot to us, and we shall continue to be a model in women's football" "This means alot to us and we would continue to give our full backings as the br...

As Mike Tyson says, everyone has a plan until that get smacked in the mouth. Liverpool, tonight, is Mike Tyson. They are a team of brutal warriors. Arsenal have had two really decent games against Liverpool in recent past though. Last season, Gunners turned the Kop over in the league (despite been totally mauled by them) and reel on the confidence to win the FA Cup. Liverpool will be fitter, sharper, as they have buried a couple of teams in their opening two EPL fixtures of the season. My expectations from Arsenal in this game: 1. To be competitive (at least). That means everyone showing up to execute a good game plan. Coaches are now wary of Arteta's tactics after coming out victorious against Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool in intermittent matches. Arsenal now looks unpredictable and opposition teams are very much aware of this which put Gunners' players at par with their counterpart. The players should exploit this to their advantage and exhibit a well game p...

The Coordinator of the Lagos Women Run, Tayo Popoola, has declared in Lagos, that, the 2020 edition of the only Bronze Medal Labelled women run in Africa, will take a new dimension, taking into consideration strict adherence to the preventive measures against the spread of Covid-19 in Nigeria and indeed Africa. She noted at the weekend that, the 2020 edition of the Run, will be Virtual only the Elite Runners, while the amateurs, regular runners, the corporate runners and other fun runners will compete in the normal run, which will be closely monitored by the organizers to prevent unregistered runners who have not been cleared and given a clean of health to run, from joining the 10 kilometres run. Popoola added that, "the Elite Run which will be virtual, can be run anywhere. It can be in London, anywhere in Africa or any part of Nigeria. "These runners will logged on to a dedicated App that will be supplied by the organizers of the Lagos Women after registration. ...

Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Sunday Dare has showered encomiums on the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation for its continued efforts in rewriting the history of basketball in Nigeria. Hon. Dare Sunday, Minister of Youth and Sports exchanging pleasantry with Engr. Ahmadu Musa Kida, President NBBF Speaking recently in Lagos, Hon. Sunday Dare noted that the NBBF board under the leadership of Engr Ahmadu Musa Kida has made Nigerians proud with great achievements at the national, continental and international stage. Reeling out the achievements, the minister who recently celebrated his one year in office reemphasised that, “Nigeria’s Men’s Team are the first in Africa and 23rd in the world. D’Tigress are the first in Africa and 14th in the world. These rankings were premised on the numerous victories and accolades by both teams at both Africa and world levels”. Still on the unprecedented records set by the board, Sunday Dare eulogised the board for mastermindi...

After organising five editions of the 42km Access Bank/Lagos City Marathon, which currently ranks among the best in the world, as well as two major road races in Abeokuta and Remo in Ogun State, Nilayo Sports Management Limited is spreading its tentacles to Kaduna, a city described as ‘hub’ of all sporting activities in northern Nigeria. Though, the Kaduna half marathon is slated for November 21, the organisers feel excited over the choice of Nilayo Sports as the main consultant for the race. “For us, it’s a great achievement because having the opportunity to organise the Kaduna half marathon is a sign of growth in the business and in the industry,” the Chief Operating Officer of Nilayo Sports, Seyi Johnson told The Guardian shortly after the unveiling ceremony of plans for the race by Governor Nasir el Rufai at the Government House, Kaduna. Nilayo Sports battled with other five companies in the bidding process to become the main consultant for the Kaduna half marathon. Joh...

The Nigeria Football Federation has composed new technical crews for a number of National Teams. The composition sees the return of one-time U20 Boys’ Head Coach, Isah Ladan Bosso, with Christopher Danjuma retaining the U20 Girls’ lead role, and Bankole Olowookere emerging as Head Coach of the U17 girls, Flamingos. Former international defender Oladuni Oyekale will serve as first assistant to Bosso at the U20, with Jolomi Atune Alli (second assistant), Samaila Marwa Keshi (assistant coach/scout) and Suleiman Shuaibu Akanmu (goalkeeper coach) completing the Flying Eagles’ bench. Fatai Amoo will head the U17 boys’ squad, to be assisted by Ahmed Lawal Dankoli (first assistant), Nnamdi Onuigbo (second assistant), Hassan Abdallah (assistant coach/scout) and Danlami Kwasau (goalkeeper coach) in his crew. Danjuma returns to the U20 girls, Falconets, to be assisted by Moses Aduku (first assistant), Bilkisu Tijani (second assistant), Charity Nwere Nnedinma (assistant coach/scout) and ...