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0 comments, 28/09/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi agbo President/Founder, Amateur Basketball Academies, ABA, Aliyu Lucky Abubakar has called for a scientific and pragmatic approach to rediscovering the game of basketball in the N... Read more...
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0 comments, 21/09/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Matchday 4 of the 2026/27 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) delivered a weekend of pure drama, marked by historic upsets, goal-fests, and shattered streaks across the coun... Read more...
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0 comments, 21/09/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Gambia have been crowned WAFU A U17 champions after beating hosts Senegal 5-3 on penalties following a goalless draw in Sunday's final in Dakar. The Baby Scorpions held firm aga... Read more...
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0 comments, 19/09/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo New Senegal coach Patrick Vieira has named his first squad for the opening Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifiers, with Sadio Mané absent and several newcomers handed opportuni... Read more...
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0 comments, 04/09/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Former Super Falcons head coaches Thomas Dennerby and Florence Omagbemi have emerged as leading contenders to take over the vacant Nigeria women's national team coaching job. ... Read more...
Tobi Amusan wins Italian Grand Prix
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0 comments, 30/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo The Director General of National Sports Commission, Hon. Bukola Olopade has expressed confidence in Enugu State’s readiness to deliver a memorable 23rd National Sports Festiv... Read more...
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0 comments, 28/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Onyekachi Agu All is now set for the inaugural Amateur Basketball Academies, ABA, league, which dunks off Saturday at the Mo Arena Gymnasium, Zone 5, Abuja. The league, which is a pilot test... Read more...
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0 comments, 22/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Major League Soccer (MLS) has fined Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi alongside teammate Ian Fray for their involvement in a chaotic, heated sequence. The penalties stem from phys... Read more...
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0 comments, 21/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Shakhtar Donetsk will play their UEFA Champions League home matches at Stamford Bridge for the 2026/27 season, following an official agreement struck with Chelsea Football Club... Read more...
Bihina Wins WAFCON 2026 Golden Glove Award
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0 comments, 18/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo South Africa may have kept their FIFA Women's World Cup hopes alive by defeating Nigeria, but Banyana Banyana head coach, Desiree Ellis, has acknowledged she is still getting t... Read more...
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0 comments, 19/09/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo The National Institute for Sports (NIS) has reaffirmed its commitment to hosting upcoming Confederation of African Football (CAF) coaching licence courses in Nigeria, marki... Read more...
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0 comments, 03/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Tolulope Oguntimehin Newly crowned Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion Onome Omolara Didi says winning gold for Nigeria was a dream come true, but admitted the moment was bittersw... Read more...
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0 comments, 09/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Team Nigeria athletes preparing for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, have showered encomiums on the National Sports Commission (NSC) for what they described as... Read more...
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0 comments, 08/06/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Agency Report Alexander Zverev finally landed the Grand Slam title that threatened to elude him by overcoming Flavio Cobolli and his own nerves to win a tense French Open final in five set... Read more...
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0 comments, 14/12/2025, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo The National Sports Commission has expressed delight over the impressive performance of Nigeria’s youth chess team at the 2025 Africa Youth Chess Championships, held in Harare, Z... Read more...
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0 comments, 25/05/2025, by Best Choice SportsThe Anambra State Football Association has congratulated the former Deputy Governor of Edo State, His Excellency Comrade Philip Shaibu on his appointment as Director General of the National Insti... Read more...
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0 comments, 19/11/2024, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation, NWF, has felicitated with Bukola Olapade on his appointment as the Director-General of Nigeria Sports Commission, NSC. NWF President, Dr I... Read more...
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0 comments, 13/09/2024, by Best Choice SportsBy Our Correspondent As competitions began on Thursday , September 12,2024 at the 8th National Youth Games ' Asaba 2024' Weightlifting Athlete Esther Amarachi Chijioke won three Gold Medals for E... Read more...
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0 comments, 09/08/2024, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Team Nigeria's hope of a medal at the on-going Paris Olympic Games was all but dashed on Friday evening after weightlifter Joy Eze missed out on medals table. The 2023 Africa G... Read more...
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0 comments, 27/07/2024, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Africa champion, Aruna Quadri has Exited the table tennis event at the on-going 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Saturday. Quadri's quest for Olympic gold came to an abrupt end in t... Read more...
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0 comments, 19/09/2026, by Best Choice Sports
By Amaechi Agbo The National Institute for Sports (NIS) has reaffirmed its commitment to hosting upcoming Confederation of African Football (CAF) coaching licence courses in Nigeria, marki... Read more...
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0 comments, 03/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Agency Report Abdulmumin Jimoh emerged champion of the Masters category at the 2026 Governor Douye Diri National Scrabble Classic after a commanding performance in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Sout... Read more...
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0 comments, 16/07/2026, by Best Choice Sports
By Amaechi Agbo With just eight days to the start of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, excitement continues to build as Team Nigeria intensifies final preparations for one of the biggest ... Read more...
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0 comments, 03/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo The National Sports Commission has successfully conducted elections and inaugurated the boards of Nigeria Para Sports Federations with the clear mandate to align the federation... Read more...
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0 comments, 23/06/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Agency Report Nigeria's sprint scene took centre stage on Monday at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex, Lagos, as US-based Blessing Ogundiran raced to victory in the women's 100m fin... Read more...
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0 comments, 06/09/2025, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo The Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy (FMACTCE) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to... Read more...
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0 comments, 25/07/2025, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has rewarded Bayelsa athletes that made the state proud in the 22nd National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Team Bayelsa fi... Read more...
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0 comments, 26/05/2025, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Abeokuta, Nigeria - The Enugu State Government is proposing to host the 23rd edition of the National Sports Festival (NSF) in September next year. Chairman, National Sports... Read more...
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0 comments, 16/05/2025, by Best Choice SportsAs 774 Edo Contingent Leaves for Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital in readiness for the 22nd National Sports Festival, the Governor of Edo state Senator Monday Okpebholo has charged the athletes repre... Read more...
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0 comments, 26/12/2024, by Best Choice SportsDespite not securing any Olympic medals in Paris 2024, the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) made enormous strides in national sports development and capacity-building initiatives. In 2024, the ... Read more...
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0 comments, 28/09/2026, by Best Choice Sports
By Amaechi agbo President/Founder, Amateur Basketball Academies, ABA, Aliyu Lucky Abubakar has called for a scientific and pragmatic approach to rediscovering the game of basketball in the N... Read more...
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0 comments, 30/08/2026, by Best Choice Sports
By Amaechi Agbo The Director General of National Sports Commission, Hon. Bukola Olopade has expressed confidence in Enugu State’s readiness to deliver a memorable 23rd National Sports Festiv... Read more...
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0 comments, 12/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo The Amateur Basketball Academies (ABA) has received royal backing for its grassroots basketball development initiatives following a one-day coaching clinic held in Gombe Stat... Read more...
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0 comments, 11/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Agency Report Nigeria emerged as the biggest mover in the latest FIBA Africa Power Rankings following the conclusion of the third qualification window for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup, c... Read more...
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0 comments, 03/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsNigeria's senior men's basketball team, D'Tigers, produced a spirited comeback to defeat Tunisia 84-81 in their opening game of the FIBA Basketball World Cup African Qualifiers in Angola, with he... Read more...
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0 comments, 15/03/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Nsukka Education Zone has emerged champion of the 2026 Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah Secondary Schools Sports Championship. The competition concluded on Saturday at the Nnamdi Aziki... Read more...
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0 comments, 21/08/2025, by Best Choice Sports
By Amaechi Agbo Nigeria’s D’Tigers have been eliminated from the 2025 Men’s AfroBasket Championship following a 91–75 defeat to Senegal in their quarterfinal clash at the Pavilhão Multius... Read more...
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0 comments, 30/07/2025, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has called on the National Sports Commission (NSC), and other stakeholders to give long-overdue recognition, support, and rewar... Read more...
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0 comments, 16/05/2025, by Best Choice SportsBy Timothy Nwobodo 57 years after their mother was in charge of the netball team of RMC School Uhiele (Ekpoma), the trustees of Francis and Fidelia Ibhawoh Foundation recently organised a two-day ... Read more...
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0 comments, 08/02/2025, by Best Choice SportsBy Our Correspondent A UK-based sports recycling charity, Lord’s Taverners recently donated sports kits and equipment worth over thirty million naira to CSED (Community Sport and educational De... Read more...
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0 comments, 26/09/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Super Falcons stalwart Osinachi Ohale has officially called time on her international football career after 16 years, leaving behind an indelible legacy as one of the most decorate... Read more...
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0 comments, 30/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Timothy Nwobodo Chelsea triumphed over Brighton & Hove Albion in a breathtaking 4-3 thriller at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, recording a memorable victory in their first home match of the 202... Read more...
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0 comments, 22/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Super Eagles defender, Semi Ajayi scored Hull City's first Premier League goal in nine years during their opening match of the 2026/27 season. The Nigerian international defende... Read more...
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0 comments, 18/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Agency Report FIFA's chief operating officer Kevin Lamour has been sacked by the governing body, less than three weeks after he strongly criticised its president Gianni Infantino's aborted pla... Read more...
Ronaldo and Georgina to Wed on Saturday
03/08/2026, 0 comments
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0 comments, 24/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Nigerian international Ngozi Okobi says many female footballers fear marriage because they believe it could end their chances of being selected for the Super Falcons. Speaking t... Read more...
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0 comments, 20/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo On Sunday, July 19, 2026, a young teenage football prodigy, Lamine Yamal solidified his place in football history by becoming the fifth teenage player to start and win a FI... Read more...
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0 comments, 16/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo England's devastating 2-1 defeat to Argentina in the 2026 World Cup semifinal was heavily blamed on a series of negative tactical adjustments by manager Thomas Tuchel. After taking... Read more...
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0 comments, 11/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Ahead of the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) due to start on July 25 in Morocco, Super Falcons forward, Toni Payne has officially joined Italian giants Inter Milan ... Read more...
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0 comments, 03/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Egypt secured their first-ever FIFA World Cup knockout victory by defeating Australia 4-2 in a dramatic penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texa... Read more...
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0 comments, 30/06/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo 2014 champions, Germany have been knocked out of the World Cup with a penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay in the round of 32. Jonathan Tah missed the decisive sudden-death spot-... Read more...
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0 comments, 04/09/2026, by Best Choice Sports
By Amaechi Agbo Former Super Falcons head coaches Thomas Dennerby and Florence Omagbemi have emerged as leading contenders to take over the vacant Nigeria women's national team coaching job. ... Read more...
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0 comments, 25/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo The stadium lights of Santiago seemed a world away from the dusty pitches of Mindelo where Josimar Dias, known to football fans as Vozinha, first learned to dive for a ball. Yet, h... Read more...
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0 comments, 14/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Timothy Nwobodo Former Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach Hervé Renard has reportedly entered the race to become the next head coach of Senegal, with the Frenchman said to be under considerat... Read more...
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0 comments, 11/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Chidinma Ugwu Its no longer news that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the list of match officials selected for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocc... Read more...
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0 comments, 05/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Ghana head coach, Carlos Queiroz has resigned from his duty after just three months in charge following the Black Stars' elimination from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The 73-year-ol... Read more...
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0 comments, 23/06/2026, by Best Choice SportsGhana midfielder Thomas Partey has declared himself fit and ready for Tuesday's crucial World Cup Group L encounter against England after overcoming travel issues that ruled him out of the Black ... Read more...
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0 comments, 07/06/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark's friendly against Ukraine but is now conscious, says the Danish Football Association. The 34-year-old was making his 151st intern... Read more...
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0 comments, 19/05/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo A Nigerian athlete, Oluwabukola Pereira, , has been shot dead during a suspected robbery at a car service centre in Lockland, Ohio. The 30-year-old middle-distance runner was a... Read more...
CAF Crowns Morocco AFCON 2025 “Champions”
17/03/2026, 0 comments
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0 comments, 09/11/2025, by Best Choice SportsFormer Super Eagles captain and mercurial midfield maestro, Austin “Jay-Jay” Okocha, has opened up about the defining influence his formative football years in Germany had on his life and career,... Read more...
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0 comments, 30/07/2025, by Best Choice SportsMorocco’s football federation has lodged a formal complaint with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over what it described as “refereeing injustices” during the Women’s Africa Cup of... Read more...
Liverpool Star Diogo Jota Is Dead
03/07/2025, 0 comments
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0 comments, 21/09/2026, by Best Choice Sports
By Amaechi Agbo Matchday 4 of the 2026/27 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) delivered a weekend of pure drama, marked by historic upsets, goal-fests, and shattered streaks across the coun... Read more...
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0 comments, 08/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Nigeria Premier Football League NPFL champions, Rangers International FC will begin their title defence in the new 2026/2027 League season against Katsina United while runner-u... Read more...
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0 comments, 16/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Bayelsa United have officially unveiled experienced tactician Abdul Maikaba as the club's new Technical Adviser ahead of the 2026/27 Nigeria National League (NNL) season. Ma... Read more...
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0 comments, 11/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Nasarawa Amazons are champions of the 2026 Women's President Federation Cup after defeating Owerri-based Heartland Queens at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba. The Lafia Landla... Read more...
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0 comments, 03/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Ahead of the 2026/2027 Nigeria premier Football League due to commence in August, the Niger State Government has commenced the reconstruction of the Bako Kontagora Stadium in Minna... Read more...
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0 comments, 07/06/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Abuja, Nigeria's federal capital will come alive on Thursday this week when two NPFL heavyweight, Nasarawa United and Plateau United clash in the 2026 President Federation Cup ... Read more...
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0 comments, 24/05/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Rangers International have emerged champions of the 2026 Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL The Flying Antelopes were crowned winners on Sunday after a dramatic 2-1 victory a... Read more...
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0 comments, 16/05/2026, by Best Choice Sports...Imo, Nigerian Football Community Set to Bid Farewell By Amaechi Agbo The family of late Nigerian football icon, Henry Onyemanze Nwosu, MON, has announced the burial arrangements for the fo... Read more...
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0 comments, 25/01/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Eche Amos, Umuahia A former Independent Governorship Candidate in Nasarawa State and a stalwart supporter of the Solid Miners, Barr. Haruna Favour Iliyasu, on Saturday made an impromptu ... Read more...
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0 comments, 07/12/2025, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Rangers International FC of Enugu a while ago, thrashed visiting Bayelsa United 4-1 in matchday16th of the Nigeria Premier Football League. Iwundu Chidozie outstanding displayed... Read more...
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0 comments, 30/08/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo FC Barcelona are closing in on the surprise signing of Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus in a deal worth a guaranteed €10 million plus add-ons. The Catalan giants moved swiftly be... Read more...
Ronaldo and Georgina to Wed on Saturday
03/08/2026, 0 comments
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0 comments, 24/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Ahead of the 2026/2027 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) due to start next month, Kwara United FC has unveiled 16 new players and retained 15 others as they aim to challenge f... Read more...
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0 comments, 16/07/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Agency Report Belgian side KAS Eupen have completed the signing of highly rated Nigerian defender Michael Precious from Supreme Kings Football Academy. According to a report published on th... Read more...
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0 comments, 11/07/2026, by Best Choice Sports
By Amaechi Agbo Ahead of the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) due to start on July 25 in Morocco, Super Falcons forward, Toni Payne has officially joined Italian giants Inter Milan ... Read more...
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0 comments, 09/02/2026, by Best Choice SportsBy Agu Onyekachi Players from football talent hub of Mavlon FC have continued to make wave in the transfer window in Europe after another Spanish club, Malaga CF signed Wahab Musa, Musa, a mode... Read more...
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0 comments, 04/08/2024, by Best Choice SportsVictor Osimhen was once again left out in Napoli’s preseason 2-0 defeat against Spanish side, Girona. The current Africa Footballer of the Year holder had been expected to at least be on the... Read more...
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0 comments, 27/06/2024, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Europa League winning Super Eagles forward and Atalanta of Italy star, Ademola Lookman could switch club in the new season as 2024 FA Cup winners, Manchester United have report... Read more...
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0 comments, 18/01/2024, by Best Choice SportsBy Amaechi Agbo Super Eagles striker, Gift Orban has joined French Ligue 1 giants, Olympique Lyon on a four year contract. The Nigeria forward joins the former champions after £13 million fee... Read more...
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0 comments, 19/10/2023, by Best Choice SportsBy Agency Report Liverpool have joined Chelsea and Arsenal in the chase for 24-year-old Napoli and Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, who is rated at around £95m The Reds scouts have been watchin... Read more...
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0 comments, 24/08/2023, by Best Choice SportsSuper Eagles goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye has signed a three-year contract with Italian Serie A side, Udinese Okoye left English Championship side, Watford to explore new life in Italy. His contra... Read more...
