Author: Enitan Obadina
For NPFL clubs betting is king when it comes to front of shirt sponsorships but how does this impact the brands? Nine-Times NPFL Champions, Enyimba recently signed a multi-year deal with Australian Betting and Crypto Company, Stake. The deal brings to seven the number of NPFL front of shirt sponsorship deals so far. Out of the seven clubs, four of the sponsorships are Betting brands. Kwara Utd, Akwa United, Enyimba and Remo Stars all carry betting brands in front of their jerseys. This represents 60% of the NPFL front of shirt sponsorship deals by teams. NPFL Front of Shirt Sponsorship:…
Super Eagles Coach, Jose Peseiro will stay on in his role after reaching an agreement with the country’s football federation. The renewal comes after almost a week of negotiations where the NFF seek to add clauses different from first contract. From Salary Cut to percentages for NPFL players in future team lists, the NFF put all their cards on the table. Peseiro Renews Contract: The Targets As stipulated in the original contract, drawn in May 2022, the Portuguese has been given the mandate to lead the Super Eagles to, at minimum, the semi-finals of the 34th Africa Cup of Nations…
The two clubs representing Nigeria in the CAF champions league representatives are out after Enyimba and Remo lost out to Al Ahli and Medeama SC respectively. Nigerian League champions Enyimba FC of Aba suffered a surprising barren draw against Al Ahly Bengazi to fall out of the CAF Champions league on 3-4 aggregate scores. Needing just a single goal margin win, Enyimba could not find the back of the net in Aba as efforts went begging. However, the two time African kings couldn’t replicate their three goals feat from the first-leg in the return leg. It is the 1st time…
The newly appointed G.M/CEO of Enugu Rangers F.C, Barrister Amobi Ezeaku is seeking to make the club become a truly professional outfit. Amobi made the pledge in Enugu, on Thursday after rolling out the club’s strategic plans for the period 2023–2027 at an interactive media session. Ezeaku, while reeling out the plans says he wants to make the club the most admired and most followed sports institution in Africa, explained that the plans define the club’s present and future achievable aims. “The plans will be achieved through three standing which the club called ‘Rangers Trinity’ of C, S, & C.…
Taiwo Awoniyi has equalled the record of Mohamed Salah and Emmanuel Adebayor as the Africans with the longest Premier League scoring run after scoring as early as the second minute to put Nottingham Forest 1-0 ahead against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Awoniyi has now scored in seven consecutive Premier League matches. Two goals each against Southampton and Chelsea and one each against Arsenal and Crystal Palace in the last four matches to save the team from relegation last season. The super eagles star has also now scored against Arsenal, Sheffield United, and Manchester United in the first three matches…
A panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal, by majority decision, found that Tobi Amusan has not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within 12 months. Amusan’s provisional suspension has now been lifted with immediate effect. According to reports, two of the whereabouts violations were struck out by an independent committee. This means that Tobi successfully proved that the tester didn’t do enough to meet and test her. Tobi Amusan’s Performance Before The Suspension At the beginning of the season, Tobi Amusan ran 100m PB and kicked off her season with 12.5s in the hurdles. Both results…
Awoniyi scored to become only the second Nottingham Forest player to score in five consecutive Premier League games, after Stan Collymore(6 in March/April 1995). Awoniyi came on as a substitute to pull one back for Nottingham Forest as they lost 2-1 to Arsenal today in the Premier League. To equal the record, Taiwo in the 82nd minute won possession at the edge of his box, passed to Elanga before racing the length of the Emirates pitch to tap him for his first goal of the season. The feat coincides with his 26th birthday celebration ending in joy of equalling the…
“I have always fought for justice since, a long time ago. I just want football, sports to be purified.” Choice words from Amobi Ezeaku, the Nigerian sports administrator who wants to make the game clean at home. Looking at Amobis’s life and work demonstrates his believe in the mission to help football in his home country, Nigeria. Amobi Ezeaku: Helping The Helpless Nigerian League Players Recently, he earned a rare victory for Akpan Bassey, a goalkeeper in the Nigerian league after he was wrongly dismissed and owed wages by his club, Kano Pillars. An 11.8 million naira compensation for…
Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’tigress record equalling 4th straight Afrobasket women’s title is still in progress after beating Rwanda for a final spot. To get into the finals, the Nigerian women defeated host country Rwanda, 79-44 in the semi-final with their president watching. Defending champions, Nigeria’s D’Tigress will be hoping to win the Afrobasket title for a historic 4th in a row. Only Senegal have done so in 1974,1977,1979 & 1981. Nigeria’s three peat:2017,2019 and 2021. The D’Tigress have been unbeaten after four games in the tournament. Nigeria will play Senegal in a repeat of the 2017 and 2019 final.…
The championship game of the first ever American Flag Football League in Nigeria, The Uprise Flag Football League will be a game of master versus apprentice as The Chiefs go up against The yellow Trumpets. The championship game will take place on August 6th at the Lagos Preparatory school, Ikoyi, Lagos. After six weeks of action in the regular season, the Uprise Flag Football League championship game comes down to a battle between the Yellow Trumpets and The Chiefs, as they step on the field to claim the very first league title. To get to the championship game, the Yellow…