By: HighCelebritySquard Being a sports journalist, I have been following Primate Ayodele’s prophecy on my beat most especially the just concluded world cup that was held in Qatar. Primate Ayodele has been prophesying about the sport sector for many years just as he speaks on every other sector including education, politics, governance, individuals, corporate
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By: HighCelebritySquard In furtherance of its commitment to the development of sports in Nigeria, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that the 61st edition of the FirstBank sponsored Lagos Amateur Golf Championship has been scheduled to tee-off at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938 on Friday 18th, to Sunday 20th of November
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By: HighCelebritySquard World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), in conjunction with its Sub-Saharan Africa broadcast partner, SuperSport, has announced a continent-wide talent search to find Africa’s next WWE Superstar. The campaign was announced in Lagos, Nigeria, the host city for a multi-day tryout in February 2023. “The Search for Africa’s Next WWE Superstar” is now open
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By: Highcelebritysquard Nigeria’s women’s U-17 Flamingos performance at the recently concluded FIFA U-17 Women World Cup in India has left a lot of Nigerians beaming with confidence again on the future of the country’s women’s senior team, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The impressive display of the Bankole Olowookere’s young girls has been one of
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By: Highcelebritysquard Atalanta coach, Gian Piero Gasperini, says any coach would be happy to have Ademola Lookman in his squad following the Nigerian’s exploits against Empoli on Sunday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Nigeria international sealed victory for Atalanta at the Stadio Castellani in the second in the 59th minute, dribbling past three
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By: Highcelebritysquard Joanna Grisez scored a hat-trick of tries as France outclassed Italy 39-3 on Saturday to book a semi-final berth at the women’s Rugby World Cup. After dominating most of their quarter-final in Whangarei, it took until the final quarter for the French to cut loose, scoring four of their five tries after
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By: Highcelebritysquard The all-conquering scrabble contingent of Nigeria to the 14th Africa Scrabble Championship in Lusaka, Zambia, will arrive in the country on Wednesday. Nigeria stamped its authority again at the 2022 edition of the tournament, which featured 86 scrabble players from 10 countries, winning its 13th title in 14 editions of the championship.
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By: Highcelebritysquard According to an Indian publication, Khel Now, Nigerian striker, Sylvester Igbonu, has quit Indian club, NorthEast United, barely a month after joining the club, citing poor accommodation as the reason for leaving, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The former FC Ebedei and ex-FC Midtjylland striker was the Highlanders’ sixth and final signing for
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By: Highcelebritysquard With the EuroLeague Women’s new season set to get underway, basketball world governing body, FIBA, has listed some of the top players to look out for, with Nigeria’s Evelyn Akhator making the ranks, PUNCH Sport Extra reports. EuroLeague Women is the premier women’s basketball competition in Europe, featuring the top 16 teams
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By: Highcelebritysquard Rory McIlroy regained the world number-one ranking on Sunday with a one-stroke victory in the US PGA Tour’s CJ Cup. Three late birdies helped the Northern Ireland star hold off American Kurt Kitayama and return to the top of the rankings for the ninth time, and for the first time since
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