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Breaking: Former Super Eagles Captain, Mikel Obi retires from football

Daily Dispatch September 27, 2022

Former Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi has retired from professional football after a 20-year professional career. The former Nigeria international announced his retirement on Tuesday on his social media account. Obi retires at the age of 35 with laurels won for both clubs and country.

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Int’l Friendly: Peseiro speaks ahead of Algeria clash

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2022

Jose Peseiro, the Super Eagles’ coach, has expressed his joy at returning to the team. The Portuguese coach took over as Super Eagles head coach in May and has overseen four matches, winning two and losing two. His last game in charge was the 10-0 thumping of Sao Tome and Principe in Morocco. Three months […]

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Buhari rewards Amusan, Brume, others with honours, N200m

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, approved National Honours of Officer of the Order of the Niger and cash awards of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics championships. At an award ceremony held at the State House, Abuja, the President congratulated the athletes for their “outstanding performances” saying […]

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Group threatens to bomb NFF election venue

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2022

A group under the name Nigeria Football Stakeholders has threatened to bomb the venue of the Nigeria Football Federation election on September 30 in Benin City, if the poll is not cancelled. In a letter dated August 7, 2022, and addressed to the Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, and NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, the group warned […]

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Queen Elizabeth : This weekend’s Premier League match postponed

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2022

Due to Queen Elizabeth’s passing, all games this weekend have been postponed by the Premier League and the Football Association. To decide the course of action for the remainder of this weekend’s calendar, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) conducted a teleconference with representatives from all major sports at 9.30am. The DCMS […]

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Breaking: Roman Reigns defeats Drew McIntyre via pinfall to retain the titles

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2022

Reigns and McIntyre stared each other down after the bell rang and Reigns got increasingly frustrated with the fans loudly singing in support of McIntyre. McIntyre was able to overwhelm Reigns multiple times early, causing Reigns to go to the outside of the ring and gather himself. McIntyre continued to take the fight to Reigns, […]