Nigeria's Mission X has an ominous sounding name but a simple meaning. The Super Falcons aim to win a 10th overall Women’s ...

Group winners, check. Unbeaten in three games, check. No goals conceded, check. Progress to quarterfinals, check. Goals? Not ...

The Nigerian men’s soccer team almost didn’t make it to Rio after a bevy of travel issues, but a pair of wins has quickly made the team an Olympic dark horse and a fan favorite.

EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria soccer legend Augustine ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha is getting animated. A reimagining of Okocha’s childhood in Nigeria will be the basis of African streamer Showmax‘s first ...

The Nigeria men's national team -- coming off Friday's 1-0 win against Libya -- was slated to fly to Benghazi for Monday's return match. Yet, the team never made it to Benghazi's Benina ...

For Nigeria, a leading light of African soccer that until this year had failed to qualify for the World Cup only once since 1994, the emotional and financial cost of elimination may be best told ...

Nigeria’s soccer players returned to their country on Monday after boycotting their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match in Libya because they were stranded overnight at the Al Abraq Airport ...

Nigerian activists have condemned a senior soccer official after he blamed lesbians last weekend for the recent decline of the national women's team. Nigerian female national team, the Super ...

After Nigeria posted a disappointing 0-2-1 record in the 2010 World Cup, Nigerian... Nigeria takes its soccer seriously, too Houston Chronicle Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

It's a modified version of Japanese game-maker Konami's copyright-free blockbuster simulation Pro Evolution Soccer, and features 50 clubs and more than 1,400 players from Nigeria's top leagues.

LAGOS, July 8 (Reuters) - A sports fan and computer coder, Nigerian Victor Daniyan became adept at soccer video games at university. But he grew frustrated that they showcased clubs and players ...