Olympic champion, Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas will not defend his 400 metres title at the world athletics championships which begin Friday in Eugene, Oregon in the U.S. Gardiner disclosed in a post on social media that his absence would be due to injury. “Instead of putting on my...
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The Nigeria Senior Handball Men’s Team, on Monday lost their first match against Tunisia 18-30 in the ongoing 2022 Africa Men Handball Senior Championship in Egypt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigeria team also known as the Golden Arrows, fought hard in the first half,...
The reigning Africa Women Champions, Super Falcons says Cameroon, their quarter final opponents in the ongoing Africa Women Cup of Nations (WAFCON), will not be an easy foe to conquer. Glory Ogbonna, a defender with the Falcons, stated this when she spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...
Erik ten Hag says Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo is not for sale and remains in his plans. The 37-year-old forward returned to Old Trafford last summer in a shock switch from Juventus. Ronaldo still has a season remaining on his deal. But speculation is rife about a move...
Ten years after Paul Pogba left Manchester United to sign with Italian side Juventus on a free transfer, history repeated itself on Monday for the France midfielder. He bid farewell to the English Premier League (EPL) and returned to the Serie A club. Pogba, who left Manchester United when...
Super Falcons coach Randy Waldrum says he is elated with his team’s progress at the ongoing 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in spite of seeing an early shock. When Nigeria lost their opening game against South Africa 2-1 on July 4 in Morocco, there was a lot...
A living room is a place in a home that is supposed to be for family time, bonding and watching television, but men’s obsession for football lately is making the living room become a war zone between couples. With their husbands’ eyes and souls glued to the television screen...
Following are the final group standings at the ongoing 12th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco, as well as the quarter-final pairings: Group A Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts Morocco 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Senegal 3 2 0 1...
Following are the results of Match Day 37 fixtures played on Sunday in the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), as well as dates of the final match day fixtures: Kastina United 2-0 Plateau UnitedGombe United 1-0 Rangers InternationalAkwa United 2-2 Abia WarriorsNiger Tornadoes 2-1 Heartland FCShooting Stars FC...
Novak Djokovic beat unseeded Australian Nick Kyrgios 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) to win his seventh Wimbledon title on Sunday. The Serbian top seed has thus won a fourth successive title at the All England Club to take his overall Grand Slam tally to 21.
Defending champions Super Falcons thrashed Burundi 4-0 in their final match of Group C on Sunday, at the Women African Cup of Nations (WAFCON), to clinch a quarterfinal ticket. The win took the champions to six points and five goals advantage, as South Africa’s 1-0 win over Botswana meant...
Ligue 1 giant, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has reportedly started making attempts to sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United this summer. In their long search for a Champions League trophy, the French side want to form an attacking line comprising Ronaldo, Neymar and Lionel Messi. According to Marca, almost a...
The Cycling Federation of Nigeria (CFN) has picked 35 cyclists to represent Nigeria at the second Africa Cup Track Cycling Championship holding from Thursday to July 17 in Abuja. Bashir Mohammed, CFN’s Technical Director, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the cyclists were picked from the elite...
The League Management Committee (LMC) says it has deducted three points from Kano Pillars and suspended some match officials for one year from all football-related activities. This it said was following the improper conduct of the club as well as the match officials in a Match Day 31 fixture...
Juventus are close to signing Angel Di Maria and Paul Pogba also appears set to return to the Italian giants, with both on free transfers. The Italian top club on Friday tweeted photos of Argentine forward di Maria with coach Massimiliano Allegri and undergoing the mandatory medical in Turin....
The winner of the 150th Open Championship next week will receive a record first prize of 2.5 million dollars (about N1.5 billion), the golf tournament’s organisers announced on Friday. The total prize fund at St Andrews has also increased by 22 per cent to $14 million (about N8.4 billion)....
Former FIFA president Joseph Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini were on Friday acquitted by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in a FIFA fraud trial. The two ex-football officials had been charged by federal prosecutors in Switzerland with defrauding FIFA in connection with a payment of two million...
Super Falcons’ winger Francisca Ordega says the team’s victory over Botswana is the beginning of better things to come for Nigeria at the ongoing 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Cup holders Super Falcons got their 12th Women...
World-famous Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) players Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, are reportedly in disagreement. The duo has reportedly clashed over the future of their teammate Neymar, according to Mundo Deportivo. Messi wants Neymar to stay at the Parc des Prince while Mbappe believes he would be better off leaving....
Title-holders Nigeria set on a better track their 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) campaign with a 2-0 win over Botswana in Rabat on Thursday. The development meant they rose to second place in Group C behind new leaders South Africa, with Botswana dropping from the table’s apex...