Women referees have been selected to officiate at a men’s FIFA World Cup finals for the first time. Stephanie Frappart of France, Salima Mukansanga from Rwanda and Yoshimi Yamashita from Japan have been included on FIFA’s official list of 36 referees for the tournament in Qatar later this year....
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Godsgift Timibra, Nonso Madueke and Oche Adehi have all booked quarterfinals berth at the ongoing CBN Senior Tennis Open Championship in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that tournament’s number ten seed Timibra caused an upset on Thursday after he knocked out Peter Lawal, finalist at the...
Liverpool ensured the English Premier League (EPL) title race will go to the final day of the season by coming from behind to beat Southampton 2-1 at St Mary’s on Tuesday. Joel Matip’s crucial second-half winner moved the Reds a single point behind leaders Manchester City to set up...
Nigeria’s national under-20 male football team on Tuesday overpowered Cote d’Ivoire in the first semi-final match to reach the final of the ongoing WAFU B Under-20 Championship in Niamey. The 2-1 victory not only gave them a ticket to Saturday’s final match but also came a ticket to next...
Jose Peseiro has been named as the Super Eagles head coach, months after his initial deal with Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) collapsed. An NFF statement on Sunday said the appointment is “with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms” between the football body and the Portuguese. “Peseiro...
Manchester City staged a thrilling fightback from two goals down to keep the destiny of the Premier League title in their hands, but Riyad Mahrez’s late penalty miss forced the leaders to settle for a dramatic 2-2 draw at West Ham on Sunday. Pep Guardiola’s side were in danger...
The defeat for Chelsea meant a third straight FA Cup final defeat for Chelsea and a second cup final loss this season after Liverpool’s Carabao Cup victory in a similar fashion. Liverpool won 6-5 in the shoot-out following an enthralling 0-0 draw after extra-time at Wembley on Saturday. Despite...
Wydad Athletic Club’s hunt for a third CAF Champions League title remained on course on Friday after storming through to the final. This was in spite of a 1-1 home draw with Angola’s Petro de Luanda in the return leg of their semi-final fixture. The Moroccans progressed with a...
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah did not mince his words when defending his place as he declared he is the best player in the world in his position. The Egypt international is on track to win the English Premier League Golden Boot. He also boasts of the highest assist tally...
Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has been crowned as Premier League’s Player of the Month for April 2022. The 37-year-old scored five goals in his four top-flight appearances for Manchester United last month. He started the month of April with a stunning hat-trick against Norwich City at Old Trafford....
Forbes has released its annual list of the top 10 highest-paid athletes of the year. Forbes reported on Wednesday that Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) superstar, Lionel Messi topped sports highest-earners after earning $130 million over the past 12 months. Messi lost roughly $22 million in salary from his final season...
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says “unprecedented sanctions” against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine were a necessity. Ceferin told Wednesday’s UEFA Congress in Vienna that this was because “the tradition of sporting neutrality is no longer tenable in 2022 in the situation of war.” He said however that football...
UEFA is set to scrap its coefficient plan and from 2024 will award two Champions League places to countries whose clubs collectively performed best in Europe the previous campaign. An agreement has been reached in Vienna between UEFA and the European Club Association on access to the new-look competition....
Carlos Alcaraz is the best player on the ATP Tour at the moment, according to world number one Novak Djokovic. Spanish 19-year-old Alcaraz claimed his fourth title of the season at the Madrid Open on Sunday, defeating world number three Alexander Zverev in the final match. This was after...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Monday said it has awarded the hosting right of the 2021/2022 CAF Champions League final match to Morocco. The African football governing body also revealed that the match will hold on May 30. A statement on CAF’s official website said it decided...
Ebonyi soccer fans have hailed the Flying Eagles’ 2-0 defeat of Black Satellites of Ghana in the ongoing West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B, U-20 competition in Niamey. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Eagles beat defending champions Ghana on Sunday, in its first match...
Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) threw away a two-goal lead for a second successive league game as Troyes battled back to earn a 2-2 draw on Sunday. At the Parc des Princes, the hosts looked to be in control when Marquinhos and Neymar gave them a comfortable first-half...
Nigeria’s National Under-20 men football team, the Flying Eagles, on Sunday in Niamey beat their Ghanian counterpart 2-0 in the WAFU-B U-20 championship. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the opening match in Group B of the competition was played at the General Seyni Kountche Stadium, Niamey,...
Carlos Alcaraz became the first player to defeat Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at the same tournament on clay as he stormed into the Madrid Open final on Saturday. The 19-year-old Spaniard reached his second ATP Masters final in five weeks and claimed his first ever win over a...
Manchester United’s dismal season hit a new low as Brighton condemned them to a 4-0 defeat that ended their hopes of finishing in the Premier League’s top four on Saturday. United have endured a host of humiliations in one of their most embarrassing seasons for decades and this lacklustre...