Nigeria’s women’s senior volleyball team have qualified to play the fifth place match after beating Morocco 3-0 ( 26-24,25-21,29-27 ) in the best loser match at the ongoing 2023 Women’s African Nations Volleyball Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon. The match is played at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports de...
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By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Mufu Atllola and Roseline Nana, playing in the Girls 12 of the Sapetro Futures Tennis Championship taking place at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, had easy wins against their opponents to signal their determination to stay on course for another show down in the...
The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Board and the 20 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) clubs have scheduled their Annual General Meeting (AGM) for Tuesday. Davidson Owumi, the NPL board’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), in a notice to all the clubs said the date would allow for a very effective...
Tennis great Serena Williams has given birth to her second child, a girl named Adira River Ohanian. Along with husband Alexis Ohanian, she welcomed the new arrival in social media posts on Tuesday. “Welcome my beautiful angel,” Williams wrote in the caption of a video posted on TikTok. The...
Reigning champion Tobi Amusan won her qualifying heat in the women’s 100 metres hurdles on Tuesday in Budapest to secure a spot in the semi-finals. Amusan, whose world record is 12.12, was slow out of the blocks before cruising to a time of 12.48 seconds, third fastest on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – It was an excitement galore at the Calabar Golf Club over the weekend when over 200 golfers including professionals drawn the various golf clubs across the country took to the course in honour of the Chairman of Board of Trustees of the Calabar...
An ex-olympian, Henry Amike, on Tuesday, said Tobi Amusan’s recent travail could propel her to victory at ongoing 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Amike said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, urging Amusan to put behind her the suspension...
Spain’s World Cup winners were honoured by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at a ceremony in Madrid on Tuesday. The premier said the players were role models, especially for young girls in the country. “Spain is proud of you. This will be the century of women and real...
Sha’Carri Richardson finally delivered on three years of promise when the American overcame the challenge of being stuck out in lane nine by delivering a late surge to win world 100 metres gold. Richardson took the title in a championship record 10.65 seconds on Monday. The 23-year-old...
Two-time champions Eniymba International Football Club of Aba and Remo Star Football Club of Ikene both suffered narrow losses in their 2023/2024 CAF Champions League preliminary round first-leg matches on Sunday. Nigerian Champions, Enyimba FC suffered a 4-3 loss to Libyan side, Al Ahli Benghazi, in a highly...
Spanish football federation chief, Luis Rubiales has drawn heavy criticism in his home country for kissing footballer Jennifer Hermoso on the mouth after the World Cup final in Sydney. Spain’s women beat England 1-0 to lift their first World Cup but the scenes before the trophy presentation left...
Mauricio Pochettino called on Chelsea fans to “believe in the process” after his side slumped to a 3-1 defeat away to West Ham United in the Premier League on Sunday. The Argentine former Tottenham Hotspur and Paris St Germain manager has taken on a big challenge at Stamford...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The Sapetro Futures Tennis Championship which has served to deepen and widen the scope of junior tennis in Nigeria will hit-off at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club from Tuesday, August 22 to Saturday, August 26. The tournament which has been designed to...
Spain are the FIFA Women’s World Cup champions after a dominant and deserved 1-0 win over England at Stadium Australia in Sydney. Captain Olga Carmona emerged as La Roja’s history-making heroine with a superb strike that secured the team’s first major title and completed a unique clean sweep...
Inter Miami beat Nashville SC in a thrilling Leagues Cup final on Saturday after a 1-1 tie was settled by a marathon 10-9 penalty shootout. This was as Lionel Messi extended his winning streak since joining the MLS side to seven games. Messi opened the scoring in...
Champions Napoli survived an early scare as they began their title defence with a 3-1 win at newly-promoted Frosinone in their Serie A season opener on Saturday after Victor Osimhen scored twice. Napoli now have Rudi Garcia in the dugout after Luciano Spalletti took the Italy national team...
Kylian Mbappe scored from the penalty spot 11 minutes into his return for Paris St Germain. But the defending champions had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Toulouse in their Ligue 1 clash on Saturday. Mbappe came off the bench to bury a spot-kick he earned...
Real Madrid new recruit, Jude Bellingham, scored twice and guided the Spanish giants to a 3-1 comeback win at Almeria on Saturday, with a stunning strike from Vinicius Jr guaranteeing the points. Bellingham took his tally to three goals in two games as Real secured their second successive win....
A superb strike by midfielder Julian Alvarez gave Manchester City a 1-0 win over Newcastle United in their first home game of the new Premier League season. The win capped off an evening of celebration of last season’s treble at the Etihad Stadium. The English Premier League,...
Fridolina Rolfo scored one and set up the other as Sweden win bronze at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, with a deserved 2-0 win over Australia. The victory, sealed by Kosovare Asllani’s superb second-half strike, maintains the Scandinavians’ remarkable 100 per cent record in four FIFA Women’s...