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Brazil football legend and three-time World Cup winner, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pele, has passed away. He died at the age of 82. Pele had been treated for colon cancer, following surgery to remove a tumour in September 2021, and had required regular medical treatment. After being admitted back into the hospital […]
Continue ReadingFootball star, Lionel Messi has finally won the one trophy that has all along alluded his superb football career, The FIFA World Cup. The super star joined the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Pele and Diego Maradona after helping Argentina to a 4-2 penalty win following a dramatic 3-3 fulltime and extra time draw against a […]
Continue ReadingThe prize money for participating teams at the 2022 World Cup ongoing in Qatar is a whopping total of $440 million. The 2022 tournament featured 32 teams from various countries across the globe. 13 countries from Europe, five African teams, four North American countries, four countries from South America and six countries from Asia. The […]
Continue ReadingMoroccan Football Association (MFA) has filed an official complaint to FIFA over the performance of referee Cesar Ramos after Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final defeat to France. The Atlas Lions were defeated 2-0 by Didier Deschamps’s side who ended their historic run at the tournament, with Morocco becoming the first-ever African side to reach the final […]
Continue Reading18-year-old Nigerian professional basketball player, Seyi Awogbemi Sodiq, has died after suffering a heart attack. Sodiq, who played for the Alba Fehérvár men’s basketball team in Hungary, died in Abuja on Saturday morning, November 19, 2022, a week to his 19th birthday. The memorial on the club’s website recalls that the basketball player arrived in Hungary at […]
Continue ReadingThe governor of Oyo State, Nigeria, Mr. Seyi Makinde, has revealed that he ran a half marathon with his daughter, Feyi, in Berkeley, San Francisco, California, United States of America on Sunday. Taking to his Twitter handle, the governor shared photos from the race with the caption: “Just finished running the Berkeley Half Marathon with […]
Continue ReadingThe organizers of the 2022 FIFA world cup have announced Nigerian ace singer, Kizz Daniel as one of the performing headliners at the FIFA Fan Festival event in Doha, Qatar. The FIFA Fan festival will include performances by over 20 entertainers worldwide, including Nigerian singer Kizz Daniel, who will take the headline mainstage on November […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Israel Adesanya was knocked out in the fifth round during the main event at the UFC 281 when Brazil’s Alex Pereira pulled off an upset against him to become the new UFC middleweight champion thereby ending Adesanya’s reign atop the division on Sunday morning, Adesanya, who was seeking revenge after losing two fights to […]
Continue ReadingThe organizers of the UEFA Champions League, one of the most prestigious football competitions in the World, have released the last-16 draw for the tournament. Superstar footballer, Lionel Messi will be hoping to help his side Paris Saint-Germain defeat Bayern Munich in the knockout stage to advance to the next stage. Current champions, Real Madrid will take […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Under-17 women football squad has failed to qualify for a spot in the final of this year’s Under-17 Women’s World Cup tournament currently going on in India. Wednesday’s tie was a historic moment for both Nigeria and Colombia teams as it was their first Semi-final game ever in the history of the competition. Nigeria’s […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s U-17 women’s national team, the Flamingos, beat the USA in the quarter-final match via penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals of the U-17 Women’s World Cup for the first time in India. The young Nigerian girls triumphed on 4-3 penalties after the full time ended 1-1. The Flamingos had consistently failed to get past […]
Continue ReadingHeavyweight boxing champion, Oleksandr Usyk has given a brutal assessment of Anthony Joshua’s behaviour following their rematch in Saudia Arabia last month. Usyk beat Joshua in September 2021 and then beat him again in August 2022 to claim the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles. According to reports, Joshua reacted angrily to the loss by […]
Continue ReadingInternational Tennis star, Serena Williams has crashed out of the US Open in what may have been the final singles campaign of her career. The 40-year-old who last month announced plans to retire after the US Open, was beaten 7-5, 6-7 (4/7) 6-1 by World No. 46 Ajla Tomljanovic in a grueling 3-hour 5-minute battle. ‘Oh my […]
Continue ReadingBare knuckle boxer, Tai Emery flashed her boobs after securing a knockout on her Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship debut. The 35-year-old signed to BKFC last year but has had to wait for her first appearance for the organisation. On Saturday, September 3, she took on Rung-Arun Khunchai in Thailand and defeated her opponent. Just seconds […]
Continue ReadingSerena Williams has refused to declare that the US Open will be her last. The American tennis star played Danka Kovinic in the opening round of the US Open Monday night August 29, in what could have been her final ever singles match, but it seems she will continue playing. Earlier this month, the 40-year-old […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s women football team, the Super Falcons, have arrived in Kansas City, Kansas, United State for their doubleheader friendly with the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT). Head Coach of the Super Falcons, Randy Waldrum, has selected four players from Nigeria’s U-20 girls that reached the quarter-finals at the just-concluded FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup […]
Continue ReadingInternational Tennis star, Serena Williams, announced on Tuesday that ‘the countdown has begun’ to her retirement from the sport. Serena, a 23-time Grand Slam winner, added that a time has come in her life for her to move in a different direction. The 40-year-old said in a post on Instagram that she has to focus on […]
Continue ReadingOluwatobiloba Amusan, Nigeria’s track golden girl, won the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom Sunday morning to race into the Games history as the second sprint hurdler to successfully defend the title she won four years ago in Gold Coast, Australia. The 12.30 secs she clocked in winning the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian wrestler, Odunayo Adekuoroye has won a gold medal in the women’s 57kg Freestyle wrestling for Team Nigeria at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The 28-year-old defeated her Indian opponent, Anshu Malik 6-4 (VPO1) to secure Nigeria’s first gold medal in Wrestling, and defend the crown she won four years ago. Before […]
Continue ReadingCommander of Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team (IGP-IRT), Deputy Commissioner of Police Tunji Disu, has won a silver medal at the US Open Judo Championships held in the United States. DCP Disu won the medal in the Veteran Judo Fighter category on Sunday, July 31, during the 33rd US Open Judo Championships […]
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