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Nigerian-British lady, Karen Adenegan, who represented Britain in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and won two silver medals for team Great Britain, received a rousing welcome from her Nigerian family at the airport. A video of Karen’s family members dancing to Nigerian gospel music played from a talking drum and a trumpet as she emerged at the […]
Continue ReadingFormer France international defender, Jean-Pierre Adams has died at the age of 73. Adams spent the last 39 years in a coma following an anaesthesia error at Lyon Hospital as part of a routine knee operation he undertook at the age of 34 on March 17, 1982. He was confirmed to have died on Monday morning at […]
Continue ReadingFormer Green Eagles of Nigeria player, Thompson Usiyan has died . He passed away at the age of 65. Usiyan died Tuesday, August 31, in his Lamest, Redonda Beach home, California, United States. Born in Effurun, Delta State, Usiyan was thrust into the limelight with the then Mid-western State academicals before he got an invitation […]
Continue ReadingBritish-Nigerian footballer, Samuel Oji has sadly passed away. He died at the age of 35. Former Arsenal youth player and League of Ireland footballer, Oji is said to have been battling ‘illness.’ He was said to have kicked off his career at the Gunners as a teenager in 2000, but failed to make the grade […]
Continue ReadingInternational Tennis star, Serena Williams has withdrawn from next week’s US Open due to injury. The 23-time Grand Slam champion has not played on tour since an injured right hamstring forced her out of her first-round match at Wimbledon. On Wedneday, August 25, the American said that her torn hamstring has not completely healed, pulling […]
Continue ReadingMali, ranked 10th in Africa, are among eight countries who have been barred from hosting 2022 World Cup qualifiers next month after failing Confederation of African Football (CAF) venue inspections. Other nations who must use a neutral ground for a home fixture between September 1-8 are Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Namibia […]
Continue ReadingCaptivating and charming Aisha Mohammed Balarabe, born 21 October 1985, is a Nigerian basketball player for Bursas BSB and the Nigeria women’s national basketball team, also known as D’Tigeress captain. She was also part of the record breaking D’Tigress at the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Tenerife, Spain. Balarabe has been part of the National team since 2002 winning […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-American female basketballer, Nneka Ogwumike’s bid to play at the Olympics has again been denied. The Los Angeles Sparks was left off Team USA’s Olympic roster, a decision that has been described as arguably the biggest snub in Team USA’s history. Despite the snub, Ogwumike decided to join her sisters, Chiney and Erica, on Team […]
Continue ReadingItaly have been crowned champions of the 2020 European Championship after defeating England 3-2 in penalties on Sunday night, July 11. Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was the hero for the Azzurri in the shootout, while substitutes Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka failed to convert from the spot for England. Meanwhile, even Andrea Belotti and […]
Continue ReadingUnited States men’s basketball team lost to Nigeria 90-87 on Saturday night, July10, in its first pre-Olympic exhibition game. Nigeria who had six NBA players and former NBA head coach Mike Brown at the helm, beat USA, inflicting the country’s first ever loss to an African Nation. The landmark victory came nine years after the […]
Continue ReadingTennis international superstar, Serena Williams broke down in tears as she was forced to retire in the opening set of her first-round clash at Wimbledon. The 23-time Grand Slam winner, who is still pursuing Margaret Court’s all-time record, started Tuesday evening’s match against world number 100 Aliaksandra Sasnovich well, but had to retire from the game […]
Continue ReadingFormer Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia says his ex-teammates abandoned him when he was handed a life ban by FIFA in 2019. Siasia was banned for life by FIFA and fined $50,000 after he was accused of agreeing to receive bribes in order to manipulate matches. But the life ban was reduced to five years […]
Continue ReadingNigerian former professional football striker and ex-head coach of Nigeria national team, Samsom Siasia’s life ban from football has been reduced to five years by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). The world football body, FIFA banned Siasia for life and fined him $50,000 for agreeing to ‘the manipulation of matches’ for betting purposes […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-born Israel Adesanya successfully defended his middleweight Ultimate Fighting Championship title on Sunday morning, beating Italian Marvin Vettori in the main event of UFC 263 at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The Nigerian put up a dominant display over Vettori, winning 50-45 on all of the judges cards. He and Vettori first did battle […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian footballer, Kelvin Odenigbo, playing for FC Vitebsk in Belarus, has been found dead after drowning in a lake. Announcing his passing, the Belarusian Premier League club in a statement released, said the corpse of the 20-year-old striker was found on Saturday, June 5 by the lake Beloye, a tourist destination in the Vitebsk […]
Continue ReadingChioma Ajunwa, Atlanta 1996 Olympic gold medalist and first black woman to win a gold medal at the games in long jump, has revealed that she still hasn’t received the house she was promised by the then Lagos government. Speaking on Sunday afternoon on ‘The Chat’, a Channels Television programme, Ajunwa also spoke on how […]
Continue ReadingNigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare has set a new meet record after winning the 100m women’s event at P-T-S Meeting in Samorin, Slovak Republic in 10.98 secs. With her impressive run in 10.98 secs, Okagbare set a new meet record as no other woman has ever won the race under 11 seconds in the Meet held in the Eastern European country. […]
Continue ReadingChelsea football club of England have won its second Champions League title on Saturday, May 29, 2021, beating Manchester City, 1-0, in in Porto, Portugal. In a totally dominating display by the Blues, Chelsea showed more quality on and off the ball, showed more pace, panache and perseverance as they inflicted a third straight win […]
Continue ReadingNigeria international and Super Falcons of Nigeria forward, Asisat Oshoala is being tipped to depart Barcelona in this summer transfer window. Top Spanish sports daily paper, Mundo Deportivo says that the Super Falcons captain wants to leave Barcelona in search of regular game time, and Manchester United Womens football club are very interested in her. In […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, has become the first Nigerian and African female player to win the UEFA Womens Champions league after helping Barcelona defeat Chelsea in the final on Sunday night, May 16. With this win, it is now double success for Nigerian players as Iheanacho and Ndidi’s football club, Leicester also lifted […]
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