Nigerian international basketball player, Michael Ojo, dies

Nigerian-American basketball player, Michael Ojo has passed away after suffering a heart attack during training in Belgrade, Serbia. The 27-year-old who previously played for Red Star Belgrade was reportedly having an individual practice at Partizan’s stadium when he collapsed on Friday, August 7. Local media said he was rushed to the hospital from Partizan’s stadium […]

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Nigerian UFC Welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman retains title

Nigerian UFC champion, Kamaru Usman has retained his Welterweight title after defeating his American opponent, Jorge Masvidal at the UFC 251 which took place last night on ‘Fight Island’ in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Nigerian Nightmare, 33,  dominated the fight as he defeated Masvidal, 35, via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46), equalling former […]

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Serena Williams, daughter, play tennis in matching sportswear (Photos)

Beautiful and adorable photos shared online showed Tennis international superstar, Serena Williams and her daughter posing on a tennis court in matching sportswear. The 2-year-old Alexis Olympia Ohanian posed like an experienced tennis player as she held her bat and played alongside her mum, who is a professional tennis player. See below for more of […]

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I once had a crush on Ghanaian footballer, Essien –Chimamanda Adichie

Outstanding novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has said she once had a mild crush on a Ghanaian footballer, Michael Essien, after the Ghanaian team defeated the United States at a World Cup tournament that Nigeria did not qualify for. She made the revelation in the introduction she wrote for a picture book, Africa― The Future of Football, […]

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$700,000 owed Super Falcons for World Cup participation paid –FIFA confirms

World football governing body, FIFA, has confirmed it has paid Nigerian Football Federation the outstanding $700,000 owed to the Super Falcons for participation in the 2019 Women’s World Cup. Nigeria’s women’s team, the Super Falcons participated in the Women’s World cup in June 2019 and as at February 2020 had not received payment of $1m […]

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Nigeria’s Super Falcons move up in latest FIFA world ranking

Nigeria’s Super Falcons have been ranked as the first team in Africa after moving up by one spot to place 38th in the world in the FIFA Women’s World Football Ranking. In the ranking table for the month of March on the website of world football governing body FIFA on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1,614 points. […]

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Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah, Somali football legend, dies of coronavirus

Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah, a Somali Football Legend has been confirmed dead after testing positive for coronavirus. Farah who was an advisor to the Minister of Youth and sport in Somalia, died at Northwest London hospital on Tuesday March 24 after a medical test confirmed he had the virus last week. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Somali […]

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Rangers Int’l striker, Ifeanyi George, two others killed in auto accident (Graphic Photos)

Rangers FC striker, Ifeanyi George has been confirmed dead after he was killed in a car crash on Sunday morning. The 26-year-old former Enyimba star was travelling from Enugu to Lagos with two unidentified teammates when they ran into a heavy-duty truck along Benin-Ore road, with none of them surviving the ghastly accident. It was also revealed […]

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Nigerian MMA fighter, Israel Adesanya defeats Yoel Romero to retain UFC Middleweight title (Photos, Video)

On Sunday morning, Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya, 30, defeated Yoel Romero by unanimous decision in the UFC 248, technically beating the 42 year old Cuban fighter 48-47 x2, 49-46 on points to retain the World UFC Middleweight championship title of the world. UFC lovers very well know that Adesanya and Romero are the two most unpredictable fighters in […]

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Funke Oshonaike qualifies for seventh Olympics event

Nigeria’s veteran women’s table tennis player, Funke Oshonaike, has set a new African record by becoming the first African woman to qualify for a 7th Olympic event and has revealed she will retire from the game after participating in the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. Oshonaike, 45, defeated Cameroon’s Sarah Hannfou 4-1 (12-10, 11-4, 4-11, […]

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Kano Pillars team manager, Kabiru Baleria passes away

Kabiru Baleria, the team manager of Kano Pillars Football club has died at the age of 57. Pillars’ spokesman, Rilwanu Malikawa Garu confirmed his death on Tuesday in a press statement. According to the statement, Baleria died on Tuesday evening at Doctor’s clinic in Bompai quarters in Kano Municipality. The statement added, “Baleria died at […]

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“Working and being a mom is not easy” –Serena Williams admits

Serena Williams shared a new photo of her cradling her sleeping daughter as she opened up about how hard it is balancing motherhood with a career. The professional tennis player wrote: “I am not sure who took this picture but Working and being a mom is not easy. I am often exhausted, stressed, and then […]

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Yobo appointed as Super Eagles’ Assistant Coach

Former Super Eagles’ defender and captain, Joseph Yobo, has been appointed as assistant coach of the team by Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). He replaces Imama Amapakabo in the three –time African champions’ technical crew. Yobo, who played for the Nigeria U20 boys – Flying Eagles – during the FIFA World Youth Championship (now known as […]

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Asisat Oshoala’s Barcelona beats Real Sociedad 10-1 to win Spanish Supercopa Femenina title (Photos)

Super Falcons of Nigeria captain, Asisat Oshoala scored two goals as her Barcelona side demolished Real Sociedad 10-1 to win their first ever Spanish Supercopa Femenina title on Sunday. The Spanish club side had already wrapped up the game in the first half, after goals from Marta Torrejón, Alexia , Marta Torrejón, Nigeria’s Oshoala and […]

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3 weeks after their wedding, Nigerian couple emerge as the first Nigerian finishers of Lagos 42km race

Emmanuel Gyang and his wife, Deborah Pam, have emerged as the first Nigerians to complete the 42km race at the 2020 Lagos City Marathon. According to Punch, Gyang, who was the fist male Nigerian, finished 33rd overall with a time of 2:25.30secs. Pam was the first female Nigerian to get to finish in her category, […]

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