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Arsenal winger, Bukayo Saka will not be playing for Nigeria’s Super Eagles in the future as he has been invited to play for England. The 19-year-old rejected the chance to represent Nigeria and has made England’s squad ahead of their upcoming fixtures against Wales, Belgium and Denmark. The young Arsenal star, was among the new […]
Continue ReadingInternational tennis star, Serena Williams withdrew from the French Open on Wednesday ahead of her second round match with an Achilles injury, as the American’s bid for a 24th Grand Slam title suffered another blow. The 39-year-old Williams, a three-time winner at Roland Garros, had arrived in Paris carrying an Achilles injury that prompted her […]
Continue ReadingNigerian MMA fighter, Israel Adesanya defeated Brazil’s Paulo Costa with a second-round TKO win to retain his UFC middleweight title in Abu Dhabi on Saturday night, September 26. The middleweight undefeated champion, 31, battered Costa’s front leg with multiple kicks to quiet the Brazilian fighter’s trash-talking in the first round of the main event on […]
Continue ReadingNaomi Osaka fought back from a bruising first set loss to overcome Belarusian Victoria Azarenka to win her second US Open Grand Slam title, in three years. After shaking off a 1-6 thrashing in the first set, the Japanese star rallied to beat her opponent 6-3 6-3 in the last two sets, to win the […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has promised to host the 1994 Super Eagles in recognition of their role in lifting the image of the country and to keep the memory of late Rashidi Yekini alive. Governor Abdulrazaq made this pledge while on a visit to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr Sunday […]
Continue ReadingInternational tennis star, Serena Williams’ quest to land her 24th Grand Slam singles title came to a stunning end after Victoria Azarenka defeated her in the semi-finals of the US Open in the early hours of Friday morning. Serena won the first set 6-1 but her Belarusian opponent won the last two sets 6-3 at […]
Continue ReadingSerena Williams has taken one step closer to land her 24th Grand Slam title, after claiming another victory at the US Open following her win against Sloane Stephens on Saturday, September 5. The 23-time Grand Slam champion, 38, lost her first set against Stephens, 27, before bouncing back in the last two sets, scoring 2-6, […]
Continue ReadingFormer Super Eagles defender, Ajibade Babalade has died at the age of 48 after suffering cardiac arrest. The retired footballer, who won bronze at the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal, died on Friday afternoon, September 4, while being rushed to the University College Hospital, Ibadan. A close family friend of the deceased confirmed […]
Continue ReadingFormer goalkeeper of Nigeria’s U17 and Flying Eagles, John Felagha, has passed away. He died in Senegal on Sunday, according to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). He died at the age of 26. NFF expressed condolence with the family of the late player in a tweet on Monday. The football federation tweeted, “Former National U17 […]
Continue ReadingFormer World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler, James “Kamala” Harris is dead. He died at the age of 70. WWE confirmed his death on their official web page. The WWE statement did not say the cause of death but according to a Facebook post by Kenny Casanova, the writer who said he co-authored Harris’ autobiography, the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-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 […]
Continue ReadingNigerian 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 […]
Continue ReadingEnglish-born Ghanaian footballer, Derrick Otim has died at the age of 24 after he drowned in a lake in the US. The former Nottingham Forest midfielder drowned on Friday, July 3, in Lake Keowee, South Carolina, according to reports. In 2018, Lake Keowee was branded South Carolina’s “most deadly body of water” in a local news article […]
Continue ReadingBeautiful 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 […]
Continue ReadingLiverpool football club of England are now the Premier League champions after Chelsea beat Manchester City 2-1 on Thursday night. Manchester city needed to win Chelsea in their clash to have a chance of defending the title against Liverpool next week but faltered after Chelsea’s two goals. It took Liverpool 28 wins and 86 points […]
Continue ReadingOutstanding 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, […]
Continue ReadingWorld 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 […]
Continue ReadingOne of Nigeria’s renowned power-lifters and star at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, Ndidi Nwosu, is dead. The death of Nwosu was confirmed by Queen Uboh, the former President of the Nigeria Powerlifting Federation. According to Ms Uboh, the husband of the late powerlifter Ikechukwu Nwosu, called her to convey the sad […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’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. […]
Continue ReadingAbdulkadir 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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