Russia banned from 2020 Olympics, 2022 FIFA World Cup

Russia will miss next year’s Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned the powerhouse from global sporting events for four years over manipulated doping data. WADA’s executive committee, meeting in Lausanne, decided that Russia be handed the four-year suspension after accusing Moscow of falsifying laboratory doping […]

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Anthony Joshua beats Andy Ruiz, reclaims world titles (Photos)

The British-Nigerian heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua has defeated the Mexican-American heavyweight boxer, Andy Ruiz Jr at the Diriyah Arena, Saudi Arabia to reclaim his IBF, WBA and WBO titles. Joshua lost the titles to Ruiz in a shocking June defeat in New York, United States. With his victory, Joshua has joined greats such as Muhammad […]

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Anthony Joshua, his mom Yeta Odusanya, Andy Ruiz, attend pre-fight gala dinner (Photos)

On Thursday evening (December 6), a pre-fight gala dinner was held at the Al Faisaliah Hotel in Saudi Arabia ahead of Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr. During the event, the British-Nigerian boxer was pictured kissing his mother Yeta Odusanya on the forehead as he arrived for the pre-fight gala dinner. Joshua’s opponent, Andy […]

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Super Falcons’ Chiamaka Nnadozie named best female goalkeeper in Africa (Photos)

Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie has been named the best goalkeeper in Africa, and the 14th best goalkeeper in the World by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics. The 18-year-old who caught the attention of many at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France earlier this year, made three appearances for the […]

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Nigeria’s Chiamaka, Asisat, Uchenna, nominated for 2019 African Women’s Player of the Year award

Asisat Oshoala, Chiamaka Nnadozie and Uchenna Kanu of the Super Falcons of Nigeria have been nominated for the 2019 African Women’s Player of the Year award by Confederation of African Football (CAF). The three Nigerian football stars who play for FC Barcelona Femení, Rivers Angels and Southeastern Fire respectively, were shortlised alongside seven other African footballers […]

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Boxer Anthony Joshua arrives Saudi Arabia for his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr (Photo)

Nigerian-British heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua has landed in Saudi Arabia ahead of his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr., which will take place on Saturday, December 7, 2019, in Diriyah. Anthony Joshua will be looking to regain his IBF, WBA and WBO titles after losing them in a shocking defeat to Ruiz Jr back in June […]

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England still pays me N5m monthly pension as ex-player, Nigeria must step up –John Fashanu

Nigerian-British former professional footballer, John Fashanu has disclosed that he still receives N5m monthly pension as an ex-English footballer as he talked about Tammy Abraham dumping Nigeria to play for England just like he did. Fashanu who talked about how hard it is to convince players of Nigerian descent to dump their adopted countries to […]

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In #DOHA2019, Jamaica’s Fraser Pryce returns as world’s fastest woman

Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a 10.71 seconds to win the world 100 metres title at the 2019 World Championships in Doha on Sunday, September 29th instantly earning herself title of the fastest woman in the world. Fraser-Pryce, who was away in the 2017 edition of the tournament to have her son, stunned with a 10.80 […]

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Thunder lightning struck players during football match (Video)

  Thunder lightning struck players in a Cup football match between Wolmer’s Boys’ School and Jamaica College (JC) at the Stadium East field, resulting in the match being called off, MySportDab reports. Jamaica College player, Terrence Francis, along with Dwayne Allen of Wolmer’s, were both taken to hospital for observation after the incident, with Francis having to […]

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British Heavyweight boxer, Tyson Fury, defeats Otto Wallin in a 12-round bout (Photos)

British Heavyweight, Tyson Fury, despite being blind in one eye for a majority of the match, held his own, and took down the undefeated Swedish fighter, Otto Wallin in their heavyweight boxing fight Saturday night. The undefeated Fury, standing at 6ft9, won the 12-round bout against Otto Wallin, 6ft5, in a unanimous decision and with […]

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Teenager, Bianca Andreescu beats Serena Williams in the US Open final

Bianca Andreescu defeated Serena Williams to become the first Canadian to win US Open women’s singles final. She clinched the title with a two set win over the 6-time US Open champion, Williams 6-3, 7-5. Williams made her first Grand Slam appearance before Bianca Andreescu was born. The second Canadian woman after Eugenie Bouchard to […]

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Saraki, his sons watch Arsenal vs Tottenham match at Emirates stadium (Photo)

Former Nigerian senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, shared this photo and wrote: “just getting to the Emirates stadium to watch the NLD (Arsenal vs Tottenham) with my sons, Seni and Niyi. Feels so refreshing to be able to watch the match of great rivals especially with family.” After the match, he wrote: “what was a […]

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Serena Williams moves to Round 2 in US Open, beats Maria Sharapova in Round 1

Tennis international, Serena Williams once again thrashed Russia’s Maria Sharapova in the first round of the US Open, winning 6-1 6-1, in what was clearly a dominant display by the 23 Grand Slam winner. The clash, which was expected to be a riveting affair, turned one-sided as the 37 year-old American overpowered the 32 year-old […]

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Former Super Falcons midfielder, Ifeanyi Chiejine has passed away

A former Super Falcons player, Ifeanyi Chiejine, has passed away! According to a statement released today, Thursday, August 22, by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Chiejine died after a brief illness on Wednesday August 21. Until her death, she was playing for SSVSM-Kairat Almaty in the Kazakhstani Championship. The midfielder captained the first Nigerian team to the […]

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Samson Siasia banned for life by FIFA

World football governing body, International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has placed a life ban on former Super Eagles star player and coach, Samson Siasia. The Nigerian international was banned for life for an offence bothering on bribery. FIFA says on its website on Friday that “the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has found […]

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Liverpool defeat Chelsea to win UEFA Super Cup

Liverpool defeated Chelsea 5-4 via penalty shoot-out to win the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday after a richly entertaining match in Istanbul finished 2-2 at the end of extra time. In the shoot-out, every penalty had found the net before Tammy Abraham’s effort was saved by Spanish goalkeeper Adrian, allowing the European champions to win […]

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Nigerian Youth Corper and a soldier in push-up competition, see who won (Video)

A Youth Corps member and a soldier got into a push-up competition in orientation camp and it was an interesting battle. The competition was keenly observed by other corps members. It was intense and lasted for a while as both men didn’t want to give up. Eventually, the soldier threw in the towel, making the […]

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Serena Williams handed victory to Andreescu, Canadian, as injury forces her to retire from Rogers Cup final

Tennis star, Serena Williams was forced to retire after four games during the Rogers Cup final because of back injury leaving her still seeking her first title since becoming a mother. Serena Williams retired, after four games in the final against Bianca Andreescu, handing the title to Andreescu, the 19-year-old of Canadian and Romanian descent […]

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