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National Youth Games champion Michael Aniche and Adaeze Ezeh showed their class at the MTN Schools’ Athletics Championships in Benin after leading their teams – Baptist Vocational of Rivers State and Vision High School of Anambra to dominate the cadet event at the three-day tournament held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium. 883 athletes across 157 schools in the three age ... Read More »

The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh has called for expansion of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) Congress, in order to accommodate other relevant stakeholders and ensure proportional representation for the good of the game. The minister asserted that football’s economic, social and cultural value to Nigeria and its citizens means that whatever needs to be done for ... Read More »

Atlas Lions of Morocco have become the first African country to reach the semi-final of the World Cup after beating Portugal 1-0 become first African team to reach World Cup semi-final Youseff En-Nesyri’s header in the 42 minutes of the quarter-final game was the lone goal that eliminated Cristiano Ronaldo’s dream of winning the World Cup trophy in Qatar. Morocco ... Read More »

Manchester United and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has broken another record by reaching 500 milion Instagarm followers. Ronaldo recently broke the internet with a stunning photo with Lionel Messi, which caused shockwaves in the football world, with some declaring it is the best sports photo of all time. Ronaldo is the most followed person on social media in the world. ... Read More »

Nigeria may be stripped of one of the gold medals won at the recently held Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England owing to doping crisis. This is as the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced the provisional suspension of sprinter Grace Nwokocha. Nwokocha was part of the quartet that won gold in the 4x100m relay at this year’s Commonwealth Games. Our correspondence ... Read More »

Oleksandr Usyk out boxed Anthony Joshua to retain his IBF, IBO, WBA (Super) and WBO titles in a split decision on Saturday. The Judges scored the fight 115-113 to Joshua, 115-113 to Usyk and 116-112 to Usyk. Read More »

L-r: Golfer, Junior Egbakumeh; Chairman of NOVA Merchant Bank, Mr. Phillips Oduoza; Chairman, NOVA Asset Management Co, Osemwengie Ede; and Enterprise Commercial Lead, Middle East and Africa, Microsoft, Akin Banuso, at a Special Golf Competition held at Ikoyi Golf Club in Lagos on Saturday Read More »

Cristiano Ronaldo is now the football all-time highest goalscorer with his first and second goals equaling and breaking Josef Bican’s 805 goal record on Saturday. Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick on Saturday which took his tallies to 807 goals being the highest in football history. The hat-trick, being the 59th of his blistering career, were his 805th, ... Read More »

Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku has been linked in a shock move to rivals Tottenham to reunite with former Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte, according to Gazzetta Dello Sport. The Belgian is in the midst of a controversy after stating that he wanted to return to Italy and did not like Thomas Tuchel’s style in an interview with Italian media. The ... Read More »

Victor Osimhen and Ahmed Musa were on target as Nigeria defeated Liberia 2-0 in their 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying match on Saturday. Despite coming back from international retirement, Al Shabab striker Odion Ighalo did not make the match day as Gernot Rohr went for Nantes’ Moses Simon, Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho and Napoli’s Victor Osimhen in the attack. The ... Read More »