Fans happy as Joshua knocks out Helenius in Saturday fight
English fans got a spice of joy as former world champion Anthony Joshua in the7th round knocked down stand-in opponent Robert Helenius in their heavyweight bout on Saturday. Helenius was…
D’Tigress in 4th heaven, Igoche hails fourth straight title victory
Foremost basketball promoter, Igoche Mark, has lauded Nigeria’s senior women basketball team, D’Tigress for their victory at the 2023 Afrobasket championship in Kigali, Rwanda. The defending champions D’Tigress on…
Women’s World Cup: Upsets, shocks as powerhouses crash out
There were fairytales in the first two weeks of the on-going Women’s World Cup being hosted by Australia and neighours, New Zealand with Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco, Norway and Australia…
WWC: Morocco joins Nigeria, South Africa to Round of 16; Germany out
Tournament debutants Morocco, Thursday, joined Nigeria and South Africa to advance to the knockout phase after defeating Colombia 1-0 in the ongoing FIFA Women World Cup and knocking out pre-tournament…
NSF’2024: Abiodun Inaugurates LOC, Says Ogun Ready To Surpass Past Editions
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Monday inaugurated a 16-man Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the 22nd National Sports Festival to be hosted by the state in 2024. Speaking…
UEFA sanctions Chelsea, Juventus for financial breaches
Chelsea have agreed a resolution with European football governing body UEFA that will see them hand over 10 million euros (about 11 million dollars or N850 million) to the soccer…
Women World Cup: FG sends strong message to Super Falcons
The Federal Government has sent a strong message to the Super Falcons charging them to continue to raise the country’s flag high at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup in…
FIFA Women World Cup: 10-woman Nigeria hold off Canada 0-0
Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Friday drew goalless with Canada’s women national team in Melbourne in their opening Group B fixture at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup holding…
Messi completes move to Inter Miami, Beckham says it’s dream come true
King of football, Lionel Messi, has completed his move to Inter Miami on a deal running to 2025, the Major League Soccer (MLS) outfit announced on Saturday. The 36-year-old Argentina…
Nigeria loses Gold medal for doping at 2022 Commonwealth Games
*From left, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Grace Nwokocha celebrate after winning the women’s 4×100 metres relay gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England…