After 50 years Pele’s 1,000th goal remembered
Abedi Pele The revered Brazil striker Pele scored his 1,000th goal on November 19, 1969, at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium in a match between his beloved Santos and local…
Brazil beat Mexico to win FIFA U-17 World Cup; France pick third place
The final day at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019™ came to a close with an increasingly familiar scene: Brazil raising the trophy aloft as world champions. A Seleção…
How Super Eagles tamed Lesotho in six-goal thriller
Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Sunday stayed solid at the top of their qualifying group for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with a convincing win against Lesotho in Maseru. This…
Buhari congratulates Golden Eaglets, says ‘I am very proud of you’
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria for a fantastic beginning in the group opening match of FIFA World Cup Brazil 2019. Nigeria Under-17 football team opened…
‘I don’t look for records, they look for me’, says Ronaldo after 700th goal
Cristiano Ronaldo has lost count of the number of records he has broken, the Portugal forward said after scoring the 700th goal of his career during a 2-1 defeat to…
English players suffer racism in Bulgaria as England trash host 6-0
England bounced back from their first tournament qualifying defeat for 10 years with a 6-0 thrashing of Bulgaria on Monday in Sofia in a Euro 2020 Group A clash which…
Footballer wins ‘Man of God’ headband fine appeal, donates money to hospital
A New Orleans Saints linebacker and team captain Demario Davis fined over $7,000 for wearing a headband with the words “Man of God” displayed across the front has won his…
Racism made me a fighter, now I’m UFC Champion – Adesanya
New UFC middleweight champion, Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya was just 10 when his family uprooted him from Nigeria to an all-white school in New Zealand. The only black kid in his…
Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball: Kaduna Angels beat Taraba Hurricanes in Savannah conference
Kaduna Angels Basketball Club on Tuesday defeated Taraba Hurricanes 40-33 in their opening match in the Savannah Conference phase of the 2019 Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League. The News Agency…
Oduduru, Okagbare win appeal, reinstated into World Championships
Divine Oduduru and Blessing Okagbare have been reinstated into the World Championships in Doha. Both athletes were disqualified for not showing up in the 100m race after being listed to…