‘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…
Okagbare, Oduduru risk expulsion from Doha games over entry form mix-up; NAF fingered
Two Nigerian medal contenders are in jeopardy of being booted from world championships because their federation entered them in events they never planned to run. The Nigerian Athletics Federation entered…
Azeez, Olayinka in, Balogun, Iheanacho out of Eagles team to face Brazil
Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has invited midfielder Ramon Azeez and forward Peter Olayinka into Nigeria’s 23-man squad for the Oct. 13 friendly with five-times world champions Brazil in Singapore on…
2019 Women’s World Cup in France best ever, says FIFA
FIFA’s Technical Study Group (TSG) hailed this year’s Women’s World Cup in France as the best-ever in the competition’s history. Nigeria’s Super Falcons participated in the tournament. It said the…
Asaba agog as Team Delta win 2019 National Youth Games
Delta state on Monday won the 2019 edition of the National Youth Games (NYG) held in Ilorin after garnering 104 medals comprising 41 gold, 32 silver and 31 bronze to…