The Super Eagles secured a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Cape Verde on Tuesday in Lagos to reach the final round of African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup Finals. The Nigerian NewsDirect reports that in the match played at the…
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has urged the two gladiators in the leadership crisis rocking the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) to sheathe the sword and work for the progress of the game. He urged them…
The Super Eagles’ delegation to Saturday’s FIFA World Cup qualifier against Liberia in Tangier, Morocco flew into Lagos on Sunday morning aboard a chartered Air Peace flight, with team captain Ahmed Musa insisting they would best Cape Verde in their…
Norwich City have confirmed the appointment of Dean Smith as their new manager. Smith signed a two-and-a-half year deal to replace Daniel Farke at Carrow Road. Recall that Smith was recently dismissed by Aston Villa. City confirmed the news in…
Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, is set to disappoint the club’s manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, by refusing to retire from international football. Ronaldo has made 183 appearances for Portugal, scoring 115 times in the process. But the five-time Ballon d’…
Ezekiel Tiri on Saturday emerged champion of the 2021 CBN Governor’s golf Cup after finishing as the overall best nett winner of the one-day tournament in Abuja. Playing off handicap 18 and recording a gross score of 87, Tiri returned…
Uyi Akpata, president of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), has urged Nigeria’s male cricket team to fight for a berth in the 2022 T20 World Cup holding in Rwanda. Akpata said on Sunday against the backdrop of the team’s preparations…
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been named the EA Player of the Month for October, with Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel taking the manager’s award. Salah scored a hat-trick to inspire Liverpool to a 5-0 win over rivals Manchester United and…
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter Alexander Krassyuk says the venue for the highly-anticipated rematch with Anthony Joshua has been narrowed down to three options ahead of the fight likely to take place in the spring of 2022. Joshua lost his WBA, WBO,…
Three African nations have qualified for the next phase of the 2022 World Cup qualifying series in the African zone. They are Morocco, Mali and Senegal. Morocco are already guaranteed top spot in Group I with two matches left to…
