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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated D’Tigress for qualifying for the quarter-final of the women’s basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President said D’Tigress would be the first African team in basketball to play in the quarter-finals at the Olympics. “The President commends the team for their uncommon ...
Fulham FC has confirmed the signing of Emile Smith Rowe from Arsenal for an undisclosed fee. The England international has penned a five-year contract, keeping him at Craven Cottage until the summer of 2029, with a Club option to extend by a further 12 months. A versatile attacking player, he primarily operated off the left ...
By Dr. Salau Dee Elf (NUGA Publicity Liaison Officer 1993-2001) The Nigerian Contingent to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games have landed in Paris ready for the Games. The Games which will hold between 26th July and August 11th 2024. The Nigerian contingent include Women’s Football, Boxing, Athletics, Cycling and Badminton. Others are Canoeing, Swimming, Table ...
Manchester City have been fined 2.09 million pounds (about 2.7 million dollars) by the Premier League in England for 22 instances of delaying the kick-off or restart of matches. The English champions have accepted the sanction, which relates to rule infringements over the past two seasons, the league confirmed on Wednesday. The issue is unconnected ...
Serbia’s top-seeded Novak Djokovic navigated a momentary lapse in the second set to defeat 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-4 at the Paris Olympics on Monday, advancing to the third round. In contrast, world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland had an easier day, dominating France’s Diane Parry 6-1 6-1 to also secure ...
Nigeria’s players in the men’s table tennis event of the ongoing Olympic Games on Saturday lost their matches in the first round of the competition. Quadri Aruna lost 3-4 in his round of 64 match at the South Paris Arena to Eduard Ionescu of Romania. Aruna’s hopes of repeating his Rio 2016 quarter-finals performance went ...
Telecommunications giant, Globacom, has offered Nigerians who will be travelling to Paris, France for the 2024 Olympics the most affordable data roaming packs during the global games. According to the company, the data roaming packs will ensure that visiting Glo subscribers to the Olympics can capture incredible photo and video moments of the global sporting ...
The Australian women’s water polo team are struggling to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus shortly before Friday’s start of the Olympic Games in Paris. The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced three more cases on Wednesday, bringing the number of infected players to five. On Tuesday, it was announced that two unnamed players had tested ...
Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi will not play in this week’s MLS All-Stars Game, Major League Soccer (MLS) said on Monday. This has come eight days after the Argentine superstar left the Copa America final match with an ankle injury. Messi was listed among unavailable players for Wednesday’s match in Columbus, Ohio, pitting MLS All Stars ...
The national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, are to play Serbia in an Olympics warm-up game at the Belgrade Arena, starting at 17:00 GMT (5 pm Nigerian time). This is the team’s second match ahead of the Women’s Basketball Tournament of the 2024 Olympic Games starting July 26 in Paris, France, following a 77-63 defeat to ...
Pope Francis has urged for an Olympic truce during the upcoming Paris Games, highlighting the Games' historical role as promoters of peace rather than conflict. "The Olympic Games, in ancient times, introduced a wise truce during the games," noted the Catholic Church leader in a message published on Friday. "In these turbulent times, where global ...
Manchester United have bought teenage French defender Leny Yoro from Lille, the Premier League club announced on Thursday. United said they had signed the 18-year-old until June 2029. British media reported that United were paying Lille 62 million euros (52.2 million pounds) with 8 million euros in potential add ons. “Signing for a club with ...
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan-Enoh, on Thursday said the Federal Government had approved more than N12 billion as the budget for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Owan-Enoh also told newsmen in Abuja that preparations for the games was on top gear. The Paris Olympics, which is its 33rd edition, is scheduled ...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday in Abuja donated the sum of N100 million to support the athletes representing Nigeria at the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics in Paris, France. The House Speaker, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, announced the donation during a special plenary session which had in attendance the Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Enoh. ...
Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has sought the collaboration of the private sector to reposition sports in the State. The governor said that sports had become a business that demanded adequate funding that the government alone could not shoulder. Otu stated this during the groundbreaking ceremony for the remodelling of the UJ Esuene Stadium ...
Gareth Southgate has resigned from his role as England manager on Tuesday after final loss at the European Championship. England lost 2-1 to Spain in Sunday’s showpiece in Berlin and the 53-year-old Englishman said after the game that he would discuss his future in charge of the national team. “As a proud Englishman, it ...
Belgian rider Maxim Van Gils has become the fourth rider to leave the Tour de France after contracting the coronavirus. Van Gils’ Lotto-Dstny team said on Tuesday that he has tested positive and showed mild symptoms on the rest day which was Monday. Denmark’s Michael Mørkøv, Juan Ayuso of Spain and Britain’s Thomas Pidcock had ...
No fewer than 1,500 students from across Africa will gather in Zambia to compete in 20 skills categories at the WorldSkills Africa 2025, a government official has said. Brilliant Habeenzu said that the upcoming competition slated for April 2025, would provide the young people an opportunity to gain knowledge on how to survive and earn ...
Spain substitute Mikel Oyarzabal scored four minutes from time to give his side a deserved 2-1 Euro 2024 final victory over England on Sunday. It was a record fourth European crown, as Gareth Southgate’s team lost in their second successive final. Oyarzabal finished off a swift counter-attack for the winning goal as Spain were crowned ...
By Dr. Salau Dee Elf (NUGA Publicity Liaison Officer 1993-2001) When Finidi George walked out of his coaching job with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in May, nobody envisaged that it would take this long before another foreign Coach would be unveiled, since the NFF cunningly made Finidi resign by informing him they will hire ...
Ollie Watkins struck a stunning injury-time winner as England beat the Netherlands 2-1 on Wednesday to set up a Euro 2024 final showdown with Spain in Berlin. It was an incredible finish to an evening that began badly for England, as Xavi Simons gave the Netherlands an early lead in the semi-final in Dortmund. However, ...
Napoli have announced the signing of Italy defender Leonardo Spinazzola from Serie A rivals Roma. The 31-year-old, who has 24 international caps, was part of his country’s squad which won Euro 2020. He was named in the team of the tournament following the Azzurri’s penalty shoot-out victory over England in the final at Wembley. Spinazzola ...
Defending champions Argentina reached the Copa America final after goals from Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi gave them a 2-0 win over Canada in Tuesday’s semi-final in New Jersey. Argentina will face either Uruguay or Colombia in Sunday’s final in Florida, a match that could represent the last shot at silverware for several senior squad ...
