Sport

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development obviously tugged at the tail of a tiger last week when the minister announced the dissolution of 31 National Sports Federation boards. It followed up almost immediately with […]

All six English clubs involved in the European Super League plans have dramatically quit the hated competition following a huge backlash from fans. Like dominoes, one-by-one clubs fell back into line with their Premier League […]

Plans for a European Super League (ESL) collapsed on Tuesday as Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham joined Manchester City in withdrawing from controversial proposals that provoked a furious backlash. Chelsea are reportedly set to […]

A late strike from Paul Onuachu earned Nigeria bragging rights as the Super Eagles defeated Benin Republic 1-0 in the matchday 5 of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at the Charles de Gaulle […]

BMW has dropped Kiwi UFC superstar Israel Adesanya as an ambassador following his comments about rape. Adesanya was due to be unveiled as the new face of the BMW New Zealand on Monday, the same […]

By Abisola Olasupo British motor racing team McLaren has signed 13-year-old Nigerian American karter Ugo Ugochukwu on a long-term deal to aid his development through motorsport’s junior categories. “McLaren Racing today announced that it has signed […]

It is not yet time for me to take time off my tight schedule of burning national issues of political, a-political and un-political beats. But what happened to the famous Juventus Football Club of Italy […]

‘You can never hurt somebody for thinking big, trying to become great’ Israel Adesanya suffered the first loss of his MMA career at UFC 259 on Sunday night, but he is not deterred by the […]

It was a case of upcoming star meets superstar when Victor Osimhen took the chance to pose for a photo and exchanged jerseys with the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo after Napoli pipped champions Juventus in a […]

Kamaru ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Usman blasted away challenger Gilbert Burns on Saturday and extended his seemingly impregnable reign at the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight division with a third-round knockout at UFC […]

Nigerian nightmare, Kamaru Usman has dismantled his Brazilian opponent in the third round to retain his UFC welterweight belt. The fight took place in Las Vegas, Nevada last night, but on Sunday Nigerian time. He […]

By Gowon Akpodonor An attempt by a Nigerian to scuttle the ambition of the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, from seeking a position for the FIFA Council next month in Rabat, Morocco, […]

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 elections, Peter Obi, said he was pained to hear of the death of Joe Erico, a former Nigerian International and Super Eagles’ Assistant […]

Abuja 2003 All Africa Games gold medalist, Gbenga Oluokun has revealed how he almost took his life on two occasions due to depression. The skillful boxer, who represented Nigeria at Athens 2004 Olympic Games in […]

Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir played their Champions League match to a conclusion on Wednesday, 24 hours after it had been suspended, with Neymar scoring a hat-trick before saying both teams had felt compelled to […]