The Nigeria Referees Association has issued a warning to boycott officiating Nigeria league matches following incessant attacks of their members. NRA president Tade Azeez stated this...
British heavyweight Anthony Joshua has said that Bermane Stiverne ‘fits the criteria’ of opponent that he is hoping to face in his next fight. Last month,...
Sprint king Usain Bolt was named to the Jamaican Olympic team in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m races despite an injury that kept him from qualifying...
English Premier League clubs Sunderland and West Ham have joined Turkish club, Bekistas, in the battle to seure the signing of Super Eagles midfielder Ogenyi Onazi....
President of world football governing body, FIFA, Mr. Gianni Infantino and the Secretary General, Ms Fatma Samoura will arrive Nigeria in a fortnight on a two...
Leicester City record signing Ahmed Musa has declared that he is not under pressure to score goals and help the team as the new season approaches....
France forward Antoine Griezmann has won the award for Euro 2016 Player of the Tournament. UEFA announced that the 25-year-old was voted as the winner by...
Portugal overcame host France in the final of the European football championship thanks to their Guinea Bissau born striker Eder in the second half of extra...
Nigeria’s U-20 squad, Flying Eagles brightened their chances of qualifying for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Zambia after defeating Sudan’s U-20 team 2-1 in...
Arsenal are reportedly considering a £23m move for Barcelona winger Arda Turan, with the Catalan giants looking to cut their losses. The Turkish international joined the...
Juventus have revealed Arsenal have rejected their £34million bid for Alexis Sanchez. The Italian champions have stepped up their pursuit of the Chilean superstar by claiming...
Real Madrid have ended their interest in signing Manchester United target Paul Pogba, according to reports. Sky Sports claims that the Liga giants have no intention...
The IAAF’s Doping Review Board has turned down applications from 67 Russian athletes to compete internationally at the Rio Olympics as “neutral” individuals, following a blanket...
After Britain famously endured a 77-year wait between Wimbledon men’s champions, Andy Murray has given the host country a pair of titles in quick succession. Murray...
World number one Serena Williams beat German fourth seed Angelique Kerber to win a seventh Wimbledon and 22nd Grand Slam title. The American, 34, coped with...
The Nigeria Football Federation has shortlisted former Ethiopian coach Tom Sainfiet, Super Eagles’ caretaker coach Salisu Yusuf and Frenchman Paul Le Guen, who once coached Cameroon,...
Super Eagles vice captain, Ahmed Musa on Friday officially joined English premiership champions, Leicester City after passing his medicals. The former CSKA Moscow of Russia striker...
Milos Raonic became the first Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam final at Wimbledon when he stunned punch drunk seven-time champion Roger Federer in a...
Antoine Griezmann scored twice to beat knock World Champions Germany out of Euro 2016 and send France through to the final against Portugal on Sunday. France...
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi and his father Jorge will appeal against the 21-month prison sentences for tax fraud imposed on them by a Catalan court. Messi’s...
Serena Williams is once again one victory from a record-equaling 22nd Grand Slam title after powering her way into the Wimbledon final. In control from start...
Blessing Okagbare reclaimed her 100m women national title before a packed crowd at the Sapele Stadium, Delta State, during the All Nigeria Athletics Championships, making it...
Nigeria U-23 Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has sent a passionate appeal to President Mohammed Buhari to help to salvage the financial crisis rocking the Olympics team....
Indomitable Lions of Cameroon coach, Hugo Bross, has stated that the Super Eagles are not capable of stopping the team’s question of qualifying for the 2018...
Wales will celebrate their Euro 2016 campaign with an open-top bus parade in Cardiff on Friday. Wales, competing at their first major tournament since the 1958...
Roger Federer, Wimbledon, grand slam, cilicRoger Federer looked like he would lose badly at Wimbledon on Wednesday. A little later, he looked like he would lose...
Cristiano Ronaldo scored one goal and inadvertently set up the other as Portugal ground out a 2-0 win over Wales to march into the Euro 2016...
Argentina coach, Gerardo Martino has added his resignation to that of captain Lionel Messi’s, citing a leadership vacuum that was posing problems in picking a team...
France will look to beat Germany in a competitive fixture for the first time in 58 years when they face off in the semi-final of Euro...
West Ham United admit it would be “difficult” to keep Dimitri Payet from joining Barcelona or Real Madrid this summer should either of the La Liga...
South African athlete and self proclaimed ‘Blade runner’ Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to a 6-year jail term by a South African judge for the murder...
Former Argentina skipper and Barcelona star Lionel Messi and his father have been sentenced to 21 months for tax fraud. The duo, however, will not have...
Embattled U-23 Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has confirmed the availability of Chelsea’s midfielder, John Obi Mikel, for the Rio 2016 Olympics billed for next month in...
Jose Mourinho has claimed that becoming Manchester United manager is ‘not a dream job, it is reality’. The 53-year-old, who was sacked as Chelsea boss in...
Wales manager, Chris Coleman, says there will be ‘no love lost’ between Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo when they face off for a place in the...
Six-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams is back in the semifinals at the All England Club. The top-seeded American beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-4, 6-4 on...
The Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha Foundation was unveiled in Lagos on Tuesday in an elaborate ceremony attended by former teammates of the erstwhile Super Eagles captain...
CHAN Eagles captain, Chima Akas, and current top scorer of the Nigeria League, Godwin Obaje, top the list of 32 players shortlisted by the League Management...
2014 International Table Tennis Federation Star Player, Aruna Quadri, maintains his status as Africa’s best following the release of the July ranking by the world table...
World football governing body FIFA on Tuesday announced that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has become the first Member Association in Africa to implement the FIFA...
Six-time champion Serena Williams overcame a first-set blip to reach Wimbledon’s last eight with a straight-sets win over Svetlana Kuznetsova. Williams, 34, defeated the Russian 7-5...
Super Eagles striker, Ahmed Musa, is expected to undergo a medical test at Leicester City on Wednesday after a deal was agreed for the CSKA Moscow...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has decided to fast-track the Russian Olympic Committee’s (OCR) petition in defence of track and field athletes who want...
English Premier League champions, Leicester City have hijacked the deal to sign CSKA Moscow striker Ahmed Musa as the Super Eagles vice-captain is expected to complete...
National U-23 Eagles team suffered a 1-0 defeat against Mexico in a warm-up match on Sunday as part of the preparatory matches for the 2016 Olympics...
Defending champion Serena Williams did not need to work too hard to earn her 300th career Grand Slam match win and move into the fourth round...
Over 50 foreign-based athletes mostly from Europe and the United States of America have arrived in the country ahead of this week’s All-Nigeria Championships billed for...
A Frenchman being involved in a long — or rather very, very long — fifth set epic against John Isner at Wimbledon had a feeling of...
Lewis Hamilton passed Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg as they collided on the last lap in a thrilling finish to win the Austrian Grand Prix. Hamilton passed...
Manchester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, has expressed disappointment on his non-availability to play for Nigeria at the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Iheanacho made his City...