The Nigerian wrestling team to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will leave for Spain, today, to participate in a championship, which is part of the team’s build up to the Games, officials of the federation have said. The squad, comprising five…
Jin, a member of the immensely popular K-pop boy group BTS, is going to represent South Korea as an Olympic torchbearer at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. Evidently, being an Olympic torchbearer is a prestigious honour. It is a sign of…
French midfielder, Paul Pogba, has said he is seriously looking forward to making a return to the football pitch. Pogba who is currently serving a suspension from football told Sky Sport he has missed the game. “I am still a football…
Cristiano Ronaldo went from tears to cheers as the Portugal star recovered from missing a penalty during extra-time to score in his side’s dramatic shoot-out win over Slovenia in the Euro 2024 last 16 on Monday. Ronaldo had a chance to put…
After beating Team Nigeria to top the medals table at the just-concluded 23rd African Senior Athletics Championships, in Douala, Cameroon, athletes and officials of Team South Africa shifted their focus to football with the Super Eagles as…
The management of Abia Warriors will soon begin a recruitment programme that will see some of the current players dropped for younger ones, a member of the management team has said. Abia Warriors, who were tipped to beat El-Kanemi Warriors…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Thomas Bach, has enjoined all member nations to take advantage of the Olympic family principle and ensure that the world enjoys an unforgettable celebration of sports achievements at the…
Lagos State, at the weekend, dominated the South West zonal elimination of the National Amateur Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Championships, which featured fighters from all the states in the zone. More than 50 talented fighters from…
A comparison of the two national anthems will help us to appreciate the thinking of the Federal Government in the choice of the 1960 over the 1978 anthem. Sincerely there are similarities in the messages that these two anthems are set to…
Professional cyclist, Tijani Quwam, at the weekend, outpaced the field to win the third Cycling Lagos Championship, which featured riders from across the country. Riding in the men’s category, Quwan, from Lagos State, returned in a time of…
Cristiano Ronaldo leads the line for Portugal in their Euro 2024 last 16 clash with Slovenia on Monday in Frankfurt, looking for his first goal of the tournament. The 39-year-old striker will become the oldest player to score in the…
Inter Miami star Lionel Messi is joined by teammates Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Luis Suarez on the 30-player lineup announced on Monday for the MLS All-Star Game. The league’s top talents will face the Mexican League All-Stars on July…
England goalkeeper Mary Earps has joined Paris Saint-Germain women, the French club announced on Monday. Earps had been linked with PSG since announcing on June 29 she would not renew her contract with Manchester United. “The England…
Michy Batshuayi on Monday became the first foreign footballer to sign for all of Turkey’s big three clubs when he joined Galatasaray. “An agreement has been reached for the transfer of professional football player Michy Batshuayi for three…
Jan Vertonghen’s late own goal took France into the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 on Monday as they edged Belgium 1-0 in a tense tie in Duesseldorf. France had dominated the last-16 clash but their profligate finishing looked set to force…
Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, is still planning to leave Napoli before the end of the ongoing summer transfer window. This is according to Italian transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano who on Monday said that Osimhen’s exit from Napoli will…
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles is headed to the Paris Games with a resounding all-around victory at the US gymnastics trials on Sunday. Biles capped her trials with another electrifying floor routine, her high-flying…
Aston Villa have signing Samuel Iling-Junior and Enzo Barrenechea from Juventus for a combined 22 million euros (£18.6 million, $23.6 million), it was announced Monday The Italian club said English forward Iling-Junior, 20, had joined for…
Two-time champion Andy Murray begins his Wimbledon farewell on Tuesday against Tomas Machac. AFP Sport looks at five things to know about Machac, the Czech world number 38. – Two head-to-head wins – The 23-year-old has beaten Murray twice…
WBC bridgerweight champion, Lawrence Okolie, has accepted a fight Deontay Wilder in response to an exclusive World Boxing News story. WBN reported first on Saturday that WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman gave Wilder the green light to…
Officials of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) are still celebrating the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) dismissal of the appeals filed by World Athletics (WA) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the decision issued on…
President Federation Cup champions, El-Kanemi Warriors, will begin immediate fortification of the squad for the 2024/25 CAF Confederation Cup, which begins later this year, an official of the club has said. El-Kanemi defeated Abia Warriors…
England escaped an embarrassing last 16 exit at Euro 2024 thanks to Jude Bellingham’s overhead kick before Harry Kane struck in extra-time for a 2-1 win over Slovakia on Sunday. The Three Lions have been hyped as one of the favourites to…
France captain Kylian Mbappe admitted that playing with a mask to protect his broken nose was “absolutely horrible” as he prepared for Monday’s last-16 clash with Belgium at Euro 2024. “I didn’t think it would be, but playing with a mask…
Germany are through to the quarter finals of a major tournament for the first time in eight years, but clouds remain for Julian Nagelsmann’s Euro 2024 hosts. The home side won 2-0 in Dortmund, coming up not only against a determined and…
Novak Djokovic is poised to mount a one-man battle to preserve the legacy of Wimbledon’s golden generation in the face of an increasingly successful new wave spearheaded by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. However, the odds will be…
Majestic at the 2022 World Cup, Antoine Griezmann’s current struggles reflect that of a France side for whom the goals have worryingly dried up at Euro 2024 ahead of their last-16 clash with Belgium. France emerged from their group…
Argentina shrugged off the injury absence of Lionel Messi to maintain their perfect start at the Copa America on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Peru in Miami. Lautaro Martinez scored twice at the Hard Rock Stadium to seal a win that…
Switzerland dumped reigning champions Italy out of Euro 2024 with a stunning 2-0 victory on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals for the second time in their history. Murat Yakin’s supremely well-drilled side outplayed the flat two-time…