World 100m hurdles champion and record holder Tobi Amusan has revealed that she almost quit athletics last year. The 25-year-old athlete last year became the first Nigerian world champion in athletics, when she won the 2022 World Championships 100m hurdles gold medal, setting the current world record of 12.12secs in the semi-final, followed by a…
Serie A giants, AC Milan and Inter Milan are keen on a move for Arsenal loanee, Folarin Balogun. Balogun is turning heads with his performance for modest Ligue 1 club, Stade Reims, this season. The 21-year-old has scored 16 goals and provided two assists in 26 league appearances for Reims since arriving on loan from…
Former Head Coach of Super Falcons, Nigeria’s women’s senior national team, Ismaila Mabo is dead. He died in the early hours of today. According to family sources, the former national player and captain of Mighty Jets Football Club of Jos died after a protracted illness at his residence in Jos, Plateau State. Funeral activities have…
Doctors are still not certain when Brazilian striker Neymar will be able to return to play despite a successful ankle operation in a Qatari hospital, a Paris Saint-Germain medical chief said on Saturday. The French club said before Friday’s surgery that the 31-year-old could be out for up to four months, ruling him out of…
Despite missing out on the FIBA World Cup, Nigeria’s men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, retained their position as the number one team on the continent and 19th in the world in the latest FIBA World rankings. At the recently concluded window of the African qualifiers for the World Cup in Luanda, D’Tigers won two games, defeating…
Novak Djokovic’s 20-match win streak and the perfect start to 2023 came to an end on Friday when Daniil Medvedev won their Dubai Championship semi-final in straight sets. Medvedev came through 6-4, 6-4, and will face Russian compatriot Andrey Rublev, the defending champion, in Saturday’s final. World number one Djokovic had been undefeated since claiming…
Tickets for Anthony Joshua vs Jermaine Franklin have not been selling as expected and it appears fans have branded the contest uninteresting with thousands of tickets still available. The O2 Arena’s website shows that there are loads of sections with available seating just a month out from the fight on April 1. Joshua has lost…
French football legend Just Fontaine has passed away at the age of 89. Fontaine – who was born in Morocco but represented France internationally – is best known for scoring the most goals in a single World Cup after he netted 13 times in just six matches in the 1958 tournament in Sweden. After making…
Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has activated the goals bonus in his contract after scoring his 20th goal of the season, which obligates Napoli to pay him a bonus of €130,130 (N64m). The Nigeria international scored in Napoli’s 2-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League round of 16 to take his tally for the…
The body of ex-Chelsea and Newcastle winger, Christian Atsu has been found in the aftermath of the earthquake in Turkey. Atsu’s agent, Nana Sechere confirmed and disclosed this on his Twitter handle as reported by Sky News on Saturday. He wrote, “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce to all…
