Sports
Zamfara to establish Football Academy
The Zamfara State Government says plans are underway to establish a Football Academy to revitalise the sports in the state....
Olympics: Nigeria’s Rena Wakama named best basketball coach
Nigeria’s first female basketball coach, Rena Wakama, has been named the ‘best coach’ at the Paris 2024 Olympics after guiding...
U.S win 2024 Olympics, Kenya lead other Africans on medals table
The U.S won the XXXIII edition of the Olympic Games on Sunday in Paris, but it was just by the...
Ex-African football boss Hayatou dies at 77
Issa Hayatou, the long-serving former president of the Confederation of African Football, has died at the age of 77. The...
41-year-old Cuban wrestler wins 5th Olympic gold medal
Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler, Nunez Lopez, on Tuesday won his fifth Olympic gold medal in the 130kg, beating Fernandez Acosta of...
Teenager Ogazi squeezes into men’s 400m final
Samuel Ogazi on Tuesday evening ran a personal best 44.41 seconds to qualify for the final of the men’s 400...
Paris 2024: D’Tigress stun Canada to seal historic Olympics quarter-final berth
Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, made history by qualifying for the quarter-final of the basketball event in the ongoing...
Nigerian boxer suspended from Olympics
The International Testing Agency on Saturday said it has provisionally suspended Nigerian lightweight boxer Cynthia Ogunsemilore after she tested positive...
Messi out of MLS All-Stars Game
Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi will not play in this week’s MLS All-Stars Game, Major League Soccer (MLS) said on Monday....
Museveni warns Uganda protest planners: You are playing with fire
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has told his citizens planning to protest on Tuesday that they are “playing with fire”...