Super Eagles Land In Cape Verde For Qatar 2022 Qualifier
Nigeria Super Eagles’ contingent for Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying tango with the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde landed on the island of Mindelo on Monday morning. A total of 21 players were on the four-hour special jet of Air Peace flight from Lagos following the departure of UK-based players who returned to […]
Djokovic Moves On At US Open As Top-Ranked Barty Ousted
Novak Djokovic moved within four matches of completing the first men’s singles calendar-year Grand Slam in 52 years on Saturday while top-ranked Ashleigh Barty was eliminated from the US Open by a stunning fightback from American Shelby Rogers. World number one Djokovic defeated Kei Nishikori 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-3, 6-2, taking his 17th consecutive victory […]
Iheanacho Double Downs Liberia As Nigeria Tops World Cup Qualifying Group
Nigeria kicked off their World Cup qualifying campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win over Liberia on Friday.A double from Kelechi Iheanacho gave the Super Eagles the perfect winning start. The Leicester City striker opened the scoring midway through the first half before ensuring the win with a 44th-minute strike. Nigeria, who is seeking to reach […]
Osaka Considers Another Break From Tennis After US Open Loss
Naomi Osaka looked over at her agent and said she wanted to tell the world what the two of them had discussed privately in an Arthur Ashe Stadium hallway after her U.S. Open title defence ended with a racket-tossing, composure-missing, lead-evaporating defeat in the third round. His reply: “Sure.” And then Osaka, pausing every so […]
Ten-man World Champions France Held To Disappointing Draw By Bosnia
World champions France were held to a disappointing 1-1 home draw by Bosnia and Herzegovina after playing almost half the game with 10 men in a World Cup Group D qualifier on Wednesday. Nine weeks after their shock loss to Switzerland in the last 16 of Euro 2020, the French team had Antoine Griezmann to […]
Minister Salutes Team Nigeria’s Paralympians ”I’m Proud Of You”
The minister of youth and sports development, Sunday Dare, has congratulated Team Nigeria’s Paralympian for making the country proud at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Receiving the victorious first batch of the Paralympians back from Tokyo yesterday at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, the minister said: “I’m proud of these […]
Cristiano Ronaldo Breaks Men’s All-time International Scoring Record
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his 110th international goal for Portugal to overtake Iran’s Ali Daei as the men’s all-time international goal scorer. The newly minted Manchester United man’s record mark arrived in the 89th minute of Portugal’s World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland. Goncalo Guedes swung in a cross from the right wing, […]
Premier League Spending Tops £1bn On Transfer Deadline Day But Still Less Than Previous Year
Cristiano Ronaldo completed his shock move back to Manchester United on transfer deadline day to help push Premier League clubs’ outlay past £1bn – but overall spending has dropped for the second year in a row. The Portugal forward’s eye-catching Old Trafford return was one of the early moves to be rubber-stamped on Tuesday, before […]
US Open: Naomi Osaka Wins In First Grand Slam Since French Open Withdrawal
Defending champion Naomi Osaka claimed a straight-set victory at the US Open on her first Grand Slam appearance since withdrawing from the French Open. The Japanese third seed, 23, ground down Czech world number 87 Marie Bouzkova for a 6-4 6-1 first-round win. She will play world number 145 Olga Danilovic of Serbia next. Osaka […]
Marcel Sabitzer Reunites With Nagelsmann At Bayern Munich
Austria midfielder Marcel Sabitzer will be reunited with former coach Julian Nagelsmann at Bayern Munich after completing a move from RB Leipzig, the German champions announced on Monday. The Leipzig captain, who has signed a deal up to 2025, was left out of the squad for Sunday’s 1-0 loss at Wolfsburg. “I’m delighted to have […]
