Category: The Sports Blog
Nnamdi Ehirim, Tope Folarin make the VCU Cabell first novelist award longlist
The Coronavirus pandemic has turned all our news cycle into a round the clock barrage of perilous content, so much ...
Caster Semenya barred from competing at World Championships
The antagonism towards South African intersex athlete Caster Semenya doesn’t seem to end as she has just been barred from ...
ICYMI: See AFCON 2019 Best XI, top records and individual award winners
The 32nd edition of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) came to a climax late Friday after a very colourful ...
BREAKING: 29 years after, Algeria are AFCON champions again
Les Fennecs of Algeria have emerged winners of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, beating the Terranga Lions of Senegal ...
Super Eagles beat Tunisia, ends AFCON with record 8th bronze medal
The Super Eagles of Nigeria late Wednesday at the Al-Salaam Stadium in the Egyptian capital, defeated the Carthage Eagles of ...
BREAKING: Super Eagles lose to Algeria, to play Tunisia in losers final
The Super Eagles of Nigeria failed to qualify for the final of the ongoing African Cup of Nations hosted by ...
BREAKING: Senegal pip Carthage Eagles of Tunisia to qualify for AFCON 2019 Final
The Terranga Lions of Senegal have pipped the Carthage Eagles 1-0 to qualify for the final of the ongoing African ...
Nigerians troll rapper AKA on Twitter over Super Eagles’ triumphant victory against South Africa
We are still basking in the euphoria of the Super Eagles thrashing South Africa’s Bafana Bafana 2-1 in the 2019 ...
Super Eagles beat Cameroon 3-2 to qualify for 2019 #AFCON quarter-finals
Saturday’s Round of 16 encounter in the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) has seen the Super Eagles beat the ...
BREAKING: Super Eagles suffer shocking AFCON defeat to Madagascar
The Super Eagles of Nigeria were on Sunday humiliated 0-2 by the Barea of Madagascar in their last group game at ...
BREAKING: Super Eagles open AFCON campaign with 1-0 victory
The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Saturday began their campaign in the ongoing Africa Cup Of Nations (AFCON) with a bright start, ...
BREAKING: Falcons crash out of FIFA Women’s World Cup
The Super Falcons of Nigeria have crashed out of the ongoing FIFA Women World Cup in France, following a 3-o ...
BREAKING: Super Falcons qualifies for last 16 of Women World Cup
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have qualified for the second round of the ongoing FIFA Women World Cup in France. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeees! #SoarSuperFalcons ...
Caster Semanya has been barred from running in the 800m race in Morocco
Despite Switzerland’s highest court rejecting an IAAF request for eligibility regulations to be reimposed on Olympic champion and intersex athlete ...
Amstel Malta wants you to take the pledge and support the Super Falcons in the 2019 Women’s World Cup
A week into the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France and the tournament has seen the US trash Thailand 13-0, ...
Just In: Enyimba are League Champions for record 8th time
Enyimba Football Club of Aba has clinched the 2018/2019 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) title after a win 3-0 over ...
Chelsea condemns London rivals to Europa league next season
Chelsea Football Club of England has emerged the 2018/2019 UEFA Europa League Champions, hammering their London rivals, Arsenal to lift the coveted ...
See a list of the English Premier League records broken and awards given out on the final day
The 2018/2019 English Premier League came to a climax on Sunday with Manchester City beating Liverpool to clinch the trophy ...
Transphobia accusations aside; IAAF’s ruling against Caster Semanya answers a big problem about the legitimacy of elite sports
Over the weekend, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) ruled that the International Association of Athletics Federations could demand ...
AFCON 2019: Super Eagles gets ‘easy’ group ahead of biennial football showpiece [Full Group list]
The stage is set for the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, ...
Alas! Solskjaer’s finds a permanent spot at Old Trafford
Manchester United has finally cemented Ole Gunnar Solskjaer‘s position as the team’s permanent manager. The team in making the announcement ...
Special Olympics 2019 through the lens of award-winning photographer, Adedotun Soyebi
With 7,500 athletes participating, the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games which took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is the ...
Mohamed Salah is ready to sacrifice his Champions League dream for the Premier League title
The Reds are having a great campaign this season and are strong contenders for the Uefa Champions League and the ...
The Solskjaer effect may be the next big thing in European football as the Red Devils’ Cinderella story tells it rightly
Arguably the biggest comeback in sports on the year, Marcus Rashford hit an injury-time penalty kick against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), to ...
The most valuable player in the NBA wants you all to know he is 100% Nigerian
The NBA Milwaukee bucks point forward, Giannis Antetokounmpo, also known as the Greek freak, has in fact dispelled the popular ...
There’s nothing Aubameyang wants more than the Golden Boot
Arsenal superstar Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has admitted, on Saturday, that he is chasing the golden boot award. He also acknowledged the ...
For the first time in his career, Anthony Joshua could lose it all
The man who claims to have a heart that rivals 10 lions has promised to hand Anthony Joshua his first ...
Five African Players to Watch out for in the UEFA Champions League Knockout Stage
This season’s Champions league has stepped up to a notch as the first leg of the round of 16 had ...
Basketball in Africa is set for great things
It has been a exciting month for the game of basketball following the recently concluded NBA all star weekend, which ...
What is eSports and why is it the new craze for Nigerians?
There’s a chance you’ve heard the term before but to be safe, I’m going to assume you’ve all been living ...