Category: The Sports Blog
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Messi talks about Neymar and his need for a psychologist
Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi who rarely airs his opinions had the most personal interview we have seen of him with ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Messi makes a case for football GOAT as he overtakes Pele
Lionel Messi since the start of his career in Spanish club Barcelona has been nothing short of phenomenal. His impression ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Anthony Joshua and Fury set to fight without their titles on the line
The last two years for heavyweight boxing has rested on the shoulders of three exceptional athletes: Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury ...
#YNaijaSportsAnalysis: Ronaldo to Man-U and Pogba to Juventus, seems like a good deal
It may seem like a totally ridiculous idea but there has been talk of Manchester United considering the prospect of ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Man Utd forward, Cavani, may be tagged a racist after using the “N” word
With the cancel culture, sometimes the banter culture taking full effect on social media, people find themselves walking on eggshells ...
#YNaijaSportsAnalysis: Is Anthony Joshua going to accept the biggest fight of his career?
Nigerian-British heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, this past weekend, put up another commanding performance, as he dominated his opponent Kubrat ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Barcelona set to butt heads with PSG | #UCLDraw
The group stages of the UEFA Champions League came to an end on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, and with it ...
“I will end you tomorrow” – Pulev threatens Anthony Joshua ahead of world title fight
To cap the year off for boxing fans round the world, unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was booked to take ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Surprising racist slurs are still used in the football world, see example | #BlackLivesMatter
Last night’s UEFA Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain FC and Istanbul Basaksehir FK, ended in a bit of a ...
#YNaijaSportsAnalysis: Is Messi still ahead after Ronaldo’s victory? See Stats
The football world last night got treated to arguably the biggest and certainly the most anticipated match of the UEFA ...
Could Mayweather’s return be an attempt to salvage Black American pride?
Former five-weight boxing world champion and flamboyant boxer, Floyd Money Mayweather, has announced his return to boxing after a three-year ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: 54 year old Mike Tyson makes his return to boxing, and here’s what to expect
It’s been about 15 years since the world was treated to a boxing bout from one of the history’s most ...
Soccer legend, Diego Maradona leaves a legacy of imperfect glory | #YNaijaSportsExtra
Argentine football legend, Diego Maradona has just passed on after suffering a heart failure. The fabled Argentina attacking midfielder suffered ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: At age 33 and 35, Messi and Ronaldo still dominate conversations for World best footballers
It’s been over a decade of dominance for both superstar players, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and even in their ...
FIFA is attempting a clean up of the Confederation of African Football, and ‘someone’ is answering for it
The international governing body of association football, Federation International de Football Association (FIFA), is once again forced to ban a ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Nigeria’s ‘global dominance’ in sports continues, as athletes of Nigerian origin make the NBA draft
It is becoming increasingly glaring that Nigerians are a very dominant people when it comes to the world of sports. ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: The Anthony Joshua vs Fury fight is one step closer to becoming a reality
For the past two years now, the biggest story surrounding the world of heavyweight boxing has centred around three key ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: The Fury/Wilder saga continues, as Wilder accuses Fury of cheating
In February, before the pandemic disrupted sporting events all over the world, we got to bear witness to one of ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Nigerian-born Efe Ajagba is set to face Tyson Fury for the WBC title
Could all the world heavyweight boxing championship titles be held by a Nigerian? Possibly, following news of Tyson Fury’s potential ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Here’s why the world is raving over Marcus Rashford
What defines an athlete? Most sports analysts would say said athlete’s level of play. And, in the world of sports, ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Ronaldo vs Messi showdown not happening, owing to a small misunderstanding
Remember how excited the football world was to discover that both Lionel Messi’s team Barcelona, and Cristiano Ronaldo’s team, Juventus, ...
#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: Lewis Hamilton joins the #EndSARS movement, then proceeds to break a world record
The record for most first-place victories in auto racing league Formula 1, now belongs to Lewis Hamilton, with a record ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: UEFA set to kick off tonight with a big bang as Man United takes on PSG
It is said that the first chapter of a book is often the difference between the readers finishing the entire ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Marcus Rashford’s attempt to end child hunger frustrated by the UK government
Having lived off food vouchers while growing up, Manchester United‘s Marcus Rashford is well aware of the distress of fighting ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: World’s most beloved athlete Cristiano Ronaldo contracts Covid-19
From the moment sporting leagues all over the world gradually and successively began reopening sporting events, the badgering question of ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Israel Adesanya picks a fight with the world’s most dangerous athlete
As it currently stands, Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya may just be the best pound for pound mixed martial artiste in the ...
#YNaijaSportsCoverage: Weird weekend for sports as big name teams face embarrassing losses | other updates
It was a strange weekend for the world of sports as major sport’s franchises across football basketball and even American ...
#YNaijaSportsAnalysis: Reasons why Liverpool and Manchester United fell flat on their face this weekend
Talk about a lack of energy, or perhaps over confidence, however you choose to look at it, there really is ...
#YNaijaSportsRoundup: Anthony Joshua’s promoter tests positive for Covid-19 | see other updates
Arsenal shuts down Liverpool Arsenal Thursday, via a penalty shoot-out that ended 5-4, took down the most menacing team in ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: UCL draws pit Ronaldo against Messi in the group stages
What teams are your squad up against? Is the dreaded question that follows the conclusions of the annual UEFA Championship ...
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