Category: The Sports Blog
#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 ...
#YNaijaSportsRoundup: Is English football facing bankruptcy? | See other updates
English football faces a terrible dilemma as they teeter towards the brink of bankruptcy. Owing to the financial strain brought ...
#YNaijaSportsRoundup: Anxiety in Liverpool over Alcantara’s COVID-19 status, Mcgregor challenges Manny Pacquiao
Here’s our daily news roundup for Sports: The world of sports each day presents us with wildly interesting turn of ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: All the upsets this weekend and our prediction for the Liverpool vs Arsenal match
Football surely comes with its surprises. Who would have known that football clubs will, in this century, get three penalties ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: See the Underdogs vs the Top dogs for the NBA finals
It’s time for the NBA finals and two big-name teams, the Miami Heats and the Los Angeles Lakers are set ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: The Lakers face a huge threat on their way to the NBA finals
The Los Angeles Lakers, a premier team in the National Basket Ball Association (NBA), and one of the few, if ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Irony as presumably racist sports brand; NASCAR gets a black owner
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing; Nascar, an American auto racing company, gets a new outlook as it ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Panic in European sports world as coronavirus halts live fan attendance
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus and the necessary lockdown in some parts of the world, the topic of how ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Ronaldo just may win his 6th UEFA cup as he teams up with Pirlo
As we look to begin the new season of Italian football league, Serie A, all eyes are on the reigning defending ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: We are excited about Isreal Adesanya’s scheduled fight and he is unbothered
Mixed martial arts specialist and Ultimate Fighting Champion’s (UFC) middleweight champion, Isreal Adesanya in a recent interview disclosed how he ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Iwobi’s stint with Everton may be coming to an end
The world of sports is riddled with sometimes great and other times bad decisions when it comes signings. Sports analysts ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Here’s the NBA game the whole world is talking about
Basketball is usually a tough sell for the typical Nigerian sports fan, as we tend to gravitate more towards soccer ...
