Category: The Sports Blog
#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 ...
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 ...
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- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
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- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy