By: Ganiyu Olayinka Canada became the first of the co-hosts to be eliminated from the World Cup after Morocco secured a convincing 3-0 victory on Saturday in Houston to book a place in the quarter-finals. The 2022 semi-finalists will now face either tournament favourites France or Paraguay as the competition moves into its decisive stages…
By: Tunji Okunlola Brighton & Hove Albion have secured the signing of Nigerian winger Zadok Yohanna from Swedish club AIK Stockholm, with the 18-year-old putting pen to paper on a five-year contract running until June 2031. The Premier League club confirmed the deal on Saturday across their official website and social media channels, though financial…
By: Tunji Okunlola The Middle Belt Tigers etched their names into Nigerian cricket history on Saturday, defeating the Southern Sharks by six runs in a pulsating grand finale at the TBS Cricket Oval in Lagos to claim the inaugural Nigeria Super League title. In a championship clash that kept spectators on the edge of their…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka Nigeria’s Samuel Ogazi has done it again. The 20-year-old quarter-miler produced a stunning 43.95 seconds at the SEC Track and Field Championships in Auburn, Alabama, to set a new national record and claim a joint world-leading time in the men’s 400m. The run makes Ogazi the first Nigerian ever to break the…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé is refusing to let Ballon d’Or fever distract him. Despite mounting media speculation that he could retain football’s most prestigious individual prize, the French winger insists his mind is solely focused on bringing more collective glory to the French capital. Dembélé, the reigning Ballon d’Or holder, claimed…
By: Olayinka Ganiyu Nigeria’s sprint stars Tobi Amusan and Rosemary Chukwuma delivered a golden double for Team Nigeria on the second day of the 2026 African Senior Athletics Championships in Accra, Ghana. World record holder Amusan dominated the 100m hurdles to claim gold and cement her continued reign over the event, while Chukwuma took the…
By: Tunji Okunlola Rema set to headline the FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Ceremony and Nigeria couldn’t be prouder There are moments that stop you mid-scroll and make you smile and the news that broke on Saturday morning was one of them. Nigeria’s own Divine Ikubor, better known to the world simply as Rema, has…
By: Tunji Okunlola Nigeria’s women’s basketball team concluded their historic United States tour on a difficult note, suffering a 105-57 loss to Indiana Fever at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Sunday, wrapping up a winless three-game series against WNBA opposition. The result, played before a crowd of just over 10,000, was effectively settled before half-time….
By: Tunji Okunlola Wrexham’s Premier League dream has been delayed by at least another season after a 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough on the final day left them outside the Championship play-off places, with Hull City taking the last available spot. The Welsh club went into the game sixth, level on goal difference with Hull, knowing…
By: Yetunde Ayedogbon Following a 1-1 draw, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid will move on to the second leg of their Champions League semifinal match.Penalty rulings and VAR intervention determined the outcome of the first leg.Just before halftime, Viktor Gyokeres scored a penalty to give Arsenal a crucial advantage. However, Julian Alvarez’s spot kick into the…
