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Nigeria will meet Burkina Faso in their opening game of the WAFU B Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualifiers, which kicks off on May 15 at the University of Ghana Stadium, Accra.

Top table tennis stars nationwide have taken over the Ikoyi Club, Lagos, in search of honours at the fifth NNPC-NUIMS tournament, which has a brand-new Toyota Corolla as the star prize.

Ibrahim Babayo has been elected as the new Captain of the IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja. This appointment comes at a pivotal time for the club, as it aims to elevate its status to a global level and make significant strides in the world of golf.

Mats Hummels headed in the only goal as Borussia Dortmund stunned Kylian Mbappe and Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League semi-final second leg on Tuesday, winning 1-0 on the night and advancing 2-0 on aggregate to next month's final at Wembley.

President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Tonobok Okowa, has described the performance of the country’s relay teams at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Bahamas as a sign of good things to come at the Paris Olympics.

Nigeria is currently placed third in Group C of the 2026 World Cup African qualifying series.

Top golf stars from the West Africa region have enrolled for the second edition of the eTranzact Golf Classic, which will hold at the IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja, from May 15 to May 17, 2024, with a N20 million purse.

Paris St-Germain lost the Champions League semifinal first leg 1-0 to Borussia Dortmund but that doesn't mean they will go all out to score twice in the return game, manager Luis Enrique said yesterday.

Nigerian champions, Rivers Hoopers, started their campaign in the Sahara Conference of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in dominant fashion, securing two of Senegal and Rwanda’s APR in Dakar at the weekend.

New stars appear in La Liga every year, and the 2023/2024 season was no exception. Reliable bookmaker 1xBet selected several football players who pleasantly surprised with their mature play and became leaders of their teams. We deliberately do not include players of the calibre of Jude Bellingham or Ilkay Gundogan, whose level has long been…

Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique sought to take the pressure off his side going into Tuesday's Champions League semi-final second leg against Borussia Dortmund, telling them not to worry about having to win by two goals to reach the final.

Rafael Nadal was drawn on Monday with a qualifier in the first round of the Italian Open as the 22-time Grand Slam winner continues his comeback from injury on clay in Rome.

Referee Jarred Gillett will wear a camera during Monday's Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Manchester United, officials have announced.

A Malaysian national footballer suffered second-degree burns after he was splashed with acid in an attack at a shopping mall over the weekend, a sports official has said.

Borussia Dortmund striker Niclas Fuellkrug is on the brink of a Champions League final appearance at Wembley, just two years after plying his trade in the German second division, heading into Tuesday's semi-final second leg against Paris Saint-Germain.

Paris Saint-Germain are bidding to overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit and beat Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League semi-final return match on Tuesday, with the aim of bringing the curtain down on the Kylian Mbappe era at the club in the final at Wembley.

After winning two tickets on Day One of the 2024 World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas, Nigerian athletes ensured the job was completed on Sunday night, picking two more tickets for women's and men's 4x100m Relay. Both teams had missed the tickets on Saturday night. The victory ensured the men's team returned to the Olympics…

Five-time Nigerian basketball champions, Rivers Hoopers, reached a historic milestone at the 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL) on Sunday by defeating Armée Patriotique Rwandaise (APR) 86-82. With this victory, they became the first Nigerian team to win consecutive games at the BAL. This achievement followed their earlier triumph over AS Douanes, the 2023 BAL runners-up,…

In their bid to sign Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, Chelsea are willing to offer £77 million plus two players in the summer transfer window as a means of bolstering their attacking ranks, according to Italian journalist, Gianluca Di Marzio.

Former champions, Kano Pillars, have worked hard enough to be able to retrieve the Ardova Handball League title from Niger United when the league begins on May 13.

Nigerian champions, Enyimba, are bracing up for life without their head coach, Finidi George, who was recently employed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as Super Eagles coach.

The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), at the weekend named Quadri Aruna, Offiong Edem, Olajide Omotayo and Fatimo Bello as Nigeria’s flagbearers at the 2024 ITTF African Cup and Olympics qualification tournament billed for Kigali, Rwanda, from May 12 to 18. According to the prospectus of the tournament, each country is expected to present two…

Team Nigeria in the early hours of yesterday grabbed two tickets on day one of the World Relays, which began in Bahamas on Saturday. The World Relays is the qualification tournament for the men, women and mixed relays for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Team Nigeria began the competition on a good note with the…

Aston Villa's bid to finish in the Premier League's top four was rocked by a 1-0 defeat at Brighton, while Chelsea thrashed West Ham 5-0 to keep alive their hopes of European qualification on Sunday.

PSV Eindhoven were crowned Dutch champions for the 25th time on Sunday, the club's first title since 2018, in a season also notable for the implosion of rivals Ajax.

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez retained his undiputed super-middleweight world title with a convincing unanimous decision over fellow Mexican Jaime Munguia on Saturday.

As predicted by a board member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Victor Okorie, Team Nigeria grabbed two tickets on day one of the World Relays Saturday evening in the Bahamas. Okorie, who is with the athletes in the Caribbean Island, had told The Guardian in a telephone conversation before heading to the stadium…

Stakeholders in Nigerian football have called on coaches and other officials in the system to rally round new Super Eagles’ Coach, Finidi George, as he tries to qualify the country for the 2026 World Cup.

The Founder of Iwuanyanwu Nationale FC of Owerri and a renowned Nigerian politician and entrepreneur, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has expressed his commitment to support the African Support African Tourism Awards (ASTA) in advancing the Nigerian sports sector. Iwuanyanwu, who doubled as the President General of OhanaezeNdigbo Worldwide, was formally inducted as the Grand Patron of…

Team Nigeria could not present a team in the women’s 4x400m event at the World Relay, which began in Nassau, Bahamas, yesterday, due to the absence of U.S.-based speed star, Omolara Ogunmakinju. She sustained injury while competing in a Conference race in the U.S. a few days ago.

Real Madrid won La Liga on Saturday after beating Cadiz 3-0 before Girona defeated last year's champions Barcelona 4-2 to seal Los Blancos' triumph.

Erling Haaland scored four times as Manchester City thrashed Wolves 5-1 to move within one point of Arsenal after the Premier League leaders beat Bournemouth 3-0 on Saturday.

Ipswich returned to the Premier League for the first time in 22 years after beating Huddersfield 2-0 to secure promotion from the Championship on Saturday.