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Breaking: Man City defeats Manchester United on penalties to win Community Shield

August 10, 2024August 10, 2024Ayo Olowo

Manchester has defeated Manchester on penalties to win the community shield in the derby match. More to come

JUST IN: Tobi Amusan qualifies for 100m hurdles semis in 2024 Olympics

BREAKING: Tobi Amusan qualifies for 100-metre hurdles semi-finals in 2024 Olympics

August 7, 2024August 7, 2024Ayo Olowo

Tobi Amusan has qualified for the women’s 100-metre hurdles semi-finals at the 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday. Amusan led the pack of eight athletes with 12.49 seconds, followed by America’s Alaysha Johnson with 12.61 and Jamaica’s Janeek Brown qualified with 12.84 seconds. The 27-year-old is the world record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles. She […]

D’Tigress defeat Canada in basketball, becomes first African team to reach Olympics quarter-final

August 4, 2024Ayo Olowo

Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have qualified for the quarter-final of the women’s basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The team defeated Canada 79-70 in its final group game at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France, on Sunday. The victory earned D’Tigress their first-ever appearance in the quarter-final of the Olympics basketball tournament. Nigeria […]

BREAKING NEWS: Ivory Coast beats Nigeria 2-1 to win 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

February 11, 2024February 11, 2024Ayo Olowo

Hosts Ivory Coast came from a goal down to complete one of Africa Cup of Nations’ most memorable comebacks in a 2-1 victory over Nigeria in Abidjan. The victory means they have to been crowed champions of Africa for a third time. Nigeria captain William Troost-Ekong headed the Super Eagles in front against the run […]

BREAKING NEWS: Lionel Messi wins 2023 Ballon d’Or, his eighth

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023Ayo Olowo

Lionel Messi has been crowned the winner of the 2023 Ballon d’Or, the eighth time in his career. The announcement was made by David Beckham at the Ballon d’Or ceremony held in Paris, France. Receiving the award, a beaming Messi says: “Above all I have to congratulate everyone who was nominated for this award. I […]

BREAKING NEWS: Aitana Bonmati wins Ballon d’Or Feminin

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023Ayo Olowo

Barcelona and Spanish midfielder, Aitana Bonmati has been confirmed as the winner of the Ballon d’Or Feminin – the female category of Ballon d’Or. The Golden Ball had been the property of Spain and Barcelona striker Alexia Putellas for the last two years, but a long-term injury ruled the 29-year-old out for the majority of last season. […]

Super Eagles wins first friendly game in four years

October 17, 2023October 17, 2023Ayo Olowo

The Nigerian national team, on Monday earned a hard-fought 3-2 win against Mozambique at the Estadio Municipal De Albufeira Portimao in Portugal to end their 16 games without a win in a friendly game. Jose Peseiro made nine changes to the squad that played 2-2 with Saudi Arabia on Friday, with only Francis Uzoho and […]

How Tobi Amusan lost 100m Hurdles world title to Jamaica’s Williams

August 25, 2023August 25, 2023Ayo Olowo

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan Thursday night lost her world women’s 100m hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams in Budapest. Williams, 30, who had previously won in Beijing in 2015, timed 12.43 seconds to edge out Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico (12.44sec) with Kendra Harrison of the United States taking bronze (12.46). Meanwhile, Amusan and […]

Why AIU suspended Tobi Amusan provisionally, Amusan promises to fight back

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023Ayo Olowo

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has handed Nigeria’s world record holder, Tobi Amusan a provisional suspension for allegedly missing drug tests. AIU announced the sanction in a statement on its Twitter account on Wednesday. The AIU confirms that it has today charged and provisionally suspended Tobi Amusan (NGR) for 3 Whereabouts Failures. The Charge will […]

Carlos Alcaraz breaks Novak Djokovic’s dominance, wins 2023 Wimbledon

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023Ayo Olowo

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz won the Wimbledon men’s singles title for the first time, ending Novak Djokovic’s dominance with a stunning victory. 20-year-old Alcaraz, fought back from a nervy start to win 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 against the defending champion. Djokovic was going for a fifth straight win, an eighth men’s triumph and a […]