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World Athletics has cleared Tobi Amusan to participate in this month’s world championship in Budapest, Hungary. This means the reigning 100m hurdles champion will get the chance to defend her title. The world governing body for athletics has included Amusan in the list of Nigerian athletes that will compete at the tournament. But the 26-year-old’s […]

Burnley 0-3 Man City: Erling Haaland scored twice as City start the season with a win   The Premier League is back! The new season got underway as newly-promoted Burnley hosted the reigning champions Manchester City at Turf Moor. From the off, the champions showed that they haven’t missed a step as Kevin De Bruyne broke into space on the right […]

Nigerians knock FIFA over James’ two-game ban The England forward was given the marching orders in the 87th minute of the encounter after stamping on defender Michelle Alozie. England won the game 4-2 on penalties and booked a quarter-final clash against Colombia on Saturday. While it was confirmed that she would miss the quarter-final clash, […]

Lauren James will miss England's Women's World Cup quarter-final after being sent off during the second half against Nigeria for an apparent stamp How could you rate our super Falcons match vs three lionesses on England.  

England beat Nigeria 4-2 on penalties to reach the quarter-finals after the game finished 0-0 after extra time. Heartbreak for Nigeria, who dominated the game for large spells. England rode their luck and the European  champions went down to 10 players after Lauren James was sent off in the 87th minute. Nigeria dominate but fall […]

Chelsea have not actually escaped being relegated from the Premier League this season. Frank Lampard, who was appointed to take charge of the team following the sack of Graham Potter a couple of weeks ago, has lost all six matches, falling 3-1 to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium last night. The Blues have been relegated […]

Supporters of Ogun Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate protesting at office of the Independent National Electoral Commission over the poll result. Photo: Daud Olatunji James Abraham, Ted Odogwu, Daud Olatunji, Godwin Isenyo, Patrick Odey and Collins Sunday Candidates who lost Saturday’s governorship election and their supporters on Tuesday protested the outcome of the poll and […]

Guinea U-23 head coach, Morlayie Cisse has boasted that his team will beat the Olympic Eagles in front of their supporters on Wednesday (today). The Guineans will do battle with the Olympic Eagles in the 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations final qualifying round first leg future at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja. Cisse has […]

The draw for the Champions League quarter-final was conducted on Friday. Holders Real Madrid will take on Chelsea as they seek to retain their trophy. Manchester City take on Bayern Munich in what is easily the tie of the round. AC Milan take on Napoli in an all-Italian clash. FULL FIXTURES Real Madrid vs Chelsea […]

  The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, on Sunday, reiterated that its supporters won’t back down on their planned nationwide demonstration unless the Independent National Electoral Commission grants LP’s lawyers access to materials from the contentious February 25 presidential election. Controversies had trailed the outcome of the presidential election where presidential candidate of the All Progressives […]