Category: Sports

History Beckons As Georgia Oboh Makes LET Qualifying School finals
November 6, 2018 No Responses

History Beckons As Georgia Oboh Makes LET Qualifying School finals

Few weeks after competing at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Argentina, teenage golf sensation – Georgia Oboh at the weekend Morocco moves closer to making history after qualifying for the finals of the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School....
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Parliament Bans Sports Betting
October 26, 2018 No Responses

Parliament Bans Sports Betting

Albania’s parliament on Thursday passed a law banning sports betting and other forms of gambling in the country from 2019.  According to the parliament, the measure is to tackle addiction among gamblers and match-fixing in sport competitions, while also pro...
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FIFA Gives Nigeria, Ghana Deadline
August 15, 2018 No Responses

FIFA Gives Nigeria, Ghana Deadline

World football governing body FIFA on Tuesday said it would go on to suspend Nigeria and Ghana from football activities if they failed to comply with its instructions by Monday. FIFA, in a statement by its Media Office, said it...
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ITTF Unveils Seeding Lists For 2018 Nigeria Open
July 30, 2018 No Responses

ITTF Unveils Seeding Lists For 2018 Nigeria Open

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has unveiled the seeding list for the 2018 ITTF Challenge Seamaster Nigeria Open holding on August 8 to 12 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim  Balogun Stadium in Lagos. Also, 12 undergraduates from Nig...
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Lagos To Come Alive For NTTF National Junior League
July 16, 2018 No Responses

Lagos To Come Alive For NTTF National Junior League

Hundreds of junior players across the country will converge in Lagos from July 27 to August 4 for the annual Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) National Junior League which will herald Africa’s elite tournament – ITTF Challenge Nigeria Open. For...
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Croatia Stops Russia
July 8, 2018 No Responses

Croatia Stops Russia

Russia’s remarkable World Cup run ended in a heart-breaking quarter-final defeat on penalties as Croatia bounced back from a late extra-time equaliser to set up a last-four meeting with England. Defender Mario Fernandes, who had brought his side level th...
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Russia Stops Spain
July 2, 2018 No Responses

Russia Stops Spain

2010 champions Spain crashed out of the ongoing 2018 FIFA World Cup on Sunday after failing to make their dominance and ball possession count against hosts Russia in Moscow.   The hosts put 10 men behind the ball for almost...
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FIFA Fines Russia For Discriminatory Banner
July 1, 2018 No Responses

FIFA Fines Russia For Discriminatory Banner

(Reuters) – FIFA has fined World Cup hosts Russia 10,000 Swiss francs ($10,100) after their fans displayed a discriminatory banner during the country’s 3-0 World Cup loss to Uruguay.   Russia will play Spain in the last 16 on Sunday...
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Nigeria Exit World Cup
June 27, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Exit World Cup

Lionel Messi and Argentina finally came alive at the World Cup. Messi scored an exquisite 14th-minute goal to give the two-time champions the lead in a must-win game against Nigeria on Tuesday, but it wasn’t until Marcos Rojo’s 86th-minute strike...
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Iceland Coach: Why We Lost To Nigeria
June 23, 2018 No Responses

Iceland Coach: Why We Lost To Nigeria

Heimir Hallgrimsson, the coach of Iceland, on Friday in Volgograd blamed fate for his team’s 0-2 loss to Nigeria in Group D of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. “My players performed in line with instructions all the same, the fact...
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Messi Under Pressure As Argentina Face Early Exit
June 22, 2018 No Responses

Messi Under Pressure As Argentina Face Early Exit

Argentina’s Lionel Messi carries the hopes of 44 million people and it showed as he lined up before kick-off in their crucial World Cup match against Croatia on Thursday, with the captain rubbing his forehead with his eyes closed. The...
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Uruguay Defeats Saudi Arabia, Joins Round of 16
June 21, 2018 No Responses

Uruguay Defeats Saudi Arabia, Joins Round of 16

Luis Suarez marked his 100th international cap by sending Uruguay into the last 16 of the World Cup as the striker benefited from some poor goalkeeping to eliminate Saudi Arabia with a 1-0 win on Wednesday. Suarez tapped in midway...
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Controversy Persists As Senegal Defeats Poland
June 20, 2018 No Responses

Controversy Persists As Senegal Defeats Poland

Senegal deservedly defeated Poland in a game of few chances to claim the first win by an African team at the World Cup – although there was a hint of controversy about their second goal. M’Baye Niang sprinted back on...
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Belgium Stops Panama
June 19, 2018 No Responses

Belgium Stops Panama

In the end, the gap was too great and reality got in the way. The Panama manager, Hernán Dario “Bolillo” Gómez, had warned there would be four possible outcomes in every game when they reached the World Cup for the...
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