Tag: Sports

Fifa has banned ex-president Sepp Blatter from football until 2028 after giving him a new suspension of six years and eight months. Former Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke has received a similar ban, with both also being fined £780,000.  The...

Nigeria’s under-19 boys on Monday retained their title by defeating their Moroccan counterparts 3-0 on the final day of the 2020 African Nations Volleyball Championship in Abuja.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, in the match played at...

Akwa United put up a convincing performance on Sunday to record a resounding 3-0 victory over visiting Rivers United of Port Harcourt in a 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) fixture.  The victory at the Godswill Akpabio Internation...

Tombrapa Grikpa and Ese Ukpeseraye, two Nigerian cyclists, have started training in Egypt for the African Continental Cycling Road Race Championship which begins on Tuesday, an official said on Friday. Mohammed Bashir, the national coach of Cycling Federation ...

Manchester United lost ground in the 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL) title race as they dropped points in a 1-1 draw at relegation-threatened West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Bruno Fernandes equalised Mbaye Diagne’s early goal for second-bottom West Br...

Defending champions Team North West and South South have qualified for the finals of the U-17 National Boys Cricket championship to hold on Sunday.  The tournament sponsored by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) is ongoing at the Edo Boys High School, Adolor,....

Liverpool has completed a loan deal for Schalke’s Turkey central defender Ozan Kabak. The 20-year-old joins the Reds until the end of the season, with the club also having signed Preston North End’s Ben Davies for £2m.  Defender Davies, 25,.....

Manchester City survived a scare against fourth-tier side Cheltenham Town while FA Cup holders Arsenal exited the competition in Saturday’s fourth-round ties. Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City battled back from a goal down to claim a 3-1 away win and Arsenal...

Inaki Williams’s brilliant strike in extra time earned Athletic Bilbao a 3-2 win over FC Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday, with Lionel Messi sent off in the final stages. The Basque side, who last won the trophy...

The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has unveiled its 2021 activities aimed at enhancing the development of the game in the country. Dayo Abulude, the Secretary General of the Federation, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the Federation would be organisimg v...

Manchester City legend Colin Bell has died, aged 74, after a short illness, the Premier League club have announced.  The former England midfielder made 501 appearances for City between 1966 and 1979, scoring 153 goals. He won 48 caps for...

The International Football Federation (FIFA) will finance the construction of a technical centre, at Kabala, near the Malian capital, Bamako, a sports source told PANA on Monday. FIFA will also implement a Technical Support Programme (TSP) to strengthen the Na...

Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham scored a late opportunistic double to secure a 3-0 home win for Chelsea over West Ham United in the English Premier League (EPL) on Monday.  This was after Brazilian defender Thiago Silva had fired them in...