Tag: World Sports

Cricket W/Cup Qualifiers: Nigeria Defeats Cameroon By 10 wickets
September 14, 2021 No Responses

Cricket W/Cup Qualifiers: Nigeria Defeats Cameroon By 10 wickets

Nigeria has won her last group B game against Cameroon by 10 wickets with 84 balls left in the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers.  The game at the Botswana Cricket Oval Gaborone on Monday, saw the...
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Daniil Medvedev Beats Djokovic To Win US Open
September 13, 2021 No Responses

Daniil Medvedev Beats Djokovic To Win US Open

Russia’s Daniil Medvedev won his first Grand Slam title by shattering Novak Djokovic’s hopes of completing a calendar sweep of the majors in a one-sided US Open final. Second seed Medvedev, 25, lost his two previous Grand Slam finals but...
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US Open: Emma Raducanu Beats Fernandez To Win Maiden Grand Slam
September 12, 2021 No Responses

US Open: Emma Raducanu Beats Fernandez To Win Maiden Grand Slam

Emma Raducanu ended Britain’s 44-year wait for a women’s Grand Slam singles champion as she beat Leylah Fernandez to win the US Open in the most thrilling style. The 18-year-old ended her scarcely believable run in New York with a...
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US Open: Fernandez Beats Elina Svitolina To Reach Semi-Finals
September 8, 2021 No Responses

US Open: Fernandez Beats Elina Svitolina To Reach Semi-Finals

Teenager Leylah Fernandez produced another fearless performance to beat Elina Svitolina and set up a US Open semi-final with Aryna Sabalenka. Canada’s Fernandez, who turned 19 on Monday, showed all of her devastating power to win a tense tie-break 6-3...
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Serena Williams Loses In 1,000th Career Match
May 13, 2021 No Responses

Serena Williams Loses In 1,000th Career Match

Serena Williams made an unsuccessful return to the WTA Tour as she joined Naomi Osaka in crashing out of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in the second round on Wednesday.  Williams was playing the 1,000th match of her glittering career against...
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Lewis Hamilton To Return For Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
December 11, 2020 No Responses

Lewis Hamilton To Return For Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton will take part in this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after testing negative for Covid-19. The seven-time world champion missed the Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain last weekend after contracting coronavirus.  Hamilton, 35, arrived i...
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FIFA Bans CAF President For Five Years
November 23, 2020 No Responses

FIFA Bans CAF President For Five Years

Football’s governing body, FIFA, has banned Ahmad Ahmad, the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and a FIFA Vice-President, for five years for breaching some of its codes. He has been sanctioned with a ban from all football-related...
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Hamilton Takes 7th Formula One World Title In Style
November 16, 2020 No Responses

Hamilton Takes 7th Formula One World Title In Style

Britain’s Lewis Hamilton choked back the tears as he won a record-equalling seventh Formula One world championship on Sunday and became the most successful driver in the sport’s history. The Mercedes ace put on a masterclass in wet and slippery...
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England Win 2020 Six Nations Title
November 1, 2020 No Responses

England Win 2020 Six Nations Title

England won the Six Nations after France beat Ireland on a thrilling final day of the delayed tournament. Eddie Jones’ side had claimed a bonus-point win against Italy earlier on Saturday but faced a tense wait as both teams in the da...
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Maguire Sees Red As England Lose
October 15, 2020 No Responses

Maguire Sees Red As England Lose

Harry Maguire’s miserable start to the season continued with a red card as England had two men sent off for the first time in their Nations League defeat by Denmark.  Manchester United’s captain suffered a 31-minute nightmare, shown a yellow.....
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Spain Edge Switzerland To Stay Top Of UEFA Nations League Group
October 11, 2020 No Responses

Spain Edge Switzerland To Stay Top Of UEFA Nations League Group

Mikel Oyarzabal scored early to help an underwhelming Spain secure a scrappy 1-0 victory over Switzerland in the Nations League on Saturday, keeping them top of their group.  The Real Sociedad forward snatched the only goal of the game in...
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Bayern Beats Schalke 8-0
September 19, 2020 No Responses

Bayern Beats Schalke 8-0

Serge Gnabry scored a hat-trick and Leroy Sane scored on his Bayern Munich debut as they opened the new Bundesliga season with a demolition of Schalke. Leroy Sane, making his debut after a £44.7m move from Manchester City, assisted two...
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Special Car Racing Holds In Nigeria Sept 29
September 7, 2020 No Responses

Special Car Racing Holds In Nigeria Sept 29

Car racing sport is gradually gaining momentum and has come to stay in Nigeria, Adeoye Ojuoko, a promoter of Motorsport, has said   Ojuoko explained on Sunday that the sport will be showcased at the upcoming 2020 New Yam Festival in On...
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Serena Williams Survives Stephens In Third-Round U.S. Open Test
September 6, 2020 No Responses

Serena Williams Survives Stephens In Third-Round U.S. Open Test

Serena Williams survived a third-round scare at the U.S. Open to topple 2017 champion Sloane Stephens 2-6 6-2 6-2 and keep alive her bid for a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam title.  A sure-footed Stephens pounced early as third seed Williams...
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