Mikel Arteta said Arsenal’s 4-1 demolition of north London rivals Tottenham was a cathartic release for his Premier League leaders after 72 hours in hell. Arteta’s side restored their five-point advantage over second-placed Manchester City thanks to doubles from Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres at the Tottenham Hotspur[Read More…]
President Bola Tinubu has given out another $100,000 (N150m) each to players of the Nigeria Basketball team known as D’Tigress. The coaches and technical crew members were, however, given $50,000 (N75m). The largese is similar to what he gave the Super Falcons in July when they won the 2025[Read More…]
President Bola Tinubu has awarded the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) national honour to all 24 players and 11 technical crew members of the victorious Super Falcons. In addition to the honour, the President also announced a cash reward of $100,000 (N150m) each for the players,[Read More…]
TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 : 4 ways to get in on the action with Google Google has spotlighted the role of digital innovation in elevating the football spectacle this year. TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2023 is well underway, with 24 teams competing for the top[Read More…]
Spain win first Women’s World Cup, beating England 1-0 Spain has won their first Women’s World Cup title less than a year after a player rebellion, holding off England 1-0 on Sunday after Olga Carmona’s first-half goal. The victory made La Roja the first team to hold the under-17,[Read More…]
Burkina Faso on Sunday beat Cameroon 2-1 in the last of Group C matches. Burkina Faso thus finish second in the group behind Senegal. Cameroon with no point finished last in the group of three teams following the expulsion of South Sudan. The score line set up a fixture of[Read More…]
Renowned distance running coach, Stephen Nuhu says he expects the first ever sub-30 minutes run for men at the ninth Okpekpe international 10km road race next month in Okpekpe, Edo state. Nuhu, who is in Pankshin, one of the coldest cities in Plateau state preparing the athletes for the World[Read More…]
Barcelona manager, Xavi Hernandez has revealed his team’s priority after they were dumped out of the Copa del Rey by Real Madrid on Wednesday night at Camp Nou. Los Blancos hammered their arch-rivals 4-0 in the second leg of the semi-final to progress with a 4-1 aggregate, as they overcame[Read More…]
Pundit and former Manchester United defender, Rio Ferdinand has taken a swipe at Red Devils players following their 2-0 loss to top four rivals, Newcastle United on Sunday. Man United were outclassed by the Magpies in the match at St. James’ Park, which saw Joe Willock and Callum Wilson score[Read More…]
No fewer than Seven Gombe State athletes that participated at the just concluded National U-18 and 20 junior Championship in Kaduna improved in their previous ratings. One of the junior Athletes Ibrahim Abba Aliyu returned a time of 21:90 in the 200m boys final B to win the race. According[Read More…]
