By Emmanuel Kwada In an exciting announcement today, Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman has been nominated for the prestigious 2024 Globe Soccer Awards in the category of Best Men’s Player. The former Leicester City star, who currently shines for Atalanta in Serie A, has distinguished himself alongside world-renowned footballers including Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Erling Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada The 2024 National Youths Games came to a thrilling conclusion, with Team Delta proudly claiming the top spot on the medals table. The highly anticipated event, held from September 10-17, 2024, brought together talented young athletes from across Nigeria, showcasing their skills and determination in various sports. Team Delta won a total […]Continue Reading
By Emmanuel Kwada The new Champions League format kicked off on Tuesday, with Bayern Munich making a stunning statement by becoming the first team to score nine goals in a game in the modern competition. Harry Kane scored four goals, including three penalties, as Vincent Kompany’s Bayern hammered Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 at the […]Continue Reading
By Emmanuel Kwada Nigerians held their collective breath as Tobi Amusan, the world record holder and national hero, took to the track in the 100m hurdles semi-finals at the Paris Olympics. The 27-year-old superstar had been touted as a strong medal contender, and her impressive performances in the earlier rounds had only fueled the nation’s […]Continue Reading
Keely Hodgkinson, a British runner with a reputation for being late, proved her timing was spot on as she won the 800 meters Olympic gold medal. Despite her habit of tardiness, her coach Trevor Painter won’t tell her to change, saying: “Sometimes it’s 20 to 25 minutes late and she just strolls in smiling, ‘Whatever,'” […]Continue Reading
Favour Ofili has secured a spot in the final of the women’s 200 meters at the Olympic Games in Paris, France. She achieved a season-best time of 22.05 seconds in heat 1 of the semi-finals, finishing behind Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia, the new women’s 100m champion. Ofili will join seven other athletes in the […]Continue Reading
By Emmanuel Kwada Nigeria’s women basketball team, the D’Tigress, has made history in the 2024 Paris Olympics after defeating Australia 75-62 in their opening game. This feat marks their first-ever win in the group stages at the Olympics and set them on a path to potentially securing a medal. The team’s resilience and determination manifested […]Continue Reading
Athletes numbering 1,144 will jostle for glory in the maiden edition of the Bayelsa Sports Festival tagged “Access Bank Prosperity Games” and scheduled for March 26 to April 1. The state’s Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Daniel Igali, stated this while addressing newsmen in Yenagoa on Wednesday. Igali said hosting the festival became necessary […]Continue Reading
Liverpool were goal crazy on Sunday as they humiliated rivals Manchester United 7-0 in the biggest 2022/2023 English Premier League (EPL) encounter of the week. Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice, while Roberto Firmino netted once to boost their Premier League top-four hopes. The humiliation came just a week after Manchester […]Continue Reading
It has gotten to the stage where individual awards no longer matter to Lionel Messi, however, the Argentine was given yet another gong as he was voted as ‘The Best’ winner for 2022. Initial leaks intimated that the Argentine would take home the award ahead of rivals Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema, with his performances at […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji As the world cup kicked off on the November 20, 2022, many football fans have taken to the social media to express their excitement, sentiments and supports for the various teams of their choice. So far, the social media space has recorded over 460K Instagram hashtags and 5.7 billion TikTok views. According to Ticketgum.com, “It’s evident that […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja approved National Honours and cash awards of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics championships. I watched with millions of Nigerians those exciting moments when you all brought smiles to us Speaking at a presidential reception in honour […]Continue Reading