Sports

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Adeboye Adeyinka, popularly known as Zulu, as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Grassroots Sports Development. Zulu, a seasoned sports administrator, previously served as the Special Assistant to the immediate past Minister of Sports, Senator John Enoh. His extensive career also includes working with four different Lagos State Governors in various capacities, further ... Read More »

Oleksandr Usyk on Sunday beat Tyson Fury by split decision to become the undisputed heavyweight world champion. The Mirror noted that Usyk toppled Fury with a stirring second-half comeback to be crowned the undisputed heavyweight world champion. Fury dominated the first half of the fight, belying the magnitude of the night by clowning around at every opportunity. But Usyk made ... Read More »

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said Super Eagles’ quarter-final victory at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) was in tandem with President Bola Tinubu’s ‘renewed hope agenda.’ Ibrahim Gusau, NFF president, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abidjan on Saturday. The Super Eagles are through to the semi-finals of the AFCON after a ... Read More »

In what should be cheery news to millions of its subscribers, Multichoice, owners of Digital Satellite Television (DStv) have concluded arrangements to broadcast the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Cote d’Ivoire 20223 on its sporting channel, SuperSport. Earlier, the company reportedly said it would not transmit the tournament ‘because the channel has not secured the rights to broadcast the tournament.’ ... Read More »

National Youth Games champion Michael Aniche and Adaeze Ezeh showed their class at the MTN Schools’ Athletics Championships in Benin after leading their teams – Baptist Vocational of Rivers State and Vision High School of Anambra to dominate the cadet event at the three-day tournament held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium. 883 athletes across 157 schools in the three age ... Read More »

The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh has called for expansion of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) Congress, in order to accommodate other relevant stakeholders and ensure proportional representation for the good of the game. The minister asserted that football’s economic, social and cultural value to Nigeria and its citizens means that whatever needs to be done for ... Read More »

Atlas Lions of Morocco have become the first African country to reach the semi-final of the World Cup after beating Portugal 1-0 become first African team to reach World Cup semi-final Youseff En-Nesyri’s header in the 42 minutes of the quarter-final game was the lone goal that eliminated Cristiano Ronaldo’s dream of winning the World Cup trophy in Qatar. Morocco ... Read More »

Manchester United and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has broken another record by reaching 500 milion Instagarm followers. Ronaldo recently broke the internet with a stunning photo with Lionel Messi, which caused shockwaves in the football world, with some declaring it is the best sports photo of all time. Ronaldo is the most followed person on social media in the world. ... Read More »

Nigeria may be stripped of one of the gold medals won at the recently held Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England owing to doping crisis. This is as the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced the provisional suspension of sprinter Grace Nwokocha. Nwokocha was part of the quartet that won gold in the 4x100m relay at this year’s Commonwealth Games. Our correspondence ... Read More »

Oleksandr Usyk out boxed Anthony Joshua to retain his IBF, IBO, WBA (Super) and WBO titles in a split decision on Saturday. The Judges scored the fight 115-113 to Joshua, 115-113 to Usyk and 116-112 to Usyk. Read More »