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Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving combined for 66 points and Dallas surged home in a 116-107 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday that gave the Mavericks a 3-0 stranglehold on their NBA Western Conference final. The latest thriller in the series, this time in Dallas, came after the Mavs won games one and two […]

Following another impressive season with Napoli, Nigeria international, Victor Osimhen, has been included in the 2023/24 Serie A Team of The Season. Osimhen made the 23-man list unveiled on the official social media channels of the Italian Serie A. While he was not as prolific as he was during the 2022/23 season when he finished […]

Paris Saint-Germain finished the season with a domestic double after beating Lyon in Saturday’s French Cup final but will now start building for another assault on the Champions League next year, this time without Kylian Mbappe. The France captain brought the curtain down on his seven-year spell at PSG in the 2-1 win over Lyon, […]

The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) board will be under pressure to meet the deadline set by Africa’s football governing body, the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) for the submission of the clubs that have qualified for the 2024-2025 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. According to the deadline, it is expected that all […]

Enyimba have announced Yemi Olanrewaju will replace Finidi George as their head coach for the remainder of the season. Olanrewaju was previously an assistant to Finidi. Finidi left his position at the club last month following his appointment as head coach of Nigeria’s senior side, Super Eagles. Enyimba have announced Yemi Olanrewaju will replace Finidi […]

Imo Grasshoppers Handball club new found resurgence have continued to wane by day as they are beginning to lose steam in the ongoing Ardoval Handball Premier League in Benin, Edo State. Female Defending Champions, Safety Babes Handball Club compounded their woe yesterday by beating Imo Grasshoppers 32-25 to maintained their unbeaten runs. The Grasshoppers were […]

Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving combined for 63 points as the Dallas Mavericks won game one of the Western Conference finals with a 108-105 victory at the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. Doncic delivered his best when it mattered in the fourth quarter where he made 15 of his 33 points while Irving had set the […]

World football governing body, FIFA, has made changes to the officiating team of the 2026 World Cup qualifying match between Benin Republic and Nigeria which is scheduled for the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny in Ivory Coast on Monday, June 10. The changes have sent packing Ethiopian official Bamlak Tessema Weyesa, who was originally designated as referee for […]

Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman became the first player to score a hat-trick in a UEFA Europa League final as Atalanta stunned Bayer Leverkusen 3-0, dramatically halting the Bundesliga champions’ 51-match unbeaten run in all competitions. It’s Atalanta’s first-ever UEFA Europa League title — their first major title win since 1963 – thus inflicting a first […]

The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) organizers have revealed the dates for the remaining games of the season, which is scheduled to conclude on June 23 with Matchday 38 fixtures. It will be recalled the current season commenced on 30 September 30, 2023 after initial delays. This season saw the league body entering into a […]