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Naomi Osaka continued her winning return to Rome by seeing off Marta Kostyuk in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday to set up a third-round clash with 10th-seed Daria Kasatkina. Japan’s Osaka beat Russian Kasatkina in the pair’s only other meeting, when Osaka won the 2018 Indian Wells final. Osaka breezed past Kostyuk to claim […]

Former Manchester United star, David Beckham has emphasized the importance of intrinsic motivation for the Red Devils, stating that every match, including the upcoming FA Cup final against Manchester City, should be approached with a must-win mentality. Beckham’s remarks come amid a challenging period for the team, with recent disappointing results leaving them in eighth […]

South Korea’s Daeseong Cho has revealed how he came from two sets down to oust Nigerian Quadri Aruna in the last 16 of the ongoing World Table Tennis Saudi Smash on Thursday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Cho ended Aruna’s dreams at the tourney when he defeated the Nigerian 3-2. The 21-year-old Cho revealed that the tips he got […]

Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand has singled out Bayern Munich striker, Harry Kane, insisting that his teammates let him down against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final second leg tie on Wednesday. When Kane was on the pitch against Real Madrid, Bayern Munich were heading to the Champions League final. Bayern Munich manager, Thomas […]

Former Bayern Munich star, Owen Hargreaves, has said that he felt sorry for Harry Kane after his team’s elimination from the UEFA Champions League. Hargreaves said this while reacting to Bayern Munich’s Champions League semi-final second leg 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid on Wednesday. Kane has scored 44 goals in 44 matches across all competitions […]

Super sub Joselu’s two late goals earned Real Madrid an incredible semi-final victory against Bayern Munich and set up a UEFA Champions League (UCL) final with Borussia Dortmund. Bayern appeared to be heading to the final when Alphonso Davies cut in and blasted past Andriy Lunin after England captain Harry Kane had found him with […]

The final of the 2024 Europa League could see three Nigerians chasing glory at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin in Ireland come May 22. On Thursday (today), Victor Boniface and Nathan Tella will be in action when high-flying German champions Bayer Leverkusen host Roma at BayArena for the second leg of the semi-finals of the Europa […]

Newly appointed Super Eagles coach Finidi George says he will appoint his assistant coaches “very soon” in the wake of rumours making the rounds over the discussions between him and the Nigeria Football Federation over who works with the ex-international. Finidi was appointed as the substantive Eagles coach April 29, beating other candidates, including fellow […]

  A Nigerian man, who identified himself simply as FBI, has challenged two-time former unified world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, to a boxing match, vowing to knock him out in the second round. Speaking with confidence, the man told Joshua to fix a fight date and time. In a new video circulating on social media […]

Former Arsenal attacker, Ian Wright, has lambasted fellow pundit Jamie Carragher for what he describes as “disrespectful” comments aimed at Manchester United midfielder Casemiro following the Red Devils’ crushing 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace on Monday. Under the helm of Erik ten Hag, Manchester United plummeted to a new nadir on Monday night as Crystal […]