Team Nigerian will begin their quest for tickets to all five relay events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in other countries at the World Athletics Relays, which begins on Saturday (today) in Nassau, Bahamas, PUNCH Sport Extra reports. The two-day global event will see 893 athletes from 54 countries vie for slots at the centenary games on […]
Manchester City player, Phil Foden, has won the Footballer Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the Year awards for the 2023/24 season. Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw also from Manchester City won the women’s awards. Foden won 42 per cent of members votes and is the third Man City player in four years to win the men’s Footballer of […]
Aston Villa have thrown their hat in the ring for the signature of Nigerian forward Kelechi Iheanacho, who is poised to depart Leicester City at the end of his contract at the King Power stadium this summer, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Other Premier League clubs also linked with the 27-year-old forward are Crystal Palace and Nottingham […]
A young Nigerian basketballer, David Etim, has bagged three United States scholarship offers after encountering a Calabar-born lawyer, Faithfulness Okom. Narrating how he met Etim to our correspondent on Thursday, Okom said he met Etim in 2021 while driving in Calabar that fateful Saturday and was fascinated with his height and decided to lure him […]
Iga Swiatek bounced back from dropping the first set to defeat Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia on Tuesday and make the Madrid Open semifinals. The world No 1, who lost last year’s final to Aryna Sabalenka, found her rhythm in the second set and ultimately eased to a 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory. The Pole will face […]
Former Rangers striker, Ally McCoist, has advised Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford to leave Old Trafford this summer. McCoist wants Rashford to get a fresh challenge elsewhere as the club’s co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, prepares to overhaul the Red Devils quad at the end of the season. Rashford has not been really impressive under manager […]
Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior scored a double, including an 83rd-minute equalising penalty, to snatch a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich in Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg. Vinicius gave Real the lead after 24 minutes but Bayern scored twice in four second-half minutes to wrestle control of the match, Leroy Sane with a stunning […]
Ipswich took a huge step towards a return to the Premier League for the first time since 2002 after a 2-1 win at Coventry on Tuesday. The Tractor Boys move three points clear of Leeds in second place in the Championship with just one match for both sides remaining. Ipswich need just a point to guarantee promotion […]
The appointment of Finidi George as the new Super Eagles coach on Monday was greeted with mixed reactions but the task before the 53-year-old make it far from alluring, writes GODWIN AIKIGBE The Nigeria Football Federation’s decision to appoint Finidi George as the new coach of the Super Eagles stunned some of the country’s teeming […]
Popular American investor and financial executive, Charles Schwab, once said, “a man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.” In this case, 17-year-old Vera John is on course to becoming the greatest handball player the country has ever seen as her passion and determination to succeed seem to know no bounds. John […]
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