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Jamal Murray fired the game-winner at the buzzer as the NBA champion Denver Nuggets erased a 20-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 101-99 on Monday and take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference playoff series. The drama in Denver followed a scintillating comeback by the New York Knicks, who scored eight points in the final half-minute […]

Kai Havertz and Ben White scored twice as Arsenal condemned Chelsea to a 5-0 defeat on Tuesday as they surge ahead in the Premier League title race and ramp up the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City. Leandro Trossard was also on target for the Gunners, who move three points clear of Liverpool and four of […]

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler continued his dominance by winning the storm-delayed RBC Heritage in South Carolina for his fourth win in five starts. The world number one, 27, carded a three-under-par 68 in the final round to finish on 19 under and win by four shots from fellow American Sahith Theegala. Sunday’s final round was […]

President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Ibrahim Gusau is rooting for the Super Falcons to have a positive outing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The nine-time African champions are making a return to the Olympics after a 16-year absence. Randy Waldrum’s side fought off a strong challenge from reigning African champions, Banyana […]

Chelsea manager, Mauricio Pochettino, has warned his players that they would have to step up in the case of Cole Palmer’s absence. Palmer did not train with the rest of the team ahead of Tuesday’s Premier League clash at Arsenal. The Blues’ top scorer is now a doubt for the game with illness. But Pochettino […]

Wilfred Ndidiis on the brink of matching his personal best goal tally in a single season when he makes his 30th Championship appearance for Leicester City against Southampton on Tuesday (today), PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Ndidi recently notched his fifth goal of the season on his 270th appearance for the club in a thrilling 2-1 victory over […]

After an initial struggle at the start of the season, Nigerian striker Cyriel Dessers is beginning to justify the faith the management of Scottish giants, Glasgow Rangers, had in him when they signed him from Cremonese in Italy last summer. Despite a poor 2022/23 season with the Italian club, where he scored a miserly 10 […]

Tunde Onakoya, the new Guinness World Record holder for the longest unbeaten chess marathon, has confirmed that he suffered food poisoning during his record-breaking chess marathon campaign, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Onakoya’s 58-hour quest to break the Guinness World record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon began Wednesday, April 17 at 10am in Times Square, New York […]

Former Nigeria midfielder Paul Okoku opines that the next Super Eagles head coach should have a proven track record of developing young talents and implementing a dynamic attacking style of play, PUNCH Sports Extra writes. The US-based former U-20 assistant captain to the 1983 U-20 World Cup in Mexico, made this observation in a telephone interview with our […]

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez blasted La Liga for not employing goal-line technology after his team’s 3-2 Clasico defeat on Sunday left Real Madrid on the brink of the title. The coach was furious after Lamine Yamal had a shot which Barcelona said crossed the line not given as a goal after officials could not prove […]