Following the racial abuse directed at England players, the UK Football Policing Unit has arrested four persons. Investigations continue into abusive posts targeting Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saka after England’s defeat on penalty kicks to Italy in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday. A statement issued on Thursday read, “Following England’s defeat against…
Australia defeated Nigerian D’Tigers in their last exhibition game ahead of the Olympics. D’Tigers basketball team were thrashed 108-69, losing by 39 points in the last exhibition game before the Olympics. Coach Mike Brown changed the starting lineup for this game in an attempt to give some players more minutes. Josh Okojie and Gabe Nnamdi…
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has dedicated D’Tigers victories over Team USA and Argentina to the memories of Sound Sultan. The late musician, a well-known basketball fan, helped develop the game in Festac area of Lagos. He died in the early hours of Sunday, July 11 while the Nigerian basketball team was registering a historic 90-87…
Nigeria’s national men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, smashed Argentina 94-71 on Monday evening, July 12, just one day after beating the USA basketball team. In the early hours of Sunday, July 11, 2021, D’Tigers beat the USA in an exhibition game ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games. Then, in continuation of their preparation for the Olympics, Nigeria also bested Argentina 94-71 on…
The Manchester United forward has thanked his team-mates for the support they showed after he missed from the spot-kick. Marcus Rashford has revealed that he has “felt no prouder moment” than representing England at EURO 2020 and that he “will never apologise for who I am and where I came from” after he was racially…
Juventus star and Portuguese forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Euro 2020 Golden Boot award. This comes as Italy defeated England in a shootout to win Euro 2020. Ronaldo scored five goals in the competition – the same as Czech Republic attacker Patrik Schick – but won the award via the tie-breaker of assists. Three of…
The trio have been subjected to racial abuse after missing from the spot in the Euro 2020 final against Italy. The Football Association, FA has condemned the racial slurs directed at Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka shortly after they failed to score from the spot in the final. England had gotten to a…
Barcelona has completed the signing of Yusuf Demir on loan from Rapid Vienna with an option to buy. The 18-year-old has been dubbed the ‘Austrian Messi’ for his style of play and stature. The winger has earned a fine reputation at home after breaking into the Rapid Vienna team so young. Demir will now hope…
Even though it’s not home yet, football seems to be heading in that direction after England’s semi-final triumph against Denmark on Wednesday. There was an atmosphere of wild celebrations when the whistle was blown after 120 minutes of epic football at Wembley. Indeed, fans across the country finally felt a taste of coming victory which…
The French forward has seen his contract with the company terminated after a video surfaced online. Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann has seen is contract with Japanese video game company Konami terminated over a racism row. “Konami Digital Entertainment believes, as is the philosophy of sports, that discrimination of any kind is unacceptable,” a statement from…
The Catalans are keen on keeping their star man Messi who is already a free agent after his previous deal with the club expired. Argentine superstar Lionel Messi is already a free agent after his contract with Barcelona expired recently, but the club is eager to extend his stay at the Camp Nou. However, the…
The Argentine’s contract with Barcelona ended as June drew to a close, thus he could sign with any other club if he chooses. Barcelona’s superstar player, Lionel Messi has officially become a free agent after his contract expired at the end of June. Read Also: Ronaldo Equals All-time International Goal Scoring Record This situation means…
The Portuguese attacker has added yet another feather to his cap as records continue to tumble for him. Cristiano Ronaldo has now equalled Ali Daei’s record of 109 International goals after scoring two goals against France on Wednesday. At 36 years old, Ronaldo is also the EURO all-time top scorer with 13 goals and he…
The England captain remains Pep Guardiola’s top priority this summer as the champions look to find a replacement for Sergio Aguero. Premier League champions, Manchester City are set to step up their interest in Harry Kane with a formal move for the Tottenham front man. Read Also: Pogba to become the highest-paid player in Premier…
Manchester United are considering making midfielder Paul Pogba, the highest paid player in the Premier League, the UK Sun reports. The Red Devils are reportedly lining up a new £400,000-a-week deal over the next five years for Pogba to convince him to stay at the club beyond this summer. Pogba’s future at Man United remains…
The Danish playmaker will head home with an ICD heart-starting device, seven days after sudden collapse in Copenhagen. Read Also: Sports Minister appoints Mike Obi as youth ambassador Christian Eriksen reveals that he’s feeling well after he was discharged from hospital, following a successful operation after he suffered from cardiac arrest a week ago. In…
Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has named former Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi as Nigeria’s youth ambassador to help promote sports in the country. The appointment marks Mikel’s return to national duty since his retirement from the national team after the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in 2019 where he led the…
C. Ronaldo has continued to break records on and off the field. This time, the Portuguese and Juventus striker has become the first person in the world to reach 300 million followers on the social media platform, Instagram. Notably, he was also the first person to breach the 200 million mark on Instagram. This comes…
The PSG star netted against Peru on Thursday and he’s just nine goals behind the Legendary Pele. Neymar took his tally of international goals for Brazil to 68 by scoring against Peru in the Copa America yesterday. Read Also: Premier League Fixtures for 2021-22 Season Released That goal sets him on a race to overtake…
Lionel Messi’s goal for Argentina in their 1-1 draw with Chile at the Copa America, has made him surpass Cristiano Ronaldo, as the current footballer to score the most free kicks. He has now scored 57 free kicks in his career, one more than Portugal captain, Ronaldo. Messi is however five goals short of Diego…
