Author: Adebanjo Ogunseye

Nigeria put up an uninspiring performance and lost a second successive group game at the AfroCan on Sunday by a massive 26 points in a 81-55 defeat to DR Congo.

Germany, Austria and 30 other countries will be represented at the 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus Nigeria Open from August 7 to 11 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

Boxing’s only eight-division world champion, Senator Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) dropped Keith “One Time” Thurman (29-1, 22 KOs) in round one and won a close split decision to earn a welterweight world title in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View event Saturday night from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Alex Iwobi has refuted reports that he would consider leaving Arsenal should the club sign Ivory Coast and Crystal Palace winger Wilfred Zaha.

A Two-day road trip from Nigeria to Mali landed D’Tigers at the Palais des Sports Salamatou Maiga, Bamako only a few hours before their opening game of the AFROCAN against Kenya; the outcome was predictably humbling.

Reports in England have suggested Alex Iwobi could force a move away from Arsenal if the club secure the services of Ivory Coast international Wilfred Zaha this summer.

Five goals in 7 games of a cup competition will earn you plaudits, when it gets you the golden shoe award, surely you’ll be rolling in a elite group.

Fans, in their thousands welcomed The Desert Foxes, fresh from their conquest at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Semi Ajayi’s departure from Rotherham to Championship side West Brom “is a massive blow for” the Millers says Head Coach Paul Warne.

Shanghai Shenhua forward Odion Ighalo has apologized to the fans following the injury copped while on his “last international competition” for his national team.