Like every nation will note, it is incredibly difficult, sometimes, downright impossible to have a sporting year of uninterrupted, unfiltered excellence across board or even in an area of sport. As it is, Nigeria is no exception.

Like every nation will note, it is incredibly difficult, sometimes, downright impossible to have a sporting year of uninterrupted, unfiltered excellence across board or even in an area of sport. As it is, Nigeria is no exception.

One more game, one more hammering and Ole Gunnar Solskjear has Manchester United soaring again, this time on enemy territory. Again. Arsenal played a good game, United just did better overall and although the...

BBC AFOTY 2018 This Saturday, BBC will announce the nominees of the African Footballer of The Year 2018. The five shortlisted players will be unveiled in a special BBC African Footballer of the Year programme from Lagos and London. Not like...

Manchester Derby: United can't fear City First, let's put things in perspective; Jose Mourinho's Manchester United are different, no longer the unbelieving whimsical they were two months ago, they have found a "never say die" attitude, toughened by the early...

The Australian Open Returns The Australian Open is back this weekend. We already pencilled an in-depth preview of the opening Grand Slam of the year. However, some facts may interest you.

Chelsea might have played their worst football since Maurizio Sarri became manager, and like I pointed out in Friday’s column, Chelsea looked like a side that would lose this game; and lose they did, I just didn’t...

He may not often challenge for titles on the ITTF World Tour, but Nigeria's Quadri Aruna has distinguished himself by being ranked inside top 25 male table tennis players in the world.

Sevilla and Atlético Madrid: a tale of two underdogs battling for recognition Sevilla are having a roll, enjoying their best league season since the incredible run in 2006/07 with Frédéric Kanouté, Luís Fabiano, Dani Alves, Antonio Puerta,...

There’s something about Ousmane Dembele that everyone must have noticed by now; he craves the limelight. Dembele has had the most difficult past few weeks, the height of the negativity being his lateness to the team meeting at Camp Nou...