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Nigeria Open Receives Positive Reviews From ITTF As Tennis Body Confirms 2018 Dates

  The 2017 ITTF Challenge Nigeria Open has garnered rave reviews from tennis body, International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) after more than 29.35m viewers watched the five-day tournament worldwide making it the ITTF Challenge with the most coverage globally. The successes...

Nadal Withdraws From ATP Finals With Knee Injury

  World number one Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the ongoing ATP Finals in London after he was severely hampered by a knee injury while facing David Goffin of Belgium in his one and only match at the tournament. He...

Dimitrov Marks ATP Finals Debut With Win

  Sixth seed Gregory Dimitrov got his ATP Finals debut in London off to a winning start following his victory over Dominic Thiem of Austria. The Bulgarian star saw off fourth seed Thiem 6-3 5-7 7-5 in what was the opening...

Victory At Last! US End 17-Year Wait For Fed Cup Title

The United States (US) have finally ended their long wait for a Fed Cup title after the duo of Shelby Rogers and CoCo Vandeweghe defeated Aryna Sabalenka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus in a deciding doubles rubber in the...

ATP World Tour Finals: Federer Makes Winning Start

Tennis legend Roger Federer got off to a winning start at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London on Sunday as he saw off Jack Sock in straight sets. Federer, 36, defeated his American opponent 6-4 7-6 (6-4) in...

FIBA World Cup Qualifiers: Chad To Replace South Africa

The Republic of Chad have been confirmed as replacement for South Africa after their men basketball team withdrew from Group A of the 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers (African section). After taking South Africa's spot, Chad will now do battle...

The Lagos City Criterium 2017

Lagos state Government is planning to leverage off the growth and emergence of the Lagos City Criterium to push for a bigger yearly event to attract tourists to the state using the Tour of Lagos. “I’m surprised to see these...

Road to ATP World Finals, London

As the Tennis Season is gradually coming to an end, with  ATP Paris Masters final round clinched by Jack Sock this Sunday which seems not a surprise after the likes of both Roger Federer refused turning up for the...

Paris Masters 2017 Stage 2 Highlights; Nafael Defeats Pablo Cuevas Remains Number One

The world number one, Rafael Nadal remains on course to win the Paris Masters and started the tournament as the favourite. But Cuevas proved a tricky opponent, especially with his monster serve and gritty rallying. Cuevas, like Nadal, is best on...

Rafael Nadal ends year as world number one at 31

Rafel Nadal can’t wait to receive his year-end world number one trophy at London for topping the men’s rankings in 2017. The Spaniard clinched the world number one spot for 2017 after beating Hyeon Chung at the Paris Masters yesterday. He...

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