Five-time Grand Slam champion, Maria Sharapova, has pulled out of the Cincinnati Open scheduled for next week, due to a forearm injury. 30-year-old Sharapova, who will need a wildcard to play in the US Open main draw, has declared that missing the...

Eight times Olympic champion, Usain Bolt, ends his illustrious career on a disappointing note, as muscle cramp stops the Jamaican from ending the 4x100m relay final. 30-year-old Bolt, who finished third in the 100 meters last week, behind American duo, Justin Gatlin,...

World number 2, Rafael Nadal have been surprisingly knocked out of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, by homeboy, Canada's Denis Shapovalov. 18-year-old Denis Shapovalov, who won the 2016 Wimbledon junior championship, battled back from a set down to defeat Nadal 3-6 6-4...

America's Floyd Mayweather has predicted that "The Money Fight" between him and Conor McGregor in Las Vegas "won't go the distance". Undefeated Mayweather, who has not boxed since he retired in 2015, will battle 29-year-old mixed martial arts fighter cum boxer, Conor McGregor, in Las Vegas...

South African athlete, Wayde van Niekerk has shockingly lost the 200 metres final to Turkey's Ramil Guliyev at the World Athletics Championships. Van Niekerk, who won the 400 meters gold medal on Wednesday, failed to match Michael Johnson's 200m-400m gold medal double 22 years ago,...

Edo State Gymnastics Chief coach, Chief Isaiah Obanor has been appointed as the Technical Director of the Gymnastics Federation of Nigeria. In a letter to Chief Obanor, dated 4th of August, 2017 and signed by the President of GFN, Prince...

America's Floyd Mayweather has officially requested to use lighter gloves against Conor McGregor in "The Money Fight" next month. Undefeated Mayweather submitted necessary documents to the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC), the body authorizing the bout, on Wednesday, requesting to use the 8oz gloves. According to...

Isaac Makwala will run the 200 meters time trial race alone at the World Athletics Championships in London, following intervention from Botswanan Athletics Federation. The Botswanan Athletics Federation requested Makwala compete in the 200 meters event, following his withdrawal from the...

Nigerian-American, Alex Nwora has been named as the new head coach of the senior men's basketball team, D’Tigers team ahead of their 2017 Men Afrobasket tournament title defence. This was made known on Wednesday by the President of the Nigeria...

Eleven (11) races have gone by in the highly contested 71st season of the Formula 1 and as there is the summer break on at the moment, there's no better time to review the highs and lows of the...