The Edo State government has assured that the state-of-the-art facilities being put in place at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin for the 20th National Sports Festival, tagged Edo 2020, will not be allowed to fall into disuse after...

Aruna Quadri will miss three weeks of action after being sidelined by a recurring thigh injury which forced him to retire from the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tunis at the weekend. Quadri, Africa's best ranked player, will also miss...

The head coach of Nigeria Beach Volleyball team, Francis Imoudu has said that enjoying home advantage in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifiers means that Nigeria's Olympics destiny is firmly in the hands of players and coaches. The second phase of...

African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) president Khaled El-Salhy believes Nigeria's Aruna Quadri will still qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics despite the top-ranked African missing out on a ticket at the African Qualifying tournament in Tunis. Quadri pulled out of...

Nigeria’s Table Tennis Star Segun Toriola has announced his retirement from the game after failing to pick a record eighth Olympic ticket at the Africa Qualifying Tournament in Tunisia. Toriola was on his way to becoming Africa’s first table tennis...

Aruna Quadri missed out on securing a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games through the African Qualifying Tournament in Tunis after he withdrew with an injured thigh following his 4-2 defeat by Senegal's Ibrahima Diaw who booked his...

Funke Oshonaike has become the first African female athlete to qualify for seven Olympic Games after the former African table tennis champion secured her place in the table tennis singles at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Oshonaike beat Cameroun’s Sarah Hanffou...

Edem Offiong has become the first Nigerian to qualify for the table tennis singles event at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo after a hard-fought win over local favourite Fadwa Garcia at the ongoing Olympics Qualifying tournament in Tunisia. Offiong, fresh...

There was heartbreak for Nigerian duo Aruna Quadri and Edem Offiong as both players fell to Egyptian opponents in their respective finals at the 2020 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup which ended in Tunis on Wednesday. Aruna who booked his...

Maria Sharapova has announced her retirement from tennis writing that she "is saying goodbye" to the sport that made her of the world's most recognisable sportswomen. In an article for Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines, five-time grand slam winner Sharapova,...