The Busy Buddies

D'Tigers of Nigeria failed to defend their FIBA AfroBasket title losing to co-host Tunisia 65-77 in Tunis on Saturday. Nigerian captain Ike Diogu produced another high-scoring performance with 20 points and 10 rebounds but was not enough to stop the Tunisians. The #AfroBasket2017...

Birmingham City have sacked manager Harry Redknapp after losing six straight games in all competitions. 70-year-old Redknapp, who signed 14 players during the summer transfer window, joined the club three games to the end last season, saving the Blues from...

Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has called for the replacement of "recycled athletes" as the Ministry of Sports draws the curtain on this year's National Youth Games in Ilorin today. The 2017 National Youth Games, which was...

The Super Falconets of Nigeria have defeated the Dar Girls of Tanzania 3-0 in the first round of 2018 FIFA under-20 World Cup qualifier. Despite traveling by road from their Abuja camp to the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, the...

Eko Football under-13 and under-15 sides have reached the South West zonal finals of the 2017 NFF/Zenith Youth Football Development Recruitment and Competition (YDRC). The competition, which kicked off simultaneously in all 6 geopolitical zones of the nation, is tagged "The Future...

Former Super Falcons coach, Ismalia Mabo has expressed his displeasure at the Aisha Falode led women football arm of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) following the Falconets' road trip from their camp in Abuja to Benin City for today's under-20 World Cup qualifier against Tanzania. Speaking to the...

Defending champions, D'Tigers of Nigeria have defeated co-host Senegal 76-71 to reach the 2017 FIBA AfroBasket championship final. In a keenly contested semi-final game in Tunis, Bryant Mbamalu was Nigeria's marksman with 19 points while the duo of Ike Iroegbu and...

The CAF Champions League takes center stage this weekend as eight teams left standing off the 55 who started the journey battle for a place in the semi-final. Profile of the (8) teams: Clube Ferroviário da Beira is a Mozambican football...

We preview upcoming league action from England, Germany, Italy, and France. It will be a testing weekend for the big guns to have to shake off the midweek commitments of European football as they turn their attention to domestic...

Formula One heads to Singapore for its marquee night race and the heat is definitely on Sébastien Vettel after an embarrassing display in Monza last time out that saw Ferrari finish 36 seconds behind Lewis Hamilton. Ferrari have had the...