Bello Falls Short As Mati, Odusanya Claim Titles At Lagos Top 16 Invitational

Fatimo Bello finally lost a singles game this year at the Lagos Top Invitational Table Tennis Challenge as Taiwo Mati and Bose Odusanya claimed the men's and women's titles respectively at the one-day tournament held at Molade...

Paralympics: Nigeria’s Roland Ezuruike Banned For Anti-doping Rule Violation

Paralympic record holder and 2018 Commonwealth gold medallist Roland Ezuruike has been banned for 18 months by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). The Imo state born Para-athlete...

UFC 263: Israel Adesanya Dominates Marvin Vettori To Retain Middleweight Belt

Israel Adesanya rebounded from the first loss of his career to light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz last March to dominate Marvin Vettori and retain the middleweight championship. Adesanya won via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45,...

Cricket: Nigeria Miss Out On 3rd Place As Kenya Win Kwibuka Tournament

Nigeria's bid to finish the Kwibuka Women's Tournament on a high ended on a sour note as the Female Yellow Greens fell to hosts Rwanda in the third-place match on Saturday. Rwanda won the...

Beach Volleyball: Rivers, Delta Emerge Champions of Hon Daunemigha C’Ship

Rivers and Delta states have been crowned champions of the maiden edition of Hon Famous Daunemigha U21 South South Boys and Girls Beach Volleyball Championship which concluded at the West Itam Sports Centre in Uyo, Akwa Ibom...

Handball Nations Cup: Nigeria Beat Kenya To Boost Hopes Of Quarterfinals Spot

Nigeria's women's handball national team boosted their chances of making the quarter finals after they defeated Kenya at the ongoing Women's Africa Handball Championship in Yaoundé. Rafiu Salami's side knew victory over Kenya in...

Euro 2020: Christian Eriksen Stable After Collapse During Denmark vs Finland

Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen is awake and reportedly stable after he collapsed and received CPR on the pitch during his country's opening Euro 2020 match against Finland in Copenhagen. The Inter star, 29, went...

Athletics: Electoral Committee Affirms Readiness For AFN Polls

The 2021 Elective Congress of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria will hold without hitches Electoral Committee Chairman Jambright B.T Sumanu has said. Elections for a new AFN board will hold on Monday, 14 June...

Barbora Krejcikova Defeats Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova To Win French Open Title

Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova completed a remarkable run in Paris by beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to win the French Open title. The Czech overcame a wobble in the second set to win 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 against...

2021 French Open: Djokovic Dethrones Nadal To Set Up Tsitsipas Final

An inspired Novak Djokovic ended Rafael Nadal's reign in Paris with a gripping four-set win in a classic French Open semi-final which is sure to go down as one of the greatest matches at Roland Garros.