The Busy Buddies

Kevin de Bruyne put on a second-half masterclass as Manchester City fought back from a goal down to beat Real Madrid and take control of their Champions League last-16 tie. The Belgian playmaker set up Gabriel Jesus to cancel out...

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...

The League Management Company has fined Abia Warriors N5,000,000 over the crowd violence that led to the abandonment of their Matchday 20 fixture against local rivals Enyimba in Umuahia. Half of the fine will go Enyimba "as compensation for injuries...

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,...

Cyriel Dessers has obtained a Nigerian passport in the clearest hint yet that he is set to be a part of the Super Eagles squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Sierra Leone next month. The...

Organisers say the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will still hold as scheduled amid uncertainty over the fate of the multi-event tournament as the Japenese government called for major events in coming weeks to be postponed, cancelled or scaled back over...

Manchester City have lodged an appeal against their two-year European ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS announced on Wednesday. The Premier League club have vowed to fight the sanction imposed by UEFA on 14 February 14 breaching...

Super Eagles forward Emmanuel Dennis has been ruled out of Club Brugge's Europa League last-32 return leg against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Thursday. The 22-year-old forward picked up an injury in Club Brugge’s match against Royal Charleroi on...

Three-time Nigerian champions Rivers Hoopers have fortified their squad ahead of their campaign in the Basketball Africa League by securing the signatures of American Billy Baptist and Egyptian Ahmed Hamdy Mohamed. The double signing follows the capture of American Kaylon...

Nigeria’s representatives at the inaugural Basketball Africa League, Rivers Hoopers have signed American Kaylon Deshaun Tappin for the tournament which tips off in March. Tappin was a junior college standout at Arkansas State-Mid South in West Memphis, Arkadelphia (AR) in...