The Busy Buddies

Egyptian footballer Haitham El-Essawy, 19, who plays for Sudanese side Marikh El Fasher has jumped to his death while trying to escape a fire at a hotel his team were staying in Khartoum according to media reports in Egypt. https://twitter.com/SUDANSPORT56/status/1233698298156003329?s=19 Egyptian...

Cristiano Ronaldo will be off-duty on Sunday after Juventus’ Serie A encounter against Inter Milan was postponed by the League’s FA on Saturday due to the increasing spread of coronavirus in Italy. Ronaldo joined Juventus in a 100M Pounds deal...

Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has vowed to reclaim the WBC title he lost to Tyson Fury. Wilder was stopped in the seventh round by Fury after his corner threw in the towel to end the fight at the...

League Management Company chairman Shehu Dikko has disputed claims of a widespread culture in the Nigeria Professional Football League where clubs owe players backlogs of salaries and bonuses, saying bureaucratic red tape may be to blame for most salary...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has not ruled out postponing next month's international football matches in response to the escalating global threat of the coronavirus. The move could see Nigeria's 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group L qualifier double-header against Sierra...

Nigeria Football Federation 2nd vice-president Shehu Dikko has accused former sports minister Solomon Dalung of "giving the NFF a bad name to hang it" during his tenure as minister. The NFF suffered a barrage of petitions and had to endure...

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...

Kelechi Iheanacho saw his excellent strike ruled out for handball as basement club Norwich City shocked 3rd-placed Leicester City 1-0 at Carrow Road on Friday. Jamal Lewis scored a fine goal in the 70th-minute to give The Canaries only their...

Nigerian-born Italian footballer, King Paul Akpan Udoh has contracted  coronavirus according to several media reports from Italy. Udoh , 22, had fever and other symptoms while with his teammates in a hotel in Alessandria prior to a match against Juventus' U-23 . He was admitted to...

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...