Sports
-
COVID-19: Unvaccinated Djokovic withdraws from the US Open
Twenty-one time grand slam champion Novak Djokovic has announced his absence from the upcoming US Open via a Twitter post on Thursday. Djokovic has remained unvaccinated against Covid-19 throughout the pandemic, and current US rules stipulate that any non-US citizen must be fully vaccinated against the virus in order to receive a visa and enter the country. The 35-year-old Serbian…
Read More » -
Dele Alli joins Besiktas on season-long loan from Everton
Everton midfielder Dele Alli has joined Turkish side Besiktas on loan for the remainder of the 2022-23 season. The 26-year-old joined Everton from Tottenham in February and made 11 appearances, but just one start, for the Goodison Park club last season. The England international has made two substitute outings – in league defeats against Chelsea and Aston Villa – for…
Read More » -
Champions League draw: Bayern Munich to face Barcelona, Inter Milan
Bayern Munich will face Barcelona and Inter Milan in this season’s Champions League group stage after the draw took place on Thursday in Istanbul. It will see Barcelona’s new summer signing, Robert Lewandowski, face his old team, for whom he scored 344 goals in 375 appearances, second most for the club behind Gerd Müller, including 50 goals in 46 games…
Read More » -
NIKE extends NFF contract, opens Lagos mega-shop
Kit manufacturers, NIKE have extended their contract agreement with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) until December 2026. President of NFF, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick said on Thursday that negotiations had been on-going for the past one month before the American foot-and-bodywear behemoth agreed to extend their relationship with Nigeria Football. “We talked about several areas they needed to look into…
Read More » -
Manchester City host Chelsea in Carabao Cup third round tie
Premier League champions Manchester City will take on last season’s Carabao Cup runners-up Chelsea in the third round of the competition at Etihad Stadium. That is one of seven all-Premier League ties, with others including Nottingham Forest v Tottenham and Manchester United against Aston Villa. Holders Liverpool will host League One club Derby County, while League Two teams Newport County…
Read More » -
NFF: Why Falconets overstayed at Istanbul Airport
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday explained that a number of factors, including the inability to secure transit visas for players and officials of the U20 Girls National Team, Falconets, at the Istanbul Airport, led to the team having to stay 24 hours in Turkey on their way from the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup. “The NFF did not…
Read More » -
Manchester United produce outstanding display to see off struggling Liverpool
Manchester United produced an outstanding display to defeat Liverpool and give manager Erik ten Hag his first Premier League victory at a thunderous Old Trafford. Ten Hag took the bold decision to drop captain Harry Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo and was rewarded with a performance that lifted the mood of crisis around Manchester United and leave Liverpool still searching for…
Read More » -
Gallant Falconets bow out of U-20 Women’s World Cup
A litany of factors, including poor finishing, hard luck and dodgy officiating by Costa Rican official Marianela Araya saw the Nigeria U20 girls bow out of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup with a two-goal defeat by The Netherlands in their quarter-final match in Alajuela. Flourish Sabastine, who scored Nigeria’s three-point winner against France in the opening match of Group…
Read More » -
UFC 278: Edwards defeats Usman on knockout, loses title
Leon Edwards became Britain’s second ever UFC champion after he defeated Nigerian Kamaru Usman at the UFC 278 main event at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, USA on Sunday morning. Seven years ago, Usman outpointed Edwards as part of what became a 19-fight win streak for the ‘Nigerian Nightmare’, earning him the title of UFC’s pound-for-pound…
Read More » -
Usyk defeats Anthony Joshua in rematch to retain WBO, WBA, IBF belts
Oleksandr Usyk took a second consecutive victory over Anthony Joshua to defend his unified WBO, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles over the course of an epic 12-round battle. Usyk triumphed on a split decision at the King Abdullah Sports City Arena in Jeddah, taking it 116-112 and 115-113 respectively on the cards of Ukraine’s Viktor Fesechko and Britain’s Steve…
Read More »
