Category: Sports

GOtv Boxing Night 19: ‘I’ll be next featherweight champion’- TP Rock boasts

  Rising featherweight boxer, Tope “TP Rock” Musa has announced his desire to be the next national champion in the division. The boxer, whose next fight is...

GOtv Boxing Night 19: Skoro, Agbaje in war of words

  Ahead of their impending clash, former African Boxing Union featherweight champion, Waidi “Skoro” Usman, and his next opponent, Taiwo “Esepo” Agbaje, the...

S’Eagles’ player slumps in taining

What would have looked like the Sam Oparaji scenario was averted yesterday when a young Super Eagles call up suddenly slumped at training. Super Eagles forward Samuel...

Barcelona plays Arsenal in friendly at Nou Camp

 Barcelona will play a pre-season friendly with Arsenal at their Nou Camp Stadium on Aug. 4, the La Liga champions said. The match against the Europa League runners-up...

FIFA’s decision to oversee CAF, an embarrassment to Africa – Owolabi

Felix Owolabi, an ex-international, on Friday described the decision of world football governing body FIFA to take over the affairs of CAF as an embarrassment to the...

Shame: AFCON forces EEDC to promise prompt repair of faulty installations

Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) on Friday assured South-East residents of prompt repair of faulty electrical installation during the 2019 Africa Cup of...

Baru harps on significance of sports for national unity

    The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has described sports as a significant factor in...

AFCON 2019: DStv, GOtv to broadcast matches Live with pidgin

  With the start of the Total 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) only a few days away, DStv and GOtv subscribers can look forward to experiencing every moment of...

Woods claws back after poor start to third round at U.S. Open

Tiger Woods frittered away his chance of winning the U.S. Open with a poor start to the third round on Saturday at Pebble Beach Golf Links, California in the U.S. Though...

The story of stadiums abandonment in Nigeria

    The story of abandonment of stadiaums in Nigeria is tragic. Added to lack of maintenance of these stadiums, dishonour is invoked but lovers of sports can...