Category: Sports

Lal Liga: Morata double keeps up Atletico Madrid’s Barca chase

Atletico Madrid kept up their pursuit of La Liga leaders FC Barcelona with an Alvaro Morata double in a 2-0 win at Real Sociedad on Sunday. But it was done in grim...

Juve win after two sent off and Napoli miss late penalty

Serie A leaders Juventus held on to win 2-1 at Napoli in a stormy top-of-the-table clash on Sunday which saw both teams have a player sent off and Lorenzo Insigne miss a...

Liverpool held in goalless derby at Everton to stay second

Liverpool were left a point behind English Premier League (EPL) leaders Manchester City on Sunday after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Everton in the Merseyside derby....

Nigeria’s fighter, Kamaru becomes first ever African born UFC champion

In a stunning turn of events, Kamaru Usman manhandled Tyron Woodley to lift the welterweight title from him in a one-sided performance in the co-main event of UFC 235 on...

Bayern to play Gladbach without six injured players

Bayern Munich’s strength in depth will be tested at Borussia Moenchengladbach this Saturday with six of their star-studded squad sidelined. There is some good news for...

Former FIFA vice-president banned from football

Former FIFA vice president David Chung of Papua New Guinea has been banned for six-and-a-half years from football for ethics rules violations. The ethics committee said...

Cyprus Cup: Super Falcons bounce back beat Slovakia 4-3

Super Falcons grabbed their first victory at the ongoing Cyprus cup with a 4-3 defeat of Slovakia at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Friday. The Thomas Dernneby tutored...

New Leicester City manager Rodgers targets European place, silverware

New Leicester City Football Club manager Brendan Rodgers said on Friday he would be targeting silverware and qualifying for Europe with the English Premier League (EPL)...

Manchester United’s Rashford set for Southampton start

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is set to start Saturday’s English Premier League (EPL) match against Southampton but team mate Anthony Martial has not yet...

D’Tigers’ World Cup campaign: Improved defense is required, NBBF Technical Director admits

Adamu Deshi, the Technical Director of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), says D’Tigers have to improve their defence to have a chance of success at the FIBA World...