Ibikunle Salako

FIBA W/C: D’Tigers stun Ivory Coast to keep qualification hopes alive

Nigeria men’s basketball senior team, D’Tigers, stunned an in-form Cote d’Ivoire side with an impressive win in the ongoing 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers in Luanda, Angola. The D'Tigers, which was filled with mostly home-based players, overcame the Elephants 72-63 in breathtaking fashion to break the latter's run of seven consecutive wins. https://twitter.com/NigeriaBasket/status/1629135028184571906?t=QQVa-l7iuDhVko6Ptky9ow&s=19 Following recent controversies around the Nigerian team, foreign-based players were left out of...

UEL draw: Man Utd get Real Betis, Arsenal to face Sporting Lisbon

by Ibikunle Salako

24 February 2023

Following the conclusion of the knockout playoff rounds, the draws for the Europa League Round of 16 were completed earlier today at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Eight group winners and eight teams that qualified through the knockout round play-offs were drawn against each other in pots one and two, respectively, by draw assistant Zoltan Gera and UEFA deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti. Round of...

Ten Hag unsure of Rashford’s fitness for Carabao Cup final

by Ibikunle Salako

24 February 2023

Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag has expressed his uncertainty at the availability of in-form forward Marcus Rashford ahead of Sunday's Carabao Cup final against Newcastle at Wembley Stadium. The 25-year-old forward limped off in the second half of United’s Europa League play-off tie against Barcelona at Old Trafford on Thursday. Although he was not on the score sheet against the Blaugrana, Ten Hag’s side came...

Qatar Open: Auger-Aliassime set for semifinal with Medvedev

by Ibikunle Salako

24 February 2023

World No. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime is set to take on 2021 US Open winner Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals of the ongoing Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Friday. The Togolese-Canadian overcame Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) in straight sets at the center court on Thursday, while Medvedev defeated Australia’s Christopher O'Connell 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in a...

U-20 AFCON: South Sudan gets historic win, Uganda held by Congo

by Ibikunle Salako

24 February 2023

South Sudan forward Paul Mara Jawa won a penalty and converted duly against the Central African Republic (CAR) to help the Young Bright Stars a historic 1-0 victory and their first ever win at the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. The diminutive winger was brought down in the area under the challenge of Fanuel Franck Koyakogue and he made no mistake when the referee pointed to...

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FIBA W/C: D’Tigers stun Ivory Coast to keep qualification hopes alive

UEL draw: Man Utd get Real Betis, Arsenal to face Sporting Lisbon

Ten Hag unsure of Rashford’s fitness for Carabao Cup final

Qatar Open: Auger-Aliassime set for semifinal with Medvedev

U-20 AFCON: South Sudan gets historic win, Uganda held by Congo

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