The Basketball Africa League (BAL) organisers have announced the 12 teams and game schedule for the opening leg of the league’s milestone fifth season, which will tip off with the Kalahari Conference group phase from Saturday, 5 April – Sunday, 13 April at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat, Morocco. The 2025 BAL season, which will feature three regular-season group phases and culminate with...
Stefanos Tsitsipas won his maiden ATP 500 title with a dominant straight sets victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime in the Dubai Open final on Saturday, Afrosport reports. Tsitsipas saw off the Canadian 6-3, 6-3 after one hour and 28 minutes to win his first title in almost a year and ended his wait for a title at the Dubai Open. The Greek had previously lost his two...
Thousands of runners pounded the streets of Abuja on Saturday, 1 March, for the 2025 ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon, which began at the ECOWAS Commission Yakubu Gowon Way, followed by the 5-kilometer race, Afrosport reports. An estimated 5,000 Nigerian and international runners battled for the $71,000 prize money on Saturday. For the elite runners that participated in the 21 km race of Africa’s most lucrative half-marathon,...
Nigeria's under-20 men's team, the Flying Eagles, suffered a 2-0 defeat to Cote d'Ivoire in the second leg of their international friendly double-header, Afrosport reports. The Flying Eagles, led by coach Aliyu Zubairu, won the first leg 2-0 on Wednesday but were undone by two goals in either half at the Stade Felix Houphouet Boigny in Abidjan on Friday. Tape Yaya Kader opened the scoring for...
Real Madrid has been fined by UEFA following homophobic chants directed towards Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola by their fans, Afrosport reports. The La Liga champions have been ordered by European football’s governing body to pay a fine of 30,000 euros. They were also given a partial stadium closure and must shut off at least 500 adjacent seats during their next European match at the Santiago...
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