Two-time WNBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), A’ja Wilson, has shattered the league’s single-season scoring record in the Las Vegas Aces’ 86-75 win over the Indiana Fever at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in the early hours of Thursday. The 28-year-old, who entered the game needing just 11 points to make history, broke the record with her 941st point of the season, just before the halftime break. She achieved...
17-time NBA champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, will honour former player and Hall of Famer Jerry West throughout the incoming 2024-25 season. The Western Conference team, in an attempt to recognise the impact West made on the franchise, will wear a commemorative No. 44 band on the left shoulder of their jersey this season. The team will honor Jerry West with a commemorative No. 44 band...
Nigeria’s Junior D’Tigress exerted their revenge over Egypt courtesy of a 66-51 win in the quarterfinals of the ongoing FIBA U18 women’s Afrobasket Championship inside the University of Pretoria’s Rembrandt Hall in South Africa on Wednesday. The Junior D’Tigress defeated the two-time champions and last edition's silver medallists to reach the semifinals of the tournament for the first time in 14 years. The young Nigerian ladies,...
Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard is set for a spell on the sidelines as the 25-year-old is said to be out for at least three weeks with an ankle injury, according to Norway's team doctor. Odegaard limped off during Norway's 2-0 win over Austria in the UEFA Nations League on Monday, following a challenge from RB Leipzig midfielder Christoph Baumgartner. The Gunners’ captain, however, returned to London,...
Nigeria’s U18 basketball women’s team, the junior D’Tigress, will be in action on Wednesday in the ongoing FIBA U18 Afrobasket Championship in Pretoria, South Africa. The Junior D’Tigress will be up against Egypt in the quarterfinals in a rematch of their Group C battle, which the Egyptians won 72-60. The Juliana Negedu-led side finished third in the group and only progressed to the knockout phase as...
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