Ibikunle Salako

Number one draft pick and San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, alongside Oklahoma City Thunder's Chet Holmgrem, headline the All-Rookie Teams released on Monday by the National Basketball Association (NBA). Wembanyama, the 2023–24 NBA Rookie of the Year award winner, and Holmgren have both been unanimously selected to this season's NBA All-Rookie First Team after receiving all 99 first-place votes. The pair of 7-foot centers are...

La Liga: Ghana’s Inaki Williams scores in Athletic Bilbao win over Cadiz

Inaki Williams: Ghanaian forward wins LaLiga EA Sports African MVP award

by Ibikunle Salako

20 May 2024

Ghana international Inaki Williams has been crowned the best African footballer in the 2023–24 La Liga season for his impressive performances with Athletic Club. The 29-year-old wins the La Liga EA Sports African MVP award, dedicated to recognizing exceptional talents in the Spanish top division. Williams saw off competition from the Moroccan duo of Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid) and Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla), Malian fullback Hamari Traore...

NBA: Towns hails ‘special’ Timberwolves team after historic Game 7 win over Nuggets

by Ibikunle Salako

20 May 2024

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Karl-Anthony Towns praised the team’s whole 15-man roster for their historic Game 7 win over the defending champions, the Denver Nuggets, on Sunday night. The Timberwolves clawed back from a 20-point deficit to beat the Nuggets 98-90 at Ball Arena in Denver to win their Western Conference second-round playoff series 4-3. WCF BOUND. pic.twitter.com/Rerl7ZLGpm — Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) May 20, 2024 Towns, who...

PL: 37 goals scored on final day as Man City clinch historic fourth straight league title

by Ibikunle Salako

19 May 2024

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City has achieved what no other team has done in the history of the Premier League, as the defending champions beat West Ham United 3-1 on the final day of the 2023–24 season to win their fourth straight league title. The Cityzens are now the first team to win four consecutive Premier League titles thanks to a brace from Phil Foden and another...

BAL 2024: What are the seeding games and which teams will compete in it?

by Ibikunle Salako

19 May 2024

The fourth season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) came with its own twists, and just like the introduction of the first-ever Kalahari Conference, the organisers decided to also chip in the first of its kind “seeding games”. The seeding games, which will be played just before the beginning of the playoffs, will see the eight qualified teams go up against each other to achieve the...

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NBA: Wembanyama, Holmgren headline All-Rookie teams selection

Inaki Williams: Ghanaian forward wins LaLiga EA Sports African MVP award

NBA: Towns hails ‘special’ Timberwolves team after historic Game 7 win over Nuggets

PL: 37 goals scored on final day as Man City clinch historic fourth straight league title

BAL 2024: What are the seeding games and which teams will compete in it?

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