Team Nigeria ensured four of its relay teams will be on the plane to this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris after the men’s and women’s 4x100m relay teams secured automatic qualification on Sunday. The country’s 4x400m men’s and mixed relay teams got their tickets to the Games earlier on Saturday, with the 4x100m teams having to wait a day after in the repechage races. The quartet...
Mohamed Salah achieved something no other player had done in Premier League history, as he became the first-ever player to score and assist 10+ goals in three consecutive seasons in the English top-flight. The Egyptian forward scored and assisted in a six-goal thriller on Sunday as Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 at Anfield to end their two-game winless run. The 31-year-old also became just the second...
Senegalese forward Nicolas Jackson scored twice, and Noni Madueke added another as Chelsea thrashed West Ham United 5-0 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League on Sunday. Jackson, who has recently come under scrutiny for his wastefulness, made it three goals in two games to take his season tally to 13 goals in 32 league matches, while Madueke, who is of Nigerian descent, made it five...
Nigeria’s Rivers Hoopers made it two wins in as many games at the ongoing Sahara Conference of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) with a Day 2 win over Rwandan champions APR on Sunday. The King’s Men defeated the Rwandans 86-82 at the Dakar Arena in Senegal to make history as the first Nigerian team to win back-to-back games, and the first Nigerian team to win more...
The Basketball Africa League’s (BAL) Sahara Conference kicked off on Saturday, May 4, with some shocking results on Day 1 as debutants APR, as well as Nigerian champions Rivers Hoopers sealed historic wins. Rwandan side APR saw off US Monastir in overtime in the opening game to get their maiden win in the BAL, while Rivers Hoopers, who are in their second BAL tournament, got their...
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