LIVE

Taiye Taiwo

Ndidi: Leicester City star championing fight against hunger in Nigeria

Ndidi: Leicester City star championing fight against hunger in Nigeria

Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is leading the fight against hunger in his country, Nigeria by distributing free bags of rice to hundreds of vulnerable households. Ndidi, through his non-profit organisation named OWN Foundation, shared a video of the ongoing distribution of 250 bags of rice to 250 families in the West African country. According to a recent report by the World Food Programme (WFP), about...

Beijing Half Marathon: African trio stripped of medals after paving way for Chinese winner

Beijing Half Marathon: African trio stripped of medals after paving way for Chinese winner

Kenya duo of Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat, and Ethiopia’s Dejene Hailu Bikila have been stripped of their medals and prizes at the Beijing Half Marathon. After launching an investigation into a viral video from the April 14 race , the organising committee of the annual athletics event in Beijing found the trio guilty of deliberately slowing down doe China’s He Jie to win the race....

Xianem DL: How Amusan, Zango, Tsegay & other Africans fared in China

Xianem DL: How Amusan, Zango, Tsegay & other Africans fared in China

The 2024 Diamond League season kicked off in the Chinese city of Xianem on Saturday with the continent of Africa well represented in the global competition. World record holder Tobi Amusan was among the line-up of African stars in China while Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay and Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech set new world leading time in their respective events. Tobi Amusan: The Nigerian sprinter finished fifth in the...

UNILAG’s Enock Nwali wins National Scrabble Championship for Lagos

UNILAG’s Enock Nwali wins National Scrabble Championship for Lagos

Lagos State had a remarkable outing at the NSF National Scrabble Festival in Ogun State, winning the individual and team games. African Scrabble champion, Enock Nwali who is a student of Human Kinetics and Health Education in the University of Lagos won the individual event after claiming 20 wins and a draw for a cumulative points of 1220 from 28 rounds of games. Another Lagos player,...