Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka have been named in the final 26-man England squad for the Euro 2024 championship. Three Lions manager Gareth Southgate had initially released a 33-man provisional squad ahead of their warm up friendlies but has now trimmed it to 26 players, with the duo of Nigerian heritage making the cut. This will be the first-ever international tournament for Eze who earned his...
Premier League clubs voted by 19-1 in favour of keeping Video Assistant Referee VAR) for the 2024-25 season. Wolverhampton Wanderers triggered a vote on the systems's use after formally submitting a resolution to the league in May. This was on the back of the West Midlands outfit claiming that VAR brought negative consequences that was damaging to football following a number of debatable calls that made...
The Falconets of Nigeria have been drawn in Group D for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup alongside Germany, Venezuela and South Korea. Nigeria will be making their 11th consecutive appearance at the mundial where that are two-time runners-up and reached the quarter-finals of the last edition in Costa Rica two years ago. They will have it all to do against a German side that...
10km road race world record holder, Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto, has been handed a six-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit due to irregularities found in his Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) as a result of doping. The 24-year-old, who is a World Championship 10,000 metres bronze medallist, will be banned until May 2029, having been suspended provisionally since May 11, 2023, as a result of violating anti-doping...
Rivers Hoopers’ heroics at the just concluded Basketball Africa League (BAL) did not go unnoticed, as three of its starters have been named to the All-Tournament teams released on Wednesday. Experienced point guard and lethal shooter Will Perry was named to the All-BAL First Team for his outstanding performances in the fourth season of the tournament, while the duo of Kelvin Amayo and Devine Eke were...
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