The South Africa And Kenya Sevens rugby team started the Paris 2024 Olympics on a losing note with defeats to Argentina (31-12) and Ireland (10-5) respectively on Wednesday. The Springbok Sevens, who were bronze medallists at the maiden event during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, fall behind to the Irish in Group A through tries in either half from Jordan Conroy and Terry Kennedy....
Super Eagles goalkeeper Ojo Olorunleke kept a clean sheet on his return to Nigeria, as his Sudanese club Al Merrikh, narrowly beat defending champions Shooting Stars 1-0 in their first game in this year's Valuejet Cup. Olorunleke, who joined Al Merrikh from Enyimba, was on for the entire duration and contributed his quota to the victory. Although the goalkeeper, who was part of Jose Peseiro's silver-winning...
Coach Gbenga Ogunbote signed a two-year contract extension on Wednesday that will keep him with Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) side Shooting Stars until 2026. According to a statement released by the team's media officer, Tosin Omojola, the experienced tactician, had weeks of discussion with the club's management before taking the decision. The former Rangers and Remo Stars head coach after signing the contract in a...
The Nigerian trio of Olajide Omotayo, Offiong Edem, and Fatimo Bello will all get to know their respective first-round opponents when the official draws for the table tennis event in the much-anticipated Paris 2024 Olympics take place on Wednesday, July 24. A mammoth 172 athletes (86 men and 86 women) are set to battle it out across five events—singles and doubles (two per gender) as well...
The hopes of Victor Osimhen sealing a move to Paris Saint-Germain seems to have hit the rocks as a discussions between the French outfit and 2023 Serie A champions Napoli have ended in a deadlock. Napoli President, Aurelio De Laurentis and his PSG counterpart, Naseer Al-Khelaifi, reportedly held discussions on Monday evening but failed to find a headway with their proposals. According to multiple reports, PSG...
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