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Ligue 1: Nice, Marseille game abandoned after bottles thrown, ‘players attacked’

Ligue 1: Nice, Marseille game abandoned after bottles thrown, ‘players attacked’

  The French Ligue 1 game between Nice and Marseille was abandoned Sunday when fans of the home side invaded the pitch and angrily confronted opposing player Dimitri Payet, who had thrown a bottle lobbed…

Sports Minister Salutes Nigerian U20 Athletes On Record Breaking Performance

Sports Minister Salutes Nigerian U20 Athletes On Record Breaking Performance

  Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare has hailed Nigerian athletes to the just ended World Athletics U20 Championships for their record breaking performance. Nigeria won an unprecedented four gold and three bronze medals…

Awoniyi maintains hot form as Aribo scores

Awoniyi maintains hot form as Aribo scores

Taiwo Awoniyi was Union Berlin’s hero having grabbed the equalizer in Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Hoffenheim in a Bundesliga outing. Both teams came into the encounter on the back of 4-0 victories last time out.…

World U-20 Championships: Nse-Uko shines as Team Nigeria ends in third position

World U-20 Championships: Nse-Uko shines as Team Nigeria ends in third position

A new star was born at the just concluded World U-20 Athletics Championships in Nairobi, Kenya with Imaobong Nse-Uko emerging as the best Nigeria athlete at the competition, winning all the events she competed in.…

Lukaku punishes Arsenal as Chelsea win 2-0

Lukaku punishes Arsenal as Chelsea win 2-0

Romelu Lukaku scored his first-ever Chelsea goal – almost a decade after his debut – as Thomas Tuchel’s team deservedly beat Arsenal. Lukaku, who was at Chelsea as a teenager, started at the Emirates after…

GOtv Boxing Night 23 to Hold 11 September

GOtv Boxing Night 23 to Hold 11 September

Boxing fans in Nigeria and across Africa will, on 11 September, see the return to action of top local and international boxers when GOtv Boxing Night 23 is scheduled to hold.   The event, slated…

AFCON 2021: Rohr predicts Eagles, Egypt final

AFCON 2021: Rohr predicts Eagles, Egypt final

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has predicted a faceoff between his team and the Pharaohs of Egypt in the final of the 2021 African Cup of Nations slated to take place between January and February…

EPL: Lukaku scores his first Chelsea goal in dominant win over Arsenal

EPL: Lukaku scores his first Chelsea goal in dominant win over Arsenal

  *Spurs win at Wolves, Man Utd draw at Saints Romelu Lukaku scored his first ever Chelsea goal – almost a decade after his debut – as Thomas Tuchel’s team deservedly beat Arsenal. Lukaku, who…

EPL: Spurs win at Wolves, Man Utd draw at Saints

EPL: Spurs win at Wolves, Man Utd draw at Saints

  Manchester United were held to a Premier League draw at Southampton, who claimed their first point of the new campaign. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side started the season in blistering fashion by hammering Leeds but…

Thompson-Herah runs second-fastest 100m

Thompson-Herah runs second-fastest 100m

  Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the second fastest women’s 100m of all time at the Eugene Diamond League. The Jamaican, who retained her 100m-200m title double in Tokyo, clocked a new world lead of…