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Argentina, Chile through to Copa America q’finals

Argentina, Chile through to Copa America q’finals

  Argentina and Chile on Monday booked their places in the Copa America quarterfinals, ending top of Group A after low-scoring matches that left the other two spots up for grabs. Argentina logged its second…

Euro 2020: Emotional win sees Denmark through to face Wales in last 16

Euro 2020: Emotional win sees Denmark through to face Wales in last 16

…as Belgium, Austria, Holland also progress Denmark set up a last-16 tie with Wales in the European Championship after an emphatic and emotional victory over Russia on a frantic night in Copenhagen. The Danes embraced…

Euro 2020: Survival battle in group of death

Uncertainty rents the air on who qualifies for the knock-out stage in Group F since Ronaldo and Mbappé’s teams failed to win their second group match. All Euro 2020 matches air live and in HD…

World Taekwondo Open: Anyanacho wins gold ahead of Olympic Games

World Taekwondo Open: Anyanacho wins gold ahead of Olympic Games

Nigeria’s teenage taekwondoist, Elizabeth Anyanacho, over the weekend defeated Denmark’s Andersen Jesmin to win gold medal in the female category -67kg at the World Taekwondo G-2 Beirut Open. The Tokyo Olympics bound athlete had in…

Table Tennis: Teenage star, Taiwo Mati, gets ITTF scholarshi

Table Tennis: Teenage star, Taiwo Mati, gets ITTF scholarshi

Nigeria’s national U-21 table tennis player, Taiwo Mati, has been listed among the beneficiaries of the 2021 With The Future In Mind (WFIM) scholarship by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). 21-year old Mati was…

Mikel dines with Olympics-bound athletes, charges them to go for gold

Mikel dines with Olympics-bound athletes, charges them to go for gold

Former Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, has charged Nigeria’s track and field team to the delayed 2020 Olympic Games to aim high for the gold medals on offer in their respective events. The Chelsea of…

CAS reduces Siasia’s ban to five years

CAS reduces Siasia’s ban to five years

Former Super Eagles star, Samson Siasia, has been given a lifeline by the Court of Arbiteration for Sports, as his life ban by FIFA has been reduced to five years. In a release by the…

Lagos Open Athletics Championship: Final chance for Team Nigeria relay teams

Lagos Open Athletics Championship: Final chance for Team Nigeria relay teams

Four out of the five relay teams Nigerian is hoping to present at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, will get the final chance to get the tickets to the quadrennial event on Thursday at the…

Blood flows as Lobi Stars security men beat up journalists, supporters at Aper Aku Stadium

Blood flows as Lobi Stars security men beat up journalists, supporters at Aper Aku Stadium

*SWAN Chair, Lobi Media Officer attacked Sports journalists and some supporters of Lobi Stars FC of Makurdi who were in the Aper Aku Stadium on Sunday to cover the football match between Kwara United FC…

CAS reduces Siasia’s ban to five years

CAS reduces Siasia’s ban to five years

  Charles Ogundiya Former Super Eagles star, Samson Siasia, has been given a lifeline by the Court of Arbiteration for Sports (CAS), as his life ban by FIFA has been reduced to five years. In…