Year: 2017
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Football
Chelsea 4 Tottenham 2: Rampant Blues progress to FA Cup final
Nemanja Matic’s stunning strike put the seal on Chelsea’s 4-2 FA Cup semi-final win over Premier League title rivals Tottenham…
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Tennis
Nadal storms to Monte Carlo final after umpire error rattles Goffin
Rafael Nadal will face Albert Ramos-Vinolas in an all-Spanish Monte-Carlo Masters final after the defending champion beat David Goffin in a…
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EPL
Man Utd: Ibrahimovic & Rojo suffer cruciate knee-ligament injuries
Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and defender Marcos Rojo have both suffered cruciate knee-ligament injuries and face lengthy spells out…
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Bundesliga
Bayern Munich 2 Mainz 2: Bayern stutter to give Leipzig hope in title chase
Bayern Munich capped a bad week by opening the door further for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga title race as…
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Basketball
Durant wants to play game three against Trail Blazers
Kevin Durant is keen to play for the Golden State Warriors in game three of their opening-round playoff series against…
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Basketball
Westbrook inspires Thunder to victory as Celtics defeat Bulls
The Oklahoma City Thunder reduced their series deficit against the Houston Rockets thanks to Russell Westbrook, while the Boston Celtics…
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Basketball
Rajon Rondo injury damages Bulls playoff chances against Celtics
Rajon Rondo has a fractured right thumb and will be out indefinitely, the Chicago Bulls announced on Friday. The injury occured…
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Tennis
Ramos-Vinolas defeats Cilic, set to face Pouille in Monte-Carlo Masters semi-finals
Albert Ramos-Vinolas continued his impressive run at the Monte-Carlo Masters by upsetting Marin Cilic and will now face Lucas Pouille in his…
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Football
Jesus in contention for City comeback against Arsenal
Gabriel Jesus could make his return from a foot injury for Manchester City in their FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal…
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Tennis
Becker says Roger Federer on par with Ali, Jordan and Pele
Boris Becker considers Roger Federer to be on a par with sporting icons Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan and Pele for…
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Football
Dozens of Nigerian football fans die in viewing centre tragedy.
Tragedy struck during Thursday’s Europa League encounter between Manchester United and Anderlecht as over 30 football fans were electrocuted at…
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Football
UCL Semi finals: Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid and Juventus vs Monaco
The four teams remaining in the tournament learned who they will face in the penultimate phase, setting up some enticing…
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Europa League
Man Utd are unbeaten in their last 26 games in all competitions at Old Trafford (W17 D9); their longest unbeaten run since October 2011 (37 games)
Marcus Rashford was Manchester United’s hero with a dramatic extra-time winner that sealed a 3-2 aggregate victory over Anderlecht in…
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Basketball
LeBron James surpasses Kobe Bryant on two different NBA playoff record lists
LeBron James keeps inching up the NBA career records list, and he passed another former NBA great in Kobe Bryant…
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Tennis
Monte Carlo Masters: Murray and Wawrinka toppled, Djokovic and Nadal through
Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka were bundled out of the Monte-Carlo Masters on Thursday, but Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal reached the…
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Basketball
NBA Round Up: LeBron leads Cavs comeback win, Spurs beaten
LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied for an incredible win in the NBA playoffs, while the San Antonio Spurs’…
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EPL
No Ibra & Sanchez as Chelsea, Tottenham dominate PFA Premier League Team of the Year
Eden Hazard, N’Golo Kante and Harry Kane are among the Chelsea and Tottenham players in a PFA Premier League Team…
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Nigeria Professional Football League
Fatai Amao: Everything surrounding our defeat to FC Ifeanyiubah was an eyesore
The head coach of Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan Fatai Amao is unimpressed by the manner in which his side…
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Champions League
Allegri: Juventus could have played Barcelona for 24 hours and not conceded
Massimiliano Allegri boasted Juventus could have played for an entire day without conceding after a goalless draw at Camp Nou…
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EPL
Manchester clubs help Premier League teams set record revenues
Manchester United and Manchester City were the major contributing clubs as Premier League teams set a new record for revenues…
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Off the Pitch
Serena Williams is expecting her first child
Record-breaking grand-slam tennis champion and former world number one Serena Williams is expecting her first child. Williams sent social media…
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Basketball
NBA Playoffs Round Up: Curry leads Durantless-Warriors, Westbrook sets record in OKC loss to Rockets
The Golden State Warriors are in a commanding position in the NBA playoffs, and so are the Houston Rockets and…
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Basketball
Russell Westbrook records 1st 50pts triple-double in playoff history
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook continued from where he stopped at the regular season with his triple-double feat. Russell…
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Champions League
Juventus end Barcelona´s stunning Camp Nou streak
Barcelona missed the chance to equal a Champions League record when they crashed out of the competition at the hands of…
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Champions League
MSN neutralised as Barca crash out without scoring a goal in Champions League KO for the 1st time since 2012-13 season
Barcelona crashed out of the Champions League after failing to break down Juventus at Camp Nou in a goalless draw…
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Champions League
Monaco 3 Borussia Dortmund 1 (6-3 agg): Mbappe, Falcao and Germain complete classy progression
Monaco were rewarded for a classy display as goals from Kylian Mbappe, Radamel Falcao and Valere Germain secured a 3-1 win over…
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Champions League
Mbappe equals and sets new Champions League records
Kylian Mbappe has become the first player in Champions League history to score in his first four knockout games after the…
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Football
Ribery and Vidal played Ronaldo on with photoshopped images
It was a historic match by all accounts, but for most Bayern Munich players and fans, it was for the…
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EPL
John Terry reveals his top five Chelsea moments
On Monday John Terry announced that he would leave Chelsea at the end of the season after an illustrious 22-year…
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Other Sports
Aaron Hernandez dies at 27 after commiting suicide in prison cell
Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez was found hanged on Wednesday in the prison where he was serving a life sentence for…
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